Sony's Beatles Cinematic Universe, Sam Mendes To Direct

[thechase]

In a move that ought to make fans of The Beatles twist and shout, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes and his Neal Street Productions have set plans to make four separate theatrical films, one on each of the members of music’s most famous and enduring band.



Mendes will direct all four of the films, and this marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.

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[BorneAgain]

Between Walk Hard so effectively lampooning the genre and Get Back demonstrating how much more interesting documentaries are when it comes to bands, I’m not really seeing the same value in musical biopics other than as Oscar bait.

[Soultastic]

Yoko was in the Amazon with John when he was researching beetles just before he died.

[Muskrat]

This could actually be really interesting if done well, as you'd get 4 different perspectives about some of the same time periods and I do like Sam Mendes. Chalk me up as "cautiously optimistic"

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

hey was actually thinking of this too for a few weeks, having a more general history of the band, and the people behind it

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

I want the origin story as to how Ringo got the hole in his pocket.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

This is so f***ing stupid and dumb but i do want to give the writer props on this

Feb 20, 2024 11:17:17 GMT -5 thechase said:

In a move that ought to make fans of The Beatles twist and shout, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Feb 20, 2024 11:28:49 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

Between Walk Hard so effectively lampooning the genre and Get Back demonstrating how much more interesting documentaries are when it comes to bands, I’m not really seeing the same value in musical biopics other than as Oscar bait.

Hey... Weird AL'S biopic which was 100 percent true in every way.... was awesome

[Urn Anderson]

It's like some executive found out that KISS released four solo albums simultaneously and did absolutely no research beyond that fact.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Can't wait for Phase 2 when Paul returns home to find Denny Laine sitting in his living room to tell him he's working on a new team.

[XIII]

I can only imagine(pun intended) how hard the John Lennon one will go to make him look like some visionary prophet as it searches for an Oscar. 😂

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Can't wait till they get to India

[BRV]

My guess: the first one does moderately well at the box office, but nothing overly impressive. The second installment flops. The third and fourth never even get filmed.

[Bang Bang Bart]

can't wait for the movies that just focus on the production crew that worked on the Beatles' songs, their manager, and Ed Sullivan for some reason... all of which never mention or have any of the Fab Four in it.

[Dragonfly]

Feb 20, 2024 15:23:24 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

can't wait for the movies that just focus on the production crew that worked on the Beatles' songs, their manager, and Ed Sullivan for some reason... all of which never mention or have any of the Fab Four in it.

I'd love to see a film based on Brian Epstein.

[Moppy]

Great, now make one about Pete Best except he’s Kraven the Hunter

[G✇JI☈A]

The Ringo Starr one be mostly post Beatles .. his solo stuff, his attempt at becoming a movie star by being in such movies like Caveman, Son of Dracula, and Blind Man. And of course narrating Thomas the Tank Engine

[Vampiro138]

Im curious how far into their lives the bio pics will go, part of me feels it would just go up to the break up and then you get a wall of text of what happened after. But if they could do that scene of John and Paul re-uniting in LA during John's "Lost Weekend" that would be cool to see play out in a film, as that bootleg of that is fascinating to listen to even if most of it is John yelling at the sound guy running the board.

Should do a "Scene Missing" joke of either John or Ringo hanging with Nilsson, where Harry meets up with them goes "what should we do?" and then get "scene missing" and then you just see John or Ringo wake up and like 4 days have passed, which is very much what time with Harry Nilsson was like back then.

[Perd]

Huge Beatles fan. But four movies seem like a little much. And I bet none of them will delve into how they ripped off Clarence Walker.

[A Platypus Rave]

I'm hoping that the first 3 are all normal and then Ringos is like a goofy slapstick comedy.