Sam Mendes is making 4 Beatles films — and all 4 will likely be launched theatrically in April 2028.

The filmmaker, who introduced the information at CinemaCon, additionally confirmed the casting: Paul Mescal is enjoying Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn will painting George Harrison, Barry Keoghan will star as Ringo Starr and Harris Dickinson will put his spin on John Lennon.

Mendes promised that the multi-part biopic would be the “first binge-able theatrical expertise.”

“We’d like massive cinematic occasions to get folks out of the home,” Mendes advised theater house owners on Monday at Sony’s presentation.

The director, whose credit embody “American Magnificence” and “Skyfall,” had dreamed of bringing the Fab 4 to screens. However he didn’t need to make a mini-series and he anxious that “the story was too big to suit right into a single film.” However he got here up with a plan to inform the story of “the best band in historical past” from the attitude of every of its members, to attempt to seize their inconceivable journey from Liverpool to the middle of world tradition.

Mendes stated that principal images on the 4 movies will take a 12 months. Tom Rothman, the Sony Photos chief who oversaw manufacturing on a sure James Cameron sci-fi epic again when he was at Fox, joked that Mendes’ movie was giving him “‘Avatar flashbacks.”

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