Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne to Write Sam Mendes’ Four Beatles Films

Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne to Write Sam Mendes’ Four Beatles Films

Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics have found writers. Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Spectre”), Academy Award winner Peter Straughan (“Conclave,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) and BAFTA and Tony Award winner Jack Thorne (“Adolescence,” “Enola Holmes”) are set to write the screenplays for the four theatrical films from Sony Pictures and Neal Street […]

Beatles Biopics’ Screenwriters Revealed

At CinemaCon last month, director Sam Mendes officially announced a ridiculously ambitious project that’s been in the works for a long time: Four intersecting Beatles biopics, each told from the perspective of a different band member, set to come out within a single month in April 2028. The cast of those biopics — Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan and Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison — …

'The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event': Sam Mendes Taps Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan & Jack Thorne As Writers

Sam Mendes‘ “The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event” is undoubtedly one of the buzziest film projects of the next few years. And now we know who will pen the four upcoming biopics, each centering on a specific Beatles member. READ MORE: Introducing Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan & Harris Dickinson As ‘The Beatles’ [CinemaCon] Deadline reports that Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan, and Jack Thorne will write the screenplays for Mende…

Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan, Jack Thorne Will Write Sam Mendes' Beatles Biopics

Set to star in the four films are Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal, and Joseph Quinn.

Barry Keoghan visited Ringo Starr to ‘study’ him for upcoming Beatles biopics - Jersey Evening Post

Irish film star Barry Keoghan has said he met Sir Ringo Starr to study him ahead of the new Beatles films. Saltburn actor Keoghan, 32, has been cast to play the drummer in a collection of new biopics directed by British filmmaker Sir Sam Mendes. Also starring in the films are Gladiator II actor Paul Mescal as Sir Paul McCartney, Babygirl star Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Keoghan told…

The Holy Trinity of Screenwriting Unites for Sam Mendes’ Epic The Beatles Biopics

Sam Mendes assembles a scriptwriting dream team to bring The Beatles’ wild, brilliant story to life.