Four films. Four perspectives. One unprecedented cinematic experiment.
Sam Mendes isn't making a Beatles biopic—he's making four of them. And somehow, Sony Pictures said yes.
The first official images have dropped, featuring Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. Each actor will anchor their own film, telling the Beatles story from their character's point of view.
It's the kind of idea that sounds insane in a pitch meeting. And yet here we are, with production underway and an April 2028 theatrical release planned.
"We're not just making one film about the Beatles—we're making four," Mendes told industry insiders. The goal isn't just to retell the same story four times with different camera angles. It's to understand each member "a little more deeply" than a conventional biopic allows.
Think Rashomon meets A Hard Day's Night. Or maybe The Social Network times four. The point is: nobody's done this before with a music biopic.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the supporting cast is equally stacked: Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, James Norton as manager Brian Epstein, Anna Sawai as . Three different screenwriters—, , and —are crafting the individual scripts.
