Four Beatles Biopic Actors Film Abbey Road Cover Recreation
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- Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan were filmed recreating the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover for Sam Mendes' multi-part biopic, "The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event."
- Mescal plays Paul McCartney, Quinn plays George Harrison, Keoghan portrays Ringo Starr, and Dickinson plays John Lennon, with each of the four films told from a different band member's perspective.
- Mendes' project marks the first time The Beatles and their estates have signed off on life rights and music for a theatrical feature film about them.
- Sony Pictures will release all four films in April 2028, though it remains undecided whether they'll debut all at once or one per week, a format Mendes dubbed the "first binge-able theatrical experience" at CinemaCon 2025.
- Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman said principal photography across all four films will take a full year.
- Supporting cast includes Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, James Norton as Brian Epstein, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd, and Adam Pally as Allen Klein.
- The official logline reads: "Each man has his own story, but together they are legendary."
Why it matters: Sony now holds the first authorized life-rights and music deal for a Beatles theatrical film, clearing a legal and creative bottleneck that has stalled biopics for decades. With principal photography running a full year and four films targeting April 2028, the project's scale and the rights milestone set a new benchmark for legacy-music storytelling on screen.
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