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‘The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event’ Stars Recreate Iconic ‘Abbey Road’ Album Cover Shot For Upcoming Biopics
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The four actors cast to play The Beatles in Sony's upcoming four-part biopic series were filmed recreating the band's famous Abbey Road album cover pose over the weekend, with fan footage showing them crossing the London street in character. The moment offers the first real glimpse of the project in production, which is notable as the first film ever granted rights to use the Beatles' full music catalogue.
Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan play John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr respectively in the series, directed by Sam Mendes and titled The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, with each instalment focusing on one band member ahead of a planned April 2028 release. The original photo was taken outside EMI Studios on 8 August 1969, for what became the band's last recorded album. No plot details have been revealed, but the supporting cast includes Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Starkey, James Norton as manager Brian Epstein and Harry Lloyd as producer George Martin.
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- Beatles biopic cast recreated the Abbey Road cover shot
- Four films, one per Beatle, due out April 2028
- First-ever movie granted rights to the Beatles' full discography
How this story developed
- 3 months ago The four actors cast to play The Beatles in Sony's upcoming four-part biopic series were filmed recreating the band's famous Abbey Road album cover pose over the weekend, with fan footage showing them crossing the London street in character.
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The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event is a series of four biopic films from Sony, with each one focusing on a different member of the band. Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan have been cast as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and the films are being directed by Sam Mendes. It is the first film project ever given rights to use the Beatles' entire back catalogue of music, which adds to the significance of the production.
The films are still in the early stages of shooting, with a release planned for April 2028. The supporting cast includes actors playing people close to the band, such as Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney and Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, though no details of the plot or how the story will be told across the four films have been made public yet.
The Abbey Road album cover, which shows the four Beatles walking across a zebra crossing in London, was originally photographed on 8 August 1969 outside the band's recording studio. It has since become one of the most recognisable images in music history, which is why any recreation of it tends to draw attention.
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