Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan will play Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr within the upcoming Beatles movies – with a Stranger Issues star additionally portraying one of many Fab 4.
The 2 Irish stars will probably be joined by London-born actors Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
The solid for the Sam Mendes venture was revealed on the CinemaCon occasion in Las Vegas, with all 4 actors showing on stage and taking a bow collectively in Beatles fashion.
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(L-R) Mescal, Quinn, Keoghan and Dickinson appeared collectively on the announcement. Pic: Reuters
Mendes is making 4 interconnected movies – one from the angle of every of the band members – and they’re all set to be launched “in proximity” to one another in April 2028.
It marks the primary time The Beatles and the households of John Lennon and George Harrison have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted movie.
Enjoying McCartney is one other huge position for 29-year-old Mescal, who not too long ago starred within the Gladiator sequel and was nominated for an Oscar in 2023 for Aftersun.
Barry Keoghan – who additionally acquired an Oscar nod for The Banshees of Inisherin – will painting the opposite surviving Beatles member, Ringo Starr.
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In the meantime, Stranger Issues star Joseph Quinn, who appeared with lengthy hair as Eddie Munson within the fourth sequence, takes up the position of George Harrison.
Harris Dickinson has the problem of entering into the sneakers of maybe probably the most well-known Beatle, John Lennon.
The 28-year-old not too long ago starred in erotic thriller Babygirl with Nicole Kidman and likewise appeared in satire Triangle of Disappointment.
Mendes advised the business viewers at CinemaCon there’s “still plenty to explore” regardless of the Beatles’ rise having being properly chronicled.
The Oscar-winning British director is understood for movies together with American Magnificence, First World Warfare film 1917, and Bond outings Skyfall and Spectre.
Sony Photos boss Tom Rothman stated the shut launch of all 4 movies in three years’ time will probably be “the first bingeable theatrical experience”.
“We are going to dominate the culture that month,” he added.
