Everything We Know About the Four Beatles Biopics — Who Are Playing the Fab Four?
If watching Beatles ’64 on Disney+ has made you feel like you’ve got to get more Fab Four into your life, you’re in luck: Four Beatles biopics are currently in the works, each based on a different band member’s life. Announced in early 2023, the four films will tell the story of the rise of the Beatles, from John, Paul, George and Ringo‘s perspectives, respectively.
In addition to the many documentaries dedicated to the band, there have been scripted Beatles biopics before, including 1994’s Backbeat, which focused on the band’s Hamburg years, and 2009’s Nowhere Boy, which fictionalized John Lennon’s youth. And in 2007, the jukebox musical Across the Universe used the music of the Beatles to tell the story of a young couple living through the turbulent ’60s. But these new films will be the first to delve deeply into the band’s entire career.
Everything we know about the upcoming Beatles biopics:
What is the plot of the movies?
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The films will each tell the story of the rise of Beatles, culminating in their 1970 breakup. According to producer Pippa Harris, “We intend this to be a uniquely thrilling and epic cinematic experience: four films, told from four different perspectives, which tell a single story about the most celebrated band of all time.” Director Sam Mendes said in a statement, “I’m honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies.”
He added during CinemaCon, “They’re four very different human beings. Perhaps this is a chance to understand them a little more deeply. But together, all four films will tell the story of the greatest band in history. I just felt the story of the band was too huge to fit into a single movie, and that turning it into a TV mini-series just somehow didn’t feel right.”
Who will play the Beatles?
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Paul Mescal has been cast as Paul McCartney — Ridley Scott, who directed Mescal in Gladiator II, confirmed Mescal’s participation in the Beatles films during a press event on Dec. 10, 2024.
Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr recently made a comment to Entertainment Tonight that seemed to confirm Keoghan’s casting before it was official in March 2025: “I think it’s great. I believe [Keoghan]’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many.”
Joseph Quinn of Stranger Things and now Gladiator II fame will play George Harrison (word on the street is that he has been seen carrying a guitar around a lot), and Harris Dickinson will appear as John Lennon.
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Which songs will be included in the films?
We don’t know the specific songs that will be used, or whether the film will use original recordings or have the actors perform the songs. But we do know that Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison have granted the project full life story and music rights, so any Beatles tune could theoretically pop up in the film.
Who is the director?
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Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, known for films like American Beauty and Skyfall, will be directing all four films. The screenwriters for each film have not been announced.
When will the movies be released?
All four films are slated for release in April 2028, though specific dates have not yet been set.
Will they be streaming or released in theaters?
As of now, the films are all planned for theatrical release, and will surely be screened here, there and everywhere.
Will all four movies be released at once?
We don’t yet know if the films will be released all at once, or separately. But whenever they do, we know that we’ll come together, right now, at the movies.
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