(L-R) Sam Mendes introduces Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson onstage to promote four upcoming biopics about The Beatles at the Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 31, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The promo stunt from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts also revealed Harris Dickinson's take on John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as a floppy-haired George Harrison.
It’ll be two more years before we can actually see them on screen, but on Thursday (Jan. 29), fans got the first look at the Fab Four’s look in director Sam Mendes’ upcoming four-part Beatles biopic series. The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts — an arts school co-founded in 1996 by Paul McCartney and British entrepreneur Mark Featherstone-Witty — rolled out postcards featuring photos of the actors playing each member of the group as part of a promotional stunt in conjunction with Sony Pictures UK.
As part of a “postcard hunt” the Institute informed students on Friday (Jan. 30) that it had hidden 20 more of the cards that morning with 20 more to be tucked around by lunchtime, asking them to tag the school and movie studio if they find them. “Another huge thanks to Sony for providing these exclusive, hand-numbered postcards. It’s been such an honour to bring the Beatles back home. Paul, George and John all studied in the buildings that now make up LIPA, while Sir Paul remains our Lead Patron,” read the caption to an Instagram post from the school featuring the images (which you can check out here).
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In the previews, Paul Mescal is seen as a mop-topped McCartney, dressed in a classic early look in a suit and bowl haircut. Joseph Quinn’s George Harrison is a late-period take, with the Stranger Things actor sporting long hair and a bushy beard, while Harris Dickinson’s mid-period John Lennon sports his iconic round glasses, shaggy, shoulder-length hair and a jeans jacket. Meanwhile, Barry Keoghan’s Ringo Starr sports a busy mustache, grown-out shag and a polka dot shit accented by a paisley tie.
The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, is slated to hit theaters on April 7, 2028, with each Beatle getting their own solo film that will tell the story of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band from their perspective.
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The rest of the cast has filled out over the past few months, with the recent addition of Leanne Best (Line of Duty, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), niece of original Beatles drummer Pete Best, who will play John Lennon’s beloved Aunt Mimi Smith, who was his guardian when he was a child.
Additionally, Walking Dead star David Morrissey will play McCartney’s father, Jim McCartney, James Norton (Bob Marley: One Love) will play manager Brian Epstein and Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones) has been confirmed as “fifth Beatle,” producer George Martin. Bobby Schofield (Cherry) will portray the band’s road manager and McCartney and Harrison’s lifelong friend, music biz executive Neil Aspinall, while Daniel Hoffman-Gill will be road manager and personal assistant Mal Evans, Arthur Darvill (And Mrs) is on board as journalist/publicist and producer Derek Taylor and Adam Pally (Sonic the Hedgehog 3) will take on the band’s music manager, Allen Klein.
Previously announced main cast members include Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) as McCartney’s wife Linda McCartney, Shogun‘s Anna Sawai as Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono, The White Lotus‘ Aimee Lou Wood as Harrison’s wife Pattie Boyd and How to Have Sex‘s Mia McKenna-Bruce as Starr’s wife, Maureen Starkey.
