Overview
- Starr spent two days in April meeting Sam Mendes in London to review and revise the script for his installment, focusing on accurate depictions of his marriage to Maureen Starkey Tigrett.
- Mendes incorporated Starr’s extensive notes on family and marriage scenes, earning the drummer’s approval and prompting his “peace and love” message.
- The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event will consist of four interconnected movies, each directed by Mendes and dedicated to one band member’s personal journey.
- Apple Corps Ltd. and the Beatles estates have granted full life story and music rights to this scripted film series for the first time.
- Barry Keoghan stars as Starr alongside Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison), with scripts by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne and an April 2028 release set.