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

[Lily Adler]

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Jacob Elordi is George Harrison?

 

[Sawyer]

Anna Sawai as Yoko… suddenly “Dominic West as Prince Charles” has some competition when it comes to extreme generosity toward the real life person being portrayed.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Sawyer]

All of them dropping the same month seems… risky.

 

[Kane52630]

I'm fully expecting them to change their minds by next year.

 

[emielaen]

This is very cool to me.

 

[Frodo]

 

[Drizzle]

I still can't see Quinn as George but I'm still excited for all of them.

All of them dropping the same month seems… risky.

What would make more sense is every 2-3 months spread throughout the year.

 

[psylockolussus]

Lol. All 4 movies in the same month. Good luck with that. Even 4 movies spread out in 1 year is a risk.

Unless its 4 movies for a price of 1 ticket, then cool. Most likely, people are just going to pay for the most popular members of the group, and skip the least popular.

 

[Pennywise]

Jez Butterworth, Jack Thorne And Peter Straughan To Pen ‘The Beatles-A Four Film Cinematic Event’ For Sam Mendes And Sony

Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne are set to write the screenplays for Sony Pictures

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[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

Ringo Starr told Sam Mendes to rewrite parts of Beatles biopics: “We would never do that”

The Beatles’ Ringo Starr told director Sam Mendes to change parts of the script for the upcoming Beatles biopic.

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[GothamCity1012]

Curious how this will play out.

 

[Lily Adler]

Ringo Starr told Sam Mendes to rewrite parts of Beatles biopics: “We would never do that”

The Beatles’ Ringo Starr told director Sam Mendes to change parts of the script for the upcoming Beatles biopic.

www.nme.com

Of course this will be another sanitized biopic where the controversial and gritty parts are ignored.

 

[Pennywise]

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[Sawyer]

Walked in on some documentary footage of The Beatles on TV and it really is striking… just how much Joseph Quinn in no way resembles George Harrison.

 

[Lily Adler]

Will they show Lennon beating his partners?

 

[Pennywise]

Sam Mendes’ Four Beatles Movies Carry $400M+ Budget — World of Reel

At $400M, this isn’t just another prestige project—it’s a once-in-a-lifetime roll of the dice. If it works, Sony looks genius. If it doesn’t, the Beatles movies may go down as Hollywood’s most expensive bust.

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[Drizzle]

Walked in on some documentary footage of The Beatles on TV and it really is striking… just how much Joseph Quinn in no way resembles George Harrison.

Still not the most egregious casting in this because I forgot that Anna Sawai is playing Yoko and that's VERY generous casting to say the least.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Will they show Lennon beating his partners?

The James Brown biopic weirdly had him breaking the fourth wall after beating his wife.

I doubt Mendes will touch it, maybe in dialogue while his biopic will probably focus on how he changed in the 70s.

I’m also interested how they handle his relationship with Julian who he was pretty awful to.

 

[Sawyer]

Still not the most egregious casting in this because I forgot that Anna Sawai is playing Yoko and that's VERY generous casting to say the least.

It’s definitely generous casting, but at least I can kind of see that as just a much, much prettier version of Yoko. It’s hard for me to imagine the work that would need to be done to make Quinn look anything like George Harrison.

But tbh, the only actor I can really even semi-strongly picture in their role is Harris Dickinson. The whole thing is still a bit weird to me, honestly.

 

[Drizzle]

It’s definitely generous casting, but at least I can kind of see that as just a much, much prettier version of Yoko. It’s hard for me to imagine the work that would need to be done to make Quinn look anything like George Harrison.

But tbh, the only actor I can really even semi-strongly picture in their role is Harris Dickinson. The whole thing is still a bit weird to me, honestly.

I can very much see Barry as Ringo because up until he came along I can't really pinpoint anyone else to play him. They have similar features.

I actually think Harris Dickinson looks more like Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal looks more like John Lennon so the casting being the reversal of that is interesting to me.

 

[Pennywise]

Paul Mescal Is Trying to Break Your Heart

In a new cover story, Paul Mescal talks making 'The History of Sound' and 'Hamnet,' his mental health, Gracie Abrams, and the upcoming Beatles biopics

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