Barry Keoghan Signs With CAA for Beatles Biopics
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- Barry Keoghan signed with CAA as his new agency representation
- The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event will star Keoghan as Ringo Starr opposite Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Joseph Quinn (George Harrison), and Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), with all four films slated for simultaneous April 2028 release
- Sam Mendes is directing the four biopics, each told from a different band member's perspective
- Butterfly Jam, Kantemir Balagov's English-language debut opposite Riley Keough and Harry Melling, premiered as the opening-night film of Directors' Fortnight at Cannes; Keoghan's other upcoming project is Lemonade, directed by Kim Bartley
- Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man on Netflix (opposite Cillian Murphy and Rebecca Ferguson) and Amazon MGM's Crime 101 (opposite Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, and Mark Ruffalo) are Keoghan's most recent credits
- Keoghan won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for The Banshees of Inisherin opposite Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, also earning Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics Choice nominations for the same role, plus Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Saltburn
- Keoghan continues to be represented by Sam Fox and Kate Morrison at B-Side Management (UK), Kelli Alick and Clifford Murray at Entertainment 360, David Weber at Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, LLP, and Narrative
Why it matters: The signing places Keoghan — an Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner — on CAA's roster as the studio preps for one of the most ambitious multi-film projects on the horizon: Sam Mendes' four Beatles biopics, all slated for simultaneous April 2028 release. CAA now represents one of the four leads in the ensemble of Mescal, Quinn, Dickinson, and Keoghan.
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