Documentary/Biopic Sam Mendes directing 4 biopics on each member of The Beatles

[BobJM]

I like the concept, in theory, but the cynic in me just sees this as WB selling the same movie four times.

Maybe this ends up being a Max release

 

[Filmfreak]

I like the concept, in theory, but the cynic in me just sees this as WB selling the same movie four times.

Maybe this ends up being a Max release

That's Sony and Apple, not WB. I guess after Madame Web's failure they have to count on a new cinematic universe.

 

[BobJM]

Oh my bad, you’re right. I thought it was WB, not Sony.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I like the concept, in theory, but the cynic in me just sees this as WB selling the same movie four times.

Maybe this ends up being a Max release

Sam Mendes isn't the kind of guy I see making the same movie 4 times

 

[BobJM]

Lol idk, a lot of Spectre felt like a Skyfall rehash.

But, I mean, how different is George Harrison’s POV from Ringo’s when they’re performing for Johnny Carson? Like, there’s gonna be overlap and repeat scenes/performances, right?

 

[Drizzle]

WBD greenlights their The Rolling Stones Cinematic Universe directed by David Yates

David Yates?

But in all seriousness, a Keith Richards movie would be a sight to behold.

 

[Kane52630]

Seems like a super pointless endeavor.

We already have the perfect Beatles adaptation.

 

[Drizzle]

Seems like a super pointless endeavor.

We already have the perfect Beatles adaptation.

No reason why they can't just use this cast again. Who cares if they're all in their 40's-50's, this version of the Beatles needs to reunite.

 

[Frodo]

David Yates?

But in all seriousness, a Keith Richards movie would be a sight to behold.

Actually there were plans to do a Rolling stones biopic way back in the 90s .

I don't remember which studio would have produced it, but I remember hearing that they wanted Daniel Day Lewis as Keith Richards , and Willem Dafoe as Mick Jagger.

 

[Drizzle]

Actually there were plans to do a Rolling stones biopic way back in the 90s .

I don't remember which studio would have produced it, but I remember hearing that they wanted Daniel Day Lewis as Keith Richards , and Willem Dafoe as Mick Jagger.

I can't even imagine the method acting techniques Daniel Day Lewis would go through if he played Keith.

 

[Frodo]

Who Should Play John, Paul, George and Ringo in the Beatles Movies?

I really dig the suggestion of Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr



For Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager , I think Ben Whishaw , would be good,





For George Martin , The Beatles Producer , Tobias Menzies, would be good





And Mia Goth would make an excellent Pattie Boyd, George's first wife , and the woman his friend Eric Clapton had an affair with and wrote the song Layla about

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

No reason why they can't just use this cast again. Who cares if they're all in their 40's-50's, this version of the Beatles needs to reunite.

That would be nice, but until that announcement comes, all we can do is...

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Silvermoth]

Brian Epstein is going to walk in during the after credits sequence and tell them they’re part of something bigger than they know

 

[Frodo]

Given The Beatles History with Bob Dylan, Timothee Chalamet's Dylan Biopic film must be apart of the same Shared Universe . :wink:

It also means the Taron Egerton's Rocketman must technically be the first film in the Beatles Biopic Cinematic Universe , since Elton John and John Lennon recorded Whatever Gets You Through the Night together in the 70s ..

 

[Spider-Fan]

Lol idk, a lot of Spectre felt like a Skyfall rehash.

But, I mean, how different is George Harrison’s POV from Ringo’s when they’re performing for Johnny Carson? Like, there’s gonna be overlap and repeat scenes/performances, right?

Sure, but there was overlap with Flags of Our Father's and Letters From Iwo Jima also. But they're very different movies. So changing the POV definitely changes the entire thing potentially. As for Spectre vs Skyfall, for all the faults I had with Spectre, it didn't feel at all like Skyfall to me.

 

[Drizzle]

I really dig the suggestion of Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr

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Keoghan works as Ringo. It works that he's not only a good actor but he's also the only actor I can think of who bares even somewhat of a resemblance to Ringo.

I can also see Paul Mescal as John.

 

[Da-Scribe]

Robert Pattinson feels like a shoe-in for John.

 

[Frodo]

Never would have thought of Pattinson as John , But I could see it along with Mescal .




Kinda funny too , since Pattinson has always reminded me more of Stu Sutcliffe , one of the early members of the Beatles , and one of John's closet friends.

 

[Drizzle]

Pattinson would be a great Lennon, the only thing is he's closer to the age Lennon was when he died. But hey, if Scorsese can try to pass off De Niro as 40 years younger in The Irishman, I can conceivably buy Pattinson as Lennon in his early 20's at the height of Beatlemania.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Personally I think they should just go all unknowns for the four. Or at least, relatively unknowns ala Austin Butler as Elvis.

 

[Frodo]

At the end of the day, I tend to think they'll go with lesser known actors in the roles.

That's mostly been the case with Beatles related biopics, save Christopher Eccleston who played Lennon in a Biopic, and Aiden Quinn who played Paul in the film Two Of Us.

I'm not counting Walk Hard : The Dewy Cox Story .

Aaron Taylor Johnson wasn't a big name when he played John in Nowhere Boy .

So I'd expect them to go with lesser known actors as in the past .

 

[Silvermoth]

Imagine if they got harry styles for John

 

[Dr. Evil]

So what are the odds that whoever Mendes casts as Paul and Ringo will actually talk to Paul and Ringo?

 

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Sam Mendes' Beatles Movies Will All Release in the Same Year

After being announced a week ago, it's been revealed that Sam Mendes' four movies based on The Beatles will all be released in the same year.

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