(Left) Saoirse Ronan as Rona in ‘The Outrun’. Photo: Martin Scott Powell. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. (Center) Anna Sawai in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,’ coming soon to Apple TV+. (Right) Aimee Lou Wood in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3. Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO.
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- Saoirse Ronan will play Linda McCartney in Sam Mendes’ Beatles project.
- Anna Sawai and Aimee Lou Wood are among those circling roles.
- The movies will be released in 2028.
With his chosen cast in place to play the band members, Sam Mendes is busy putting the pieces together for his hugely ambitious, linked movie epic ‘The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.’
The films will feature Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, iconic foursome who changed the face of music in the 1960s and beyond.
Now Mendes is finding the right people to play their wives, with Deadline reporting that Saoirse Ronan (‘Lady Bird’) is locked into a deal to be Linda McCartney (Paul’s better half) and Mia McKenna-Bruce (‘How to Have Sex’) is aboard to be Maureen Starkey (Ringo’s wife).
And circling roles, per Variety? ‘Shogun’s Anna Sawai, who is the lead contender for the crucial role of Yoko Ono (who married John) and ‘The White Lotus’Aimee Lou Wood, close to playing Pattie Boyd (George Harrison’s wife).
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What’s the plan for Sam Mendes’ Beatles films?
(L to R) Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon in ‘The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years.’
With the backing of Sony Pictures Classics –– not to mention being granted full life story and music rights by Beatles holding company Apple Corps Ltd. (not the iPhone gang), surviving members McCartney and Starr and the families of deceased colleagues Lennon and Harrison –– Mendes will make four different biopics, covering each Beatles’ experiences during the band’s rise to massive popularity.
Though a strict time period for what the movies will cover has yet to be announced, the idea is for the stories to (naturally intersect), looking to get a fuller, clearer picture of their time than any one movie could hope to accomplish.
Here’s what Mendes had to say about the project:
“I’m honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time, and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies.”
When will ‘The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event’ be in theaters?
Mendes is currently aiming for the movies to release close together in April 2028, so he has his work cut out for him and a lot of hard day’s nights ahead.
(L to R) Olivia Colman and Sam Mendes on set of the film ‘Empire of the Light.’ Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.
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