Sam Mendes and Neal Street Productions have announced a Beatles biopic project for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Four feature films, one from each band member’s perspective, will have global theatrical release in 2027.
Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
Mendes will direct the four theatrical feature films – one from each band member’s point of view – to tell the story of The Beatles.
SPE will finance and distribute worldwide with full theatrical windows in 2027. The details of the dating cadence of the films will be shared closer to release
Mendes will also produce alongside his Neal Street Productions partner Pippa Harris and Neal Street’s Julie Pastor. Jeff Jones will executive produce for Apple Corps Ltd.
“I’m honoured 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,” said Mendes.
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