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Sony Pictures has confirmed four Beatles films directed by Sam Mendes, each told from the perspective of one band member, with all four scheduled to open in theaters in April 2028. The announced cast includes Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan as the Beatles, alongside actors playing people in their lives. The release order and several production details remain unconfirmed.
Sony Pictures plans to release all four films in director Sam Mendes’s Beatles project in theaters in April 2028. The films are designed to tell the group’s story from the perspective of each of its four members, with Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan playing the Beatles.
The project, officially titled The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, is being made by Mendes’s Neal Street Productions in association with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony confirmed the four lead actors at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on March 31, 2025: Mescal as Paul McCartney, Dickinson as John Lennon, Quinn as George Harrison and Keoghan as Ringo Starr.
The supporting cast includes Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd and Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Cox. Later casting announcements listed James Norton as Beatles manager Brian Epstein and Harry Lloyd as producer George Martin. The announced ensemble also includes actors portraying family members, associates and musicians connected to the band, including Ravi Shankar and Stuart Sutcliffe.
Sony’s April 2028 date applies to all four films, but the studio has not specified their order or whether they will open on the same day. Mendes has said the project will take more than a year to shoot, according to Deadline. A previously reported London filming schedule was not confirmed by Sony in the source material.
Four Viewpoints on the Beatles
The project’s scale sets it apart from a single-film band biography: four separate features are intended to cover the same group through the experiences of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr. That structure could give audiences different perspectives on the band’s history, though how much the films’ accounts overlap or differ has not been described.
The films also have an unusual level of access to the Beatles’ story and music. According to the source report, Apple Corps Ltd. and the Beatles granted extensive life-story and music rights for the scripted project. That authorization matters because it gives the production access that many films about major music acts do not have, while the finished films’ exact use of songs and biographical material remains to be seen.
For viewers, the April 2028 theatrical plan means this is a large, coordinated release rather than a project currently announced for streaming or television. The date is still a schedule, not a guarantee that production or release plans cannot change.
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From 2024 Report to Cast Reveal
Deadline first reported Mendes’s Beatles film project in February 2024. Ringo Starr later wrote on social media that he and the families of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison supported the films, according to the source report. Sony subsequently confirmed the principal cast at CinemaCon in March 2025, moving the project from speculation about its actors to an announced ensemble.
Before Sony’s announcement, reports and comments had fueled casting rumors. Starr told Entertainment Tonight that he thought Keoghan was great and believed he was taking drum lessons. Ridley Scott also appeared to suggest Mescal was committed to the Beatles project at a Directors Guild of America event in December 2024, though Sony’s later casting announcement provided the formal confirmation.
Additional casting was reported in December 2025 and February 2026. The announced roles include people from different periods of the Beatles’ lives, among them Brian Epstein, George Martin, Yoko Ono and Ravi Shankar. The source material describes these casting announcements, but does not provide a complete plot or a scene-by-scene account of the four films.
““Bingeable moment in cinema.””
— Sam Mendes, as quoted by Deadline
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Release Order and Filming Details
The order of release has not been announced, and the source material does not say whether the four films will premiere together or on separate dates within April 2028. Sony has announced the month and year for all four, but further scheduling details could change.
Production details are also limited. Mendes has said filming will take more than a year, but Sony had not confirmed the reported London start schedule cited in the source report. The films’ individual storylines, how they divide the band’s history, and the extent of their musical content have not been publicly detailed in the material provided.
The project is described as having extensive life-story and music rights, but the source does not specify the precise scope of those rights or explain how the four films will handle disagreements, gaps in the historical record or differing recollections.
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Awaiting Production and Release Plans
The next public milestones are likely to include more details from Sony about production, the release sequence and each film’s story. Sony has not, in the source material, provided a full production schedule or an order for the four theatrical releases.
For now, the confirmed plan is that all four films are scheduled for theaters in April 2028. Further casting or production announcements may clarify how the ensemble and four-perspective structure will take shape; no additional dates are established here.
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Key Questions
When will the Beatles films be released?
Sony Pictures has scheduled all four films for theatrical release in April 2028. The order and specific dates have not been announced in the source material.
Who is playing the four Beatles?
Paul Mescal plays Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson plays John Lennon, Joseph Quinn plays George Harrison and Barry Keoghan plays Ringo Starr.
How are the four films structured?
The project is planned as four films, one from each Beatle’s perspective. The films’ individual plots and how their timelines will connect have not been detailed.
Who else is in the cast?
Announced supporting actors include Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd and Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Cox. Other cast members are set to portray people including Brian Epstein, George Martin, Ravi Shankar and Stuart Sutcliffe.
Has filming begun, and where will it take place?
The source material does not confirm that filming has begun or establish a confirmed location schedule. A London start was reported, but Sony had not confirmed that schedule.
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