Overview

• Deadline reports the casting of James Norton as manager Brian Epstein, with Sony declining to comment.
• Sam Mendes will direct a four‑film event, with each installment focused on a different member of the band.
• Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson are set to portray Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon.
• Saoirse Ronan has been cast as Linda McCartney, and Epstein is expected to feature across all four films though his screen time is not yet clear.
• Sony is financing and distributing the project, with scripts by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne and production by Mendes’ Neal Street in association with Apple Corps.