After director Sam Mendes announced Tuesday that he plans to make four separate movies about the Beatles, one from the perspective of every member of the most famous band in history, every actor with a serviceable Liverpool accent and the ability to carry a tune is burnishing their resumes and hoping to score an audition.
Mendes’ marathon will take its place alongside a gamut of recent Beatles releases, including the aforementioned Jackon epic, Danny Boyle’s cloying film, Yesterday, as well as two separate ‘Beatles in India’ documentaries since 2020. This is not to mention various other recent music biopics of, among others: Elvis, Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Leonard Bernstein, Elton John, Brian Wilson and NWA. There’s more in the works too, with Antoine Fuqua taking a swing at Michael Jackson, and Ridley Scott currently positioning a film about the Bee Gees.
Here’s a list of actors who might have what it takes to bring moviegoers along on a magical mystery tour.
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George Mackay may land the role of John Lennon, based on his previous work with Mendes. Skiffle fan Jacob Fortune-Lloyd could play a convincing late period George Harrison.
Asa Butterfield and Craig Roberts could be great casting as Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr roles.
His father was George Harrison. Clearly, he has a personal connection to the material.
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George Mackay is no stranger to playing complex roles, having played Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang, and the closeted and abusive Preston in the 2023 thriller Femme.
Best Known For: Spinning webs and grappling with multiverses in the Spider-Man movies.
Best Known For: Hogwarts’ most famous alum has demonstrated there’s life beyond “Harry Potter” with Broadway turns and colorful indie roles like the farting corpse he brought to cinematic life in “Swiss Army Man.”
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Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced the details of four Beatles biopic projects told from the perspective of each band member.
Each of the Beatles will be the subject of his own biopic in a new Sam Mendes tetralogy set for 2027—the first scripted Beatles films with rights to the band’s life stories and music catalog.
The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, along with the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
