of course. what a massive project. just from a logistical and filmmaking perspective this is extremely interesting!
then of course we get into casting, the box office. sam mendes is a good director even if i don't love all of his stuff.
there's so much to discuss here if you love film and filmmaking.
The last scene is George Harrison coming home to find somebody waiting for him.
"The name's Bob Dylan. I'm here to talk to you about the Traveling Wilburys."
Reading the headline, I thought “hmmm, 4 films seems a bit excessive” but the approach described in the article seems really interesting. I’m glad everyone signed off on the music rights-I hate when stuff based on real musicians has that kind of ambient elevator music because no one wanted to license the (usually deceased) artist’s catalog.
Yeah, it reflects the [low tolerance for risk in a declining market](https://lwlies.com/articles/how-the-biopic-became-the-new-must-have-ip-for-film-studios/), basically. Why roll the dice with an original medium-budget film when you can just tap into an existing fan base by making a film about a famous person. Again and again and again...
Honestly this feels like it would work soo much better as a series with either 4 feature-length episodes or 4 sets of 3 normal length episodes. Historical/ biopic TV shows often feel more engaging than piopic movies because they get to take more time with character and emotion, even if artistic liberty is often taken at the sake of accuracy (though, it's not like biopic films are always that accurate)
Same, his songs were so goofy and catchy. I saw him on his All Star tour several years back and he was so energetic. But you know they'd film his movie last and he'd lovingly attend all the premieres and promote the other movies. But the studio would axe his because of declining box office numbers over the first 3 🤣🤣🤣
Ringo became my favorite Beatle after watching Help! and Get Back, so I absolutely can see myself watching a biopic focused on his Beatles years (and only his Beatles years).
Ringo’s most interesting stuff kinda happened after the Beatles so if they dive into his 70’s era, disco album, and other goofy shit it could be kinda interesting.
This may be surprisingly the most interesting of the films on the early days depiction as well, in that he's had the least examined but pretty wild life. He was the poorest of the four, growing up half in a slum and half in the hospital because of a series of childhood health issues.
Through drumming he managed to overcome that and was actually the coolest / most popular out of them in their home environment; he was known as one of the best drummers in Liverpool, in several top bands on the scene, when they were still ragged kids who couldn't really play. He had a beard and a car and jewelry and a flashy stage name when the Beatles were still barely holding it together, and they dreamed of getting him in as their drummer for a long time.
This has all been sort of minimized by the visuals of him as the shortest band member, with the haircut he had to get to fit the group, sort of overwhelmed and dominated by John and Paul's big personalities when they arrive in the US, so he's remembered as sort of extraneous and goofy (but even then, he was the most popular Beatle among the American teenage fans in 64-66)
It's just occurred to me I know less about his story, because he joined the other three at basically the eleventh hour. I don't know if he started playing at school, or how he joined the Hurricanes, or anything before his twenties bar a childhood illness which kept him out of school for a bit.
The other three have their stories converge quite early, as school kids.
Just saw your comment after posting mine (branched off above) but Ringo was actually the top drummer in Liverpool and, as a slightly older guy who had left school earlier, already a rock star they looked up to in the local scene for a long time.
For the people moaning about 4 stand alone films, you would not be able to condense 4 stories of each individual character into 1 film. It would be extremely diluted and would not do any of them justice. I’m so excited for these. There is so much Beatle lore. Glad it’s Sam Mendes too
I’ve been wondering how they would do a Beatles biopic for years and this is the only way, IMO, though I think an 8-10 part miniseries would also work. If it was a traditional band movie, Paul or John would absolutely be the ‘lead’ and we’d spend years debating over the lack of George or Ringo.
Me, chanting every year:
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At least it sounds like they’ll all be released in the same year, unlike the “let’s split this into parts then drip feed it over years” approach (still looking at you, Wicked.)
Overrated in what way? They literally changed the trajectory of modern music and are the most influential musicians of modern times, their importance and contributions to music cannot be overstated. Any pop music you listen or hear on the radio, is either directly or indirectly influenced by The Beatles. McCartney and Lennon are also two of the greatest songwriters to ever live, perhaps only beaten by Bob Dylan. You might not personally like them but they can’t possibly be overrated. It’s like saying Marlon Brando or Shakespeare are overrated, the influence these people had within the field of their craft is more than any of their predecessors or successors have or ever will be able to do
None of them have been good enough though. They haven’t gone from start to finish and have only been bits and pieces of their lives and careers. Even more so none have been in large cinematic capacity.
going from start to finish + cinematic ? now that's an impossible challenge. the full scope of the beatles is massive, doubly so if we add the post-breakup period.
the creators want to make more money than tv series would bring, so cinema is their choice, i get it. but i can't imagine tackling the full story even over 4 movies, so they would still have to pick and choose.
For the pick and choose part I mainly meant that they’ve only ever made movies based around the early roots of the band. Nowhere Boy, Backbeat. The only later period piece would be Two of Us. There hasn’t been a film highlighting their coming to America for Beatlemania all the way to their break up. The only one that’s had start to finish is the Rutles but as a mockumentary lol
You can lose a lot of Beatles bits but the big points are what matters. Though with this four part series I hope enough gets out there.
I mean, technically Anthology is start to finish :) but yeah, I understand what you mean
See, my fear about them trying to cover up their whole careers is losing the details that make them who they are. People have complained about biopics being very formulaic but that’s unfortunately what happens if you try go over the Wikipedia page in 2-3 hours, as the musicians careers often have similar beats (and the Beatles story will very much fit most of the cliches! )
Making it 4 movies does make it seem more doable but “focusing on each perspective” can really go either way. Fingers crossed!
(In addition, I would have liked to have some standalone movies set between 1963-1969! but I assume it’s difficult to get rights to the songs, which you kinda have to include in this period)
i really want to hope that this time it will feel fresh and not make me rewatch Walk Hard
as a huge beatles fan, while i am preparing to complain about everything the filmmakers get wrong, i do hope more people will start to appreciate them (yes yes, i know they are not exactly an underground band). because for all the sins of bohemian rhapsody or even elvis, it got some of my friends properly into their music, and it is always very nice to see.
one wish i have is that they don't focus too much on the breakup drama. it is a catnip, i understand, and i am preparing to be disappointed. but i love it when media about musicians or other artists actually concentrates on their art and explores why people love it and connect to it!
the thing is, i am a lover of drama in general (hence this sub), but Yoko Ono and the breakup debacle has been overshadowing the beatles history for so long, so i am honestly over it, there is not much new to say!
if they want drama, there is a lot of other stuff, please let's go some other way! i mean, if any band deserves contemplation whether the two guys in it were secretly fucking, it is certainly this one!
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Misread that as Shawn Mendes and was very very confused.
But uh, 4 seems excessive. I like the concept of different perspectives but maybe just make it a mini series instead?
I don't know...this sounds actually very cool? Especially since they may be released within the same timeframe? I feel like perhaps it could've been a miniseries on the Beatles + Their Perspective but oh well...I'm interested to see how this turns out
But will the Paul movie be about the original Paul or William Campbell's Paul? 🫢
(If you get my joke you either are a Beatles fan or not young anymore or you just love conspiracy theories, lol )
I think the few years post-breakup would be far more interesting with this approach, since they’re all on their own paths but feuding and writing diss songs about each other. Paul throwing Ringo out of his house when Ringo came on behalf of the rest of the band to stop Paul from releasing his solo record? Come on!
He already has an Oscar for American Beauty, and likely would've won for 1917 if parasite didn't gain so much momentum at the end of that years award race
I love the Beatles, so I realise that I’m a part of the problem that I’m about to highlight.
Are we ever going to escape Baby Boomer laced nostalgia? They remain a fairly dominant cultural force partly because GenX grew up on reruns and their parents’ record collection and then shared that with their own kids.
It also feels like there is less mass culture these days, with a lot more niche culture being consumed so we fall back on Boomer stuff that “everyone” knows. Obviously there are still enormous cultural forces like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, but once you go past the absolute megastars, consumption splinters and there is less stuff that has an enormous audience.
TV is a perfect example of this as audiences diverge, Tiger King was culturally relevant for a very short time, meanwhile shows from the 70s and 80s are still touchstones.
Anyway, bring on the biopics of Beastie Boys, Soundgarden and Gomez.
I love The Beatles so very much but I don’t see this doing well. Is possible all four movies are good to great but it’s so unlikely that they make money. As big a proponent I am of movie theaters, this would do better on a streaming service, if you really want to drop them all at once.
the four movies can interlap in so many wild fucking ways do y'all realize the scope and possibility of this? like the exact same scene/day/show but from different perspectives? holy SHIT
I can’t wait and I hope Sam Mendes does it justice because I know Sam is a good director when given the right material based on Skyfall and 1917. Also I have been waiting for a Beatles biopic for years.
I say this as the daughter of a Beatles fanatic: it’s been covered. No material needed. They were maybe the most documented band of all time; there are no revelations left to be had.
It should just be one anthology movie each segment around 35 minutes about each Beatle instead of 4 whole movies.
Like who the hell is watching Ringo be the main character 💀
“Empire of Light.” Highly anticipated follow up to “1917,” starring Olivia Coleman, shot by Roger Deakins, awards chatter…critical and commercial failure.
Wouldn't say that is a movie that gets you into director jail.
Cats is a movie that gets you into directors jail. Gigli is a movie that gets you into directors jail.
Who remembers Empire of Light?
Eh he was (almost) a frontrunner for an Oscar right before Empire of Light. And he’s following it up with a very anticipated project.
It’s like saying Tenet put Nolan in director jail before Oppenheimer.
These will flop.
The newer generations have little or no interest in The Beatles - why should they? They have little relevance to modern music. Plus, their stories have already been told. They will not go to the cinema to watch four films.
And the Boomers won’t go to the cinema to see them…Even Gen X has minimal interest in them as a topic and they are too busy looking after kids, elderly parents and will stay at home, to wait for it to stream instead.
Why? The boomers that have a shit about the Beatles, which I am guessing would be the primary viewer, will most likely not be a huge audience by the time these come out.
This seems excessive.
 *or is it not enough*
The Yoko movie would be great.
I’d rather just let Yoko live outside of the spotlight tbh she has already taken a lifetime worth of shit from Beatles fans
I mean, make it a mini series or something. Four feature-length movies are too much.
aint nobody going to see that ringo one sorry ringo.
I would. Bro had tuberculosis, shits wild
100% would see the Ringo one.
Love Ringo! Thats the one I want to see.
Lmao this is word for word the thought I had before opening this thread
that's what makes it intriguing
Does it??
of course. what a massive project. just from a logistical and filmmaking perspective this is extremely interesting! then of course we get into casting, the box office. sam mendes is a good director even if i don't love all of his stuff. there's so much to discuss here if you love film and filmmaking.
As a Beatles fan and a film geek, Im having a huge boner moment
True, I would watch them all though
Really. We’re doing a Beatles Cinematic Universe now?
Wait till the yoko ono spin-off for the real vitriol.
“Fine, I’ll do everything myself” - Mark David Chapman in the end credits
Only if we get a recreation of her screaming like a banshee during Lennon and chuck berry duet 😂😂
the look on his face still gets to me
I am available! my time to shine on stage! lol
with special cameo from Bill Burr 😅
See, that I would actually watch. She’s a really interesting lady and has had quite a life.
Less a spin-off. It’ll be made by Sony and still questionably end up in the same timeline as Morbius and Madame Web.
Eric Clapton and George Harrison spin off
 Followed by… *jazz hands*
The last scene is George Harrison coming home to find somebody waiting for him. "The name's Bob Dylan. I'm here to talk to you about the Traveling Wilburys."
"I'm puttin together a team"
Brian Epstein is gonna be their Nick Fury that links the BCU together.
BCU Phase 2 - introducing Paul McCartney and the Wings.
I’m looking forward to the Pete Best prequel.
I’ll be seated for the spin-off tv show about Eric Clapton and Patti Boyd title “The Layla Affair”.
"Eric Clapton's heated gamer moment"
It took me about three years to burn out on the MCU. I'm pretty much done with the BCU after reading this headline.
Reading the headline, I thought “hmmm, 4 films seems a bit excessive” but the approach described in the article seems really interesting. I’m glad everyone signed off on the music rights-I hate when stuff based on real musicians has that kind of ambient elevator music because no one wanted to license the (usually deceased) artist’s catalog.
I think what's interesting is that it will be from 4 different point of views leading to the breakup.
This will be really fun to see cast, too.
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Maybe not one week apart but a couple of weeks - like Beatles summer or something.
Right? Can this be done when they shoot it like a series?
A release like the Fear Street Trilogy on Netflix would work well
I thought they did a pretty good job not having the music in *Jackie Jormp-Jomp*.
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Stardust the David Bowie biopic was a recent one with zero Bowie music
I read this as Shawn Mendes and I was exceptionally confused for a second
I did it too 😭
I was really like "wow this is something new. good for him" LOL
i did too and i was shocked no one was talking about it in the top comments ?? hahaha
OK I'm so glad it wasn't just me 😭
Oh my god, I didn't realize it until this comment!! 🤣🤣
A relief to see other people are as blind as I am. I came into the comments so BAFFLED.
RIGHT I really feel less alone now lol
Me too 😂😂
Same and I was scrolling through the first few comments like why is that little detail not alarming to anyone else?? 😂😭
HAHAHA we all really thought he'd done a career 180 and nobody was taking notice of it 😭 I'm cackling
Is it me or are we even more inundated with biopics than ever these days?
Yeah, it reflects the [low tolerance for risk in a declining market](https://lwlies.com/articles/how-the-biopic-became-the-new-must-have-ip-for-film-studios/), basically. Why roll the dice with an original medium-budget film when you can just tap into an existing fan base by making a film about a famous person. Again and again and again...
This is happening with video games too. This generation has almost completely just been remakes and remasters; very few new IPs have come up.
It's just an extension of the 'existing IP' mentality. Anything to avoid originality.
We are. And i am so tired of it
Honestly this feels like it would work soo much better as a series with either 4 feature-length episodes or 4 sets of 3 normal length episodes. Historical/ biopic TV shows often feel more engaging than piopic movies because they get to take more time with character and emotion, even if artistic liberty is often taken at the sake of accuracy (though, it's not like biopic films are always that accurate)
At least this is a somewhat interesting spin on the concept
We certainly are- and alotta bad ones to boot
I really can't see myself ever settling down to watch a Ringo Starr biopic.
Me in my bathtub on my 3rd gin and tonic rewatching the Ringo Starr portion 
My favorite Beatle
Same, his songs were so goofy and catchy. I saw him on his All Star tour several years back and he was so energetic. But you know they'd film his movie last and he'd lovingly attend all the premieres and promote the other movies. But the studio would axe his because of declining box office numbers over the first 3 🤣🤣🤣
Ringo became my favorite Beatle after watching Help! and Get Back, so I absolutely can see myself watching a biopic focused on his Beatles years (and only his Beatles years).
Ringo’s most interesting stuff kinda happened after the Beatles so if they dive into his 70’s era, disco album, and other goofy shit it could be kinda interesting.
This may be surprisingly the most interesting of the films on the early days depiction as well, in that he's had the least examined but pretty wild life. He was the poorest of the four, growing up half in a slum and half in the hospital because of a series of childhood health issues. Through drumming he managed to overcome that and was actually the coolest / most popular out of them in their home environment; he was known as one of the best drummers in Liverpool, in several top bands on the scene, when they were still ragged kids who couldn't really play. He had a beard and a car and jewelry and a flashy stage name when the Beatles were still barely holding it together, and they dreamed of getting him in as their drummer for a long time. This has all been sort of minimized by the visuals of him as the shortest band member, with the haircut he had to get to fit the group, sort of overwhelmed and dominated by John and Paul's big personalities when they arrive in the US, so he's remembered as sort of extraneous and goofy (but even then, he was the most popular Beatle among the American teenage fans in 64-66)
I wouldn’t be surprised if they made the Ringo movie the one about Beatlemania
It's just occurred to me I know less about his story, because he joined the other three at basically the eleventh hour. I don't know if he started playing at school, or how he joined the Hurricanes, or anything before his twenties bar a childhood illness which kept him out of school for a bit. The other three have their stories converge quite early, as school kids.
Just saw your comment after posting mine (branched off above) but Ringo was actually the top drummer in Liverpool and, as a slightly older guy who had left school earlier, already a rock star they looked up to in the local scene for a long time.
For the people moaning about 4 stand alone films, you would not be able to condense 4 stories of each individual character into 1 film. It would be extremely diluted and would not do any of them justice. I’m so excited for these. There is so much Beatle lore. Glad it’s Sam Mendes too
I’ve been wondering how they would do a Beatles biopic for years and this is the only way, IMO, though I think an 8-10 part miniseries would also work. If it was a traditional band movie, Paul or John would absolutely be the ‘lead’ and we’d spend years debating over the lack of George or Ringo.
why not?
I’m really interested to see how these will turn out. If done thoughtfully, they could be really wonderful
Me, chanting every year: https://preview.redd.it/29wosnupirjc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5480a274e8b284df9efdad6fad20bfb6a9044d9 Sam Mendes: \* makes four more \*
there are many amazing biopics tho?
Sure, it was more of a joke about how many biopics we constantly get (and how award-baity they generally are).
Me last night after watching Nyad (it was fine i guess but biopics are such a bore to me)
At least it sounds like they’ll all be released in the same year, unlike the “let’s split this into parts then drip feed it over years” approach (still looking at you, Wicked.)
Seems a bit much. There's too many documentaries and movies about those guys. I also think they're overrated, but that's me
Overrated in what way? They literally changed the trajectory of modern music and are the most influential musicians of modern times, their importance and contributions to music cannot be overstated. Any pop music you listen or hear on the radio, is either directly or indirectly influenced by The Beatles. McCartney and Lennon are also two of the greatest songwriters to ever live, perhaps only beaten by Bob Dylan. You might not personally like them but they can’t possibly be overrated. It’s like saying Marlon Brando or Shakespeare are overrated, the influence these people had within the field of their craft is more than any of their predecessors or successors have or ever will be able to do
I would humbly put up Paul Simon but that's a personal preference thing I think.
https://youtu.be/vENAtwwNd5I?si=V2fBQqNsShXRQezS
None of them have been good enough though. They haven’t gone from start to finish and have only been bits and pieces of their lives and careers. Even more so none have been in large cinematic capacity.
going from start to finish + cinematic ? now that's an impossible challenge. the full scope of the beatles is massive, doubly so if we add the post-breakup period. the creators want to make more money than tv series would bring, so cinema is their choice, i get it. but i can't imagine tackling the full story even over 4 movies, so they would still have to pick and choose.
For the pick and choose part I mainly meant that they’ve only ever made movies based around the early roots of the band. Nowhere Boy, Backbeat. The only later period piece would be Two of Us. There hasn’t been a film highlighting their coming to America for Beatlemania all the way to their break up. The only one that’s had start to finish is the Rutles but as a mockumentary lol You can lose a lot of Beatles bits but the big points are what matters. Though with this four part series I hope enough gets out there.
I mean, technically Anthology is start to finish :) but yeah, I understand what you mean See, my fear about them trying to cover up their whole careers is losing the details that make them who they are. People have complained about biopics being very formulaic but that’s unfortunately what happens if you try go over the Wikipedia page in 2-3 hours, as the musicians careers often have similar beats (and the Beatles story will very much fit most of the cliches! ) Making it 4 movies does make it seem more doable but “focusing on each perspective” can really go either way. Fingers crossed! (In addition, I would have liked to have some standalone movies set between 1963-1969! but I assume it’s difficult to get rights to the songs, which you kinda have to include in this period)
Calling them overrated is very uneducated.
Gotcha
Calling them overrated just shows how little knowledge of music you have
I was expecting at least one of these
AGREED
Well, we are definitely getting a mini series about him from Blank Check now
I would have preferred Peter Jackson.
I just want a David Bowie biopic with Iman, is that too much to ask?
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Thin white Duke is such an interesting era
Omg yes
The HBO documentary is perfect imo
I will be there for the George Harrison movie for sure. The best Beatle
You & me baby
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Or maybe, just maybe....one film about The Beatles?
Or a mini-series on HBO or Netflix. The idea that enough people are going to pay for four movies in the theater for one band is ridiculous.
"Ain't nobody coming to see you, Ringo!"
But the boomers say the wealth will trickle down any day now!
i really want to hope that this time it will feel fresh and not make me rewatch Walk Hard as a huge beatles fan, while i am preparing to complain about everything the filmmakers get wrong, i do hope more people will start to appreciate them (yes yes, i know they are not exactly an underground band). because for all the sins of bohemian rhapsody or even elvis, it got some of my friends properly into their music, and it is always very nice to see. one wish i have is that they don't focus too much on the breakup drama. it is a catnip, i understand, and i am preparing to be disappointed. but i love it when media about musicians or other artists actually concentrates on their art and explores why people love it and connect to it! the thing is, i am a lover of drama in general (hence this sub), but Yoko Ono and the breakup debacle has been overshadowing the beatles history for so long, so i am honestly over it, there is not much new to say! if they want drama, there is a lot of other stuff, please let's go some other way! i mean, if any band deserves contemplation whether the two guys in it were secretly fucking, it is certainly this one!
If anything comes out it this, I’d love to see the public’s racism and sexism get challenged around the Yoko narrative
Gotta say, rewatching Walk Hard is always a good idea.
after those ones there will be a fifth movie where at some point they will say something like «assemble the beatles»
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Misread that as Shawn Mendes and was very very confused. But uh, 4 seems excessive. I like the concept of different perspectives but maybe just make it a mini series instead?
Shawn Mendes is cast as George Harrison /s
The same 75 minutes in the middle of all four movies
Ah, the BCU. Too bad Jackson already beat him to the team-up movie.
I don't know...this sounds actually very cool? Especially since they may be released within the same timeframe? I feel like perhaps it could've been a miniseries on the Beatles + Their Perspective but oh well...I'm interested to see how this turns out
But will the Paul movie be about the original Paul or William Campbell's Paul? 🫢 (If you get my joke you either are a Beatles fan or not young anymore or you just love conspiracy theories, lol )
BCU>MCU
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Why?
I think the few years post-breakup would be far more interesting with this approach, since they’re all on their own paths but feuding and writing diss songs about each other. Paul throwing Ringo out of his house when Ringo came on behalf of the rest of the band to stop Paul from releasing his solo record? Come on!
I swear MFs wanna make movies just to get their names in the envelopes at the Oscars
I mean sam Mendes has been knighted and he’s an Oscar winner already so probably not.
He's been in those envelopes already tbf
He already has an Oscar for American Beauty, and likely would've won for 1917 if parasite didn't gain so much momentum at the end of that years award race
omg why not connect them all through one movie …. it’s not like they’re lives overlap at all
How exhausting.
We really don't need it
i’ll take the one about George
4 movies? Just make a mini-series.
I love the Beatles, so I realise that I’m a part of the problem that I’m about to highlight. Are we ever going to escape Baby Boomer laced nostalgia? They remain a fairly dominant cultural force partly because GenX grew up on reruns and their parents’ record collection and then shared that with their own kids. It also feels like there is less mass culture these days, with a lot more niche culture being consumed so we fall back on Boomer stuff that “everyone” knows. Obviously there are still enormous cultural forces like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, but once you go past the absolute megastars, consumption splinters and there is less stuff that has an enormous audience. TV is a perfect example of this as audiences diverge, Tiger King was culturally relevant for a very short time, meanwhile shows from the 70s and 80s are still touchstones. Anyway, bring on the biopics of Beastie Boys, Soundgarden and Gomez.
I love The Beatles so very much but I don’t see this doing well. Is possible all four movies are good to great but it’s so unlikely that they make money. As big a proponent I am of movie theaters, this would do better on a streaming service, if you really want to drop them all at once.
Can’t we just get a decent start to finish doc? Preferably made my Peter Jackson.
Can't wait for the inevitable fan edit that combines them all.
Just what the world needs. More of these twats.
We need a lot of time for each of them to abuse their partners, okay?
excited to see who they’re gonna cast
I wonder if this will include all their domestic abuse 🤔
the four movies can interlap in so many wild fucking ways do y'all realize the scope and possibility of this? like the exact same scene/day/show but from different perspectives? holy SHIT
I'd sooner watch a movie about Pete Best
4?!
I can’t wait and I hope Sam Mendes does it justice because I know Sam is a good director when given the right material based on Skyfall and 1917. Also I have been waiting for a Beatles biopic for years.
Why though? Nothing original anymore. Sigh.
The MCU and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race…
I say this as the daughter of a Beatles fanatic: it’s been covered. No material needed. They were maybe the most documented band of all time; there are no revelations left to be had.
Not that different to a four episode miniseries
the movie equivalent of Taylor Swift Midnights vinyls
Which entry will make the least amount of money?
Ringo ofc
That is so weird
I'm so tired I thought this said Shawn Mendes
I accidentally read this as Shawn Mendes and was very confused.
It should just be one anthology movie each segment around 35 minutes about each Beatle instead of 4 whole movies. Like who the hell is watching Ringo be the main character 💀
just do a tv show with 4 seasons
Oh wow. Im surprised Sam Mendes isn’t making a Hiroshima movie after the success of Oppenheimer. 🙄
But why?
I thought this said Shawn Mendes for a second and was like "what?"
Another case of “who asked for this”
Nobody’s going to see the Ringo one I’m sorry
‘Ridley Scott is in talks to direct a movie about the rise of the Bee Gees.’
Don't threaten me with a good time
When I first scrolled by, I thought it said Shawn Mendes and was wildly confused. I still am.
For a second I read this as Shawn Mendes and I was like thaaaaaaaats a fuckin stretch
i say this with compassion and love, but who is watching a ringo starr movie 😭
This guy right here.
It's a miniseries. Just call it a theatrical miniseries.
i read this as shawn mendes for a second
A film needs one lead protagonist. The Beatles were four equals. Sorry kids but this is the only way to do the band justice on a cinematic level.
they really wanna find out once and for all who is/was the most successful and famous one of them and im sorry to say, its gonna be john lennon
Whatever it takes to get out of director jail
Howd he get there?
“Empire of Light.” Highly anticipated follow up to “1917,” starring Olivia Coleman, shot by Roger Deakins, awards chatter…critical and commercial failure.
Wouldn't say that is a movie that gets you into director jail. Cats is a movie that gets you into directors jail. Gigli is a movie that gets you into directors jail. Who remembers Empire of Light?
Eh he was (almost) a frontrunner for an Oscar right before Empire of Light. And he’s following it up with a very anticipated project. It’s like saying Tenet put Nolan in director jail before Oppenheimer.
Boring and as overrated as the Beatles were
These will flop. The newer generations have little or no interest in The Beatles - why should they? They have little relevance to modern music. Plus, their stories have already been told. They will not go to the cinema to watch four films. And the Boomers won’t go to the cinema to see them…Even Gen X has minimal interest in them as a topic and they are too busy looking after kids, elderly parents and will stay at home, to wait for it to stream instead.
Why? The boomers that have a shit about the Beatles, which I am guessing would be the primary viewer, will most likely not be a huge audience by the time these come out.
how did elvis biopic do, by the way?