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The authorized Beatles biopic series will explore each member's perspective and includes eight new cast additions portraying the band's inner circle, with worldwide distribution planned.
- On Thursday, Sam Mendes added eight actors to The Beatles — A Four‑Film Cinematic Event, Sony Pictures announced, with Mendes directing all four films from scripts by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne.
- With Apple Corps Ltd. authorized, Neal Street Productions is producing the films with Mendes, Pippa Harris, Julie Pastor, and Alexandra Derbyshire, marking the first scripted use of the Beatles' stories and music.
- New cast members portray inner‑circle figures: David Morrissey as Jim McCartney, Leanne Best as Aunt Mimi, Bobby Schofield as Neil Aspinall, Daniel Hoffman‑Gill as Mal Evans, Arthur Darvill as Derek Taylor, and Adam Pally as Allen Klein.
- Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson will lead the films, each telling a different Beatles member’s story, with Cynthia Lennon and Ravi Shankar casting to be announced.
- Sony Pictures will finance and distribute the four-part Beatles project worldwide, which is now in production as a point-of-view cinematic event.
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Additional cast members announced for Sam Mendes’ Beatles films
The Beatles pose for a portrait wearing suits in circa 1964. (L-R) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) A new round of cast members have been announced for Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about The Beatles, The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event. The latest additions round out the members of The Beatles’ entourage and include Paul McCartney’s father, Jim McCartney, who’ll be playe…
Sam Mendes’ ‘The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event’ Adds Eight To Cast
Sam Mendes has added eight to the cast of The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, Sony announced on Thursday. They are David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Leanne Best (Walk-In), James Norton (Happy Valley), Harry Lloyd (The Theory of Everything), Bobby Schofield (The Covenant), Daniel Hoffman-Gill (Sherwood), Arthur Darvill (Broadchurch), and Adam Pally (Happy Endings). […]
Who says "4 biopics dedicated to the Beatles" says "huge casting." A bunch of new actors have just joined Sam Mendes' crazy project. It's been a while since we know that Sam Mendes, director of American Beauty, Les Noces Rebeles, Skyfall or 1917 is preparing a quadruple biopic, each of which will be dedicated to a [...]
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