Paul Mescal walking with Paul McCartney on the set of the new Beatles biopic

The filming of the new cinematic project about The Beatles has already begun and the first images from the set show the actors characterized as the legendary musicians from Liverpool. The ambitious project is directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes and is conceived as an unprecedented cinematic event: four interconnected films, each focused on one member of the band. 

The cast brings together some of the most prominent young performers in current cinema. Paul Mescal will give life to Paul McCartney, while Harris Dickinson will interpret John Lennon. For his part, Barry Keoghan will embody Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn will assume the role of George Harrison. 

The released images show the actors characterized with the iconic hairstyles and aesthetics of the sixties, recreating some key moments of the group's trajectory. In them, Mescal can be seen with the characteristic “moptop” cut and Keoghan as drummer Ringo Starr, with a mustache and polka-dot shirt, while Quinn appears with a guitar playing Harrison and Dickinson reproduces Lennon's classic image with glasses and long hair. 

An unprecedented cinematographic project

The project, provisionally titled “The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event”, will narrate the band's story from four different perspectives: that of each of its members. Mendes's intention is to explore the personality and individual journey of the musicians while building a complete vision of the band that revolutionized popular music. 

“We are not making one film about the Beatles, we are making four,” explained the director when announcing the project, noting that the group's story is too big to condense it into a single feature film. 

The four films are scheduled to premiere in April 2028 and will feature official access to the group's music and personal stories, something that had never before been granted for a fiction project about the band. 

With an unprecedented narrative approach and one of the most influential groups in history as protagonist, the project aspires to become one of the great cinematic events of the decade.