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Ringo Starr Approves Revised Script After Extensive Notes to Sam Mendes’s Beatles Biopic

Following two days of line-by-line revisions guided by Starr, production is underway to shoot all four films simultaneously for an April 2028 release.

Ringo Starr, right, and Sam Mendes. (Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Starr personally reviewed his film’s script in April and provided extensive feedback on scenes involving his family and first wife Maureen Starkey Tigrett, later expressing satisfaction with the changes.
  • Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn are officially set to portray each Beatle in the four-part cinematic event.
  • Apple Corps and the Beatles’ estates have for the first time granted full life story and music rights to a scripted feature film series.
  • Screenwriters Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne have finalized their scripts, incorporating Starr’s authenticity-focused notes.
  • Production preparations are advancing toward an unprecedented simultaneous theatrical launch in April 2028 despite questions about the feasibility of the tight schedule.