- - “The Beatles” Movie Drops First Photos of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn in Character

Tommy McArdleJanuary 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM

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Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney

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Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn are shown in character for Sam Mendes' upcoming four-part Beatles biopic

Sony announced the actors' casting as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison in April 2025

The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event is scheduled to hit theaters in April 2028

Beatles fans are getting their first look at the actors portraying the iconic group on the big screen.

On Friday, Jan. 30, Sony Pictures released photos of Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Production is currently underway on director Sam Mendes’ upcoming intersecting films on The Beatles.

The casting of Mescal, 29, Dickinson, 29, Keoghan, 33, and Quinn, 32, was confirmed during a presentation at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas.

Harris Dickinson as John Lennon

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Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr

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At that time, Mendes, 60, referred to the project as The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event and said it would be the "first singable theatrical experience." During that presentation, he also noted that filming on the project would take roughly one year.

Joseph Quinn as George Harrison

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1917 filmmaker Mendes first announced he was working on four intertwining Beatles movies in February 2024. At that time, a press release stated that the project marks the first time The Beatles and Apple Corps Ltd. have granted the rights to their life stories and music for a feature film.

“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," Mendes said in a statement at that time.

The four movies are expected to utilize each of the band member's individual perspectives to tell the story of the band's career. The group released more than 12 studio albums, toured the world and made a number of major impacts on pop culture between 1960 and 1970.

George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr of The Beatles on November 14, 1963 at the ABC Cinema in Exeter.

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The biopics will feature Saorsie Ronan as McCartney's first wife Linda, Mia McKenna Bruce as Ringo's wife Maureen Starkey, Aimee Lou Wood as Harrison's first wife Pattie Boyd, and Anna Sawai as Lennon's second wife Yoko Ono.

James Norton will portray the group's manager Brian Epstein, with Harry Lloyd as their producer George Martin, Deadline reported in December.

All four of the Beatles biopics are scheduled to release in theaters in April 2028.

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