The Cast For The Beatles Biopic Has Finally Been Annouced
It’ll soon be time for the Fab Four to take the world by storm again- after much speculation and rumour, the casting for The Beatles biopic has been finally announced to the world… Or should we say, biopics, because each member of the band will get an individual film- with Paul Mescal as Sir Paul McCartney, Harry Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Sir Ringo Starr.
The whole project is being directed by Sir Sam Mendes, and here’s everything you need to know.
What do we know about the four Beatles biopics?
The upcoming four films and their director were first announced last year, and while there was a lot of theorising (and apparent leaks) about who would be stepping into the band’s shoes, we finally got full confirmation at a presentation at CinemaCon. It’s certainly no easy feat to recreate the hugely famous personalities of the best-selling band in history, so Mendes has hired some of British and Irish cinema’s rising stars.
Paul Mescal, who led Gladiator II last year after breaking out in Normal People, will have to tap into his jovial but brainy side to portray McCartney, the man who wrote Yesterday and helped spearhead albums like Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road. Harris Dickinson, who appeared in Babygirl and Where The Crawdads Sing, will play Lennon, emulating the lyrical wit and musical talent it took to write Ticket to Ride and In My Life– along with the rebelliousness to dub the Beatles “bigger than Jesus.”
Star of A Quiet Place: Day One and the upcoming Fantastic Four, Joseph Quinn, is set to portray Harrison, “The Quiet Beatle”, who penned Here Comes The Sun and Something as he broke out of Paul and John’s shadow. Lastly, Saltburn and The Banshees of Inisherin’s Barry Keoghan will play Ringo, who sang Yellow Submarine and sometimes had to play peacemaker in the band’s fractious later years.
Sir Sam Mendes, who helmed Skyfall and 1917, hasn’t revealed exactly what the four biopics will be about, perhaps each focusing on separate events, or the same moment in time through different eyes. There’s a lot of potential ground to cover: the early years, the breakout into America, the making of Revolver and Sgt Pepper, the band in India and their eventual breakup. All four films will be interconnected, of course, with the project billed as a “cinematic event”, and it’s possible we’ll somehow know even more about John, Paul, George and Ringo when all is said and done than we already do.
When do the films release?
The other main bit of info that dropped during the announcement was the release date- with the four films scheduled to all hit cinemas in April 2028. There’ll be plenty more news in the next few years- but for now, we have our Beatles.
