Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. © The Beatles
After Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman And Bob Marley: One Love, it’s the turn of other music legends to have the right to their biopic. And not just any: the Beatles. Four films dedicated to the four members of the famous Liverpool group are currently in preparation, under the leadership of filmmaker Sam Mendes.
A Beatles multiverse?
According to our colleagues at Deadline, the British director behind Sky Fall, Spectrum And 1917 plans to make four feature films which will intersect to tell “the astonishing story of the greatest group in history”until its separation in 1970.
The Beatles. © Shutterstock
A biopic project like we’ve never seen before, and for which Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of the late John Lennon and George Harrison have given their full consent, as well as privileged access © to their archives and the rights to their music.
Sam Mendes said he was “honored to tell the story of the greatest rock band of all time and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the cinema”.
According to producer Pippa Harris, “The project was born from an idea Sam had over a year ago, and it’s a testament to his creative genius and power of persuasion that Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sean Lennon and Olivia Harrison responded with such warmth and enthusiasm when he discussed it with them”.
Director Sam Mendes. © Shutterstock
Financed by Sony Pictures, all four films are slated for release worldwide sometime in 2027. The project is also produced by Apple’s Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Julie Pastor and Jeff Jones. Body. Limited, the organization founded by the Beatles in 1968.
“We want this to be a unique, exciting and epic cinematic experience: four films, told from four different perspectives, that tell a single story about the most famous band in all the time”Harris said.
In addition to their music videos, the Beatles have already appeared in numerous documentaries, and in films A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Help! (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967) and Yellow Submarine (1968). If we still have time to see this titanic project arrive, it should be noted that this is the first time that the Beatles have given their full support to a biopic.