Intriguing details about Sam Mendes‘ ambitious Beatles film project are making the rounds, with reports about when and how the project will come together in theaters. According to Sony, the films starring Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, respectively, will be released a week apart in the same month in 2028.
A Fab Four Release Strategy
On Monday, Mendes’ longtime producing partner and co-founder of the pair’s Neal Street Productions, Pippa Harris, sat for a keynote session at the BFI London Film Festival’s Industry Forum. “The idea at the moment is the films will come out in 2028, and we want people to be able to experience them in the cinema during the same period.”
She provided more details: “That doesn’t necessarily mean we’re thinking that people will go and see all four films on the same day. But within the same month, you might see one a week, or you might see one on a weekend, two the next one. However you see it, I think our hope is that people will see all four films,” she continued. “They stand alone as individual stories of each of those four men, but they have a cumulative power, which I think is greater than the sum of their parts. The Beatles are, I think, the greatest band in history, and we’re trying to do our best to do them justice. Hence the four films. I don’t think there’s probably another band that you could legitimately say you wanted to see four films for,” she added.
Unprecedented Access to the Beatles’ Legacy
To make the movies feel like the genuine article, the producers secured full support from Apple Corps Ltd., marking the first time McCartney, Starr, and the Lennon and Harrison estates have granted full life-story and music-catalog rights for a scripted feature.
A Lifelong Love for the Fab Four
I have such fond memories of the Beatles and their music. My first real exposure to them was the band’s Red Album, The Beatles (1962-1966). My cousin played the best-of collection on repeat on our way to a white-water rafting trip, giving me a first-hand education in their swingin’ hits and timeless boppers. I never looked back after that day.
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