US EditionRingo Starr Says He Asked Sam Mendes for Changes to Beatles Biopic Script
LONDON, UK, JUL 2 – Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last surviving Beatles, reflect on their enduring friendship, recent reunion, and the Grammy-winning final Beatles song 'Now and Then'.
- Ringo Starr met with director Sam Mendes in April 2025 to review scripts for a four-part Beatles biopic focused on the band's story.
- Starr sought changes after feeling his first marriage to Maureen Starkey Tigrett was inaccurately depicted in the scripts, which Mendes accepted.
- The project, currently described as a four-part film series about The Beatles, will feature Barry Keoghan portraying Ringo Starr and is scheduled for release beginning in 2027 and continuing into 2028.
- Starr said, “We would never do that,” about an inaccurate portrayal, added, “He'll do what he's doing, and I'll send him peace and love,” and approved Keoghan's casting.
- This collaboration highlights Starr's ongoing engagement with presenting his legacy while the films aim to tell the intertwined story of the Beatles' rise and impact.
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Ringo Starr Sought Script Changes in Biopics
Ringo Starr turns 85 next week, and he gave a lengthy interview to the New York Times for the occasion. Among other things, the resulting profile by Lindsay Zoladz reveals that Starr successfully sought script changes in the upcoming Beatles biopics being directed by Sam Mendes. When he and Mendes...
Ringo Starr asked the filmmaker Sam Mendes to rewrite some parts of the script he is working on for the four biographical films of The Beatles. In a talk with the New York Times, the musician detailed that last April he met with the filmmaker. They worked with the script for two full days, in which the drummer contributed some notes, especially to give more precision to the scenes with his family and his first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett. It w…
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NY Daily NewsRingo Starr says he asked Sam Mendes for changes to Beatles biopic script
The director of the forthcoming Beatles biopic had his work cut out for him, as far as Ringo Starr was concerned. The legendary rock & roll group’s drummer had plenty of notes for the Sam Mendes-helmed movie project. Read more...
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