Four films about The Beatles, directed by Sam Mendes, will be released in April 2028. The pictures will appear in cinemas in succession, with a one-week gap between each. This was revealed by Pippa Harris, producer and co-founder of Neal Street Productions, at an industry event held as part of the London Film Festival.
Each of the four films will tell the story of the band from the perspective of one of its members: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison or Ringo Starr. According to Harris, the idea is for audiences to be able to see all four pictures in cinemas within roughly the same period. The producers do not expect anyone to watch all the films in a single day, but they hope viewers will see them all within the span of a month.
They exist as separate stories of each of these four men, but together they have a cumulative force that, I think, is greater than the sum of their parts.
— Pippa Harris, producer
Harris added that The Beatles is the only band whose story merits adaptation into four films. The project has received the full approval of Apple Corps Ltd., which manages the band's legacy. For the first time, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the heirs of John Lennon and George Harrison have granted rights to adapt the musicians' biographies and to use their entire song catalogue.
The band members will be played by Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison). Sony Pictures Entertainment will handle the worldwide distribution of the films.
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