{"id":729390,"date":"2026-01-29T21:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/729390\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:16:12","slug":"beatles-movies-first-look-photos-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/729390\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatles Movies First-Look Photos Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWe\u2019re getting our first-look today at the transformations at the center of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-beatles\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-beatles\" data-tag=\"the-beatles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beatles<\/a> \u2014 A Four-Film Cinematic Event, Sam Mendes\u2019 set of four <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sony\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sony\" data-tag=\"sony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sony<\/a> films unpacking the band\u2019s story from the perspective of each member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs previously announced, this includes Paul Mescal as McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon. The first look came via postcards distributed at the\u00a0Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, an institution co-founded by\u00a0Paul McCartney. You can view them in a social post below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWe were first to report on the Beatles films from Mendes, all of which will be released with full theatrical windows in April 2028. Sony Pictures is financing and distribute them worldwide. Others appearing in notable roles include Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen (Cox) Starkey, Saoirse Ronan as Linda (Eastman) McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, and Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd. Supporting cast includes David Morrissey, Leanne Best, James Norton, Harry Lloyd, Bobby Schofield, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, Arthur Darvill, and Adam Pally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMendes is directing from scripts written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne. A collaboration between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Mendes\u2019 Neal Street Productions, the films are being produced by Mendes, Pippa Harris and Julie Pastor of Neal Street, as well as Alexandra Derbyshire, in association with Apple Corps for Sony Pictures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis marks the first time that The Beatles and Apple Corps Ltd. have authorized the use of the band members\u2019 life stories and music in scripted films. Check out the first-look stills of Mescal, Keoghan, Quinn, and Dickinson as the Fab Four below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re getting our first-look today at the transformations at the center of The Beatles \u2014 A Four-Film Cinematic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,269,341,4162,160818,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-729390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-sony","11":"tag-the-beatles","12":"tag-the-beatles-u2014-a-four-film-cinematic-event","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115980467206611311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}