The casting of the Beatles of Sam Mendes is confirmed: it will be an event never seen in the cinema

The director announces the “first experience of Binge Watching in the cinema”.

Prepare for a new Beatlemania. On the occasion of the Cinemacon, the director Sam Mendes officially announced the release of its four biopic on the Beatles. First with a confirmation of the casting that had leaked in recent months: Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison, Barry Keoghan will be Ringo Starr and finally Harris Dickinson will slip into the shoes of John Lennon.

The four actors appeared on the stage, and we praised the public like the Liverpool group. The director has described this outing mode this biopic in four parts, which promises to be completely unprecedented as his title promises: The Beatles-A Four-Film Cinematic Event. It will be there “First experience of Binge Watching in the cinema“, Teased Mendes (via Variety).

The four films will arrive at the cinema in April 2028, but it was not specified if they will be released the same day or at the rate of one per week. “”We need major cinema events to get people out of their home “said Sam Mendes to the operators present during the event.

According to the director of Skyfall“The story was too huge to be told in a single film“But he didn’t want to make it a mini-series. To tell the incredible course”of the biggest group in history“, He therefore had the idea of ​​taking the point of view of each member in four independent films. A crazy bet.”This is the chance to understand them more in depth“Promised the British filmmaker.

A huge job now awaits Sam Mendes and his teams, which explains that we will only see the result in the cinema in three years. Filming alone will last a year, according to Mendes. A project worthy ofAvataraccording to the leader of Sony Pictures Tom Rothman, who also worked on the SF saga of James Cameron.