Advertisement The director, Sam Mendes, is working on four biopics about The Beatles. Each movie will be from the perspective of a different member of the iconic British band. Here's everything we know about The Beatles movies.
The director Sam Mendes is working on four biopics about The Beatles . Mendes, who's known for Oscar-winning films including “American Beauty,” “ Skyfall ,” and “1917,” has partnered with Sony to work on the ambitious slate of movies about the iconic British band. Advertisement In a press release announcing the news, Sony Pictures CEO Tim Rothman said: “Sam’s daring, large-scale idea is that and then some.
” Here’s everything we know about the four movies about The Beatles. Each movie will focus on a different member of The Beatles The Beatles: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon arriving at Heathrow Airport in 1964. Bettmann/Getty Images According to the press release, each movie will be from the perspective of a different member of the band, meaning Paul McCartney , John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr will each have their own biopic.
Advertisement It’s the first time that the band’s company, Apple Corps Ltd., has given permission for the group’s life story and music to be used in a scripted film about them. Since 1979, 18 unauthorized biopics have been made about the band including 2009’s “Knowhere Boy" starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lennon and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as McCartney.
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