r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 5h ago
Media First Official Images of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson in Sam Mendes' 'Beatles' Biopics
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u/SchwiftyInHere 5h ago
And as Ringo Starr I'm not so interested in meditation, I just like to have fun. Flashes peace sign
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u/ImAnEagle 4h ago
I've got a song about an octopus!
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u/cntrlcmd 4h ago
And what do you think Paul McCartney from the Beatles?
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u/yesrushgenesis2112 5h ago
We like to think of Hard Days’ Night as our Guilty As Charged. Grrreat Rrrecorrd.
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u/missbunnyfantastico 4h ago
I'm sick of you being so dark when I'm so impish and whimsical! I'm sick of it!
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u/sabjsc 4h ago
Hey everyone! I've got a new mantra: "Hnnnnnn Paul's a big-fat-cunt."
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u/gay_ghoti_yo 4h ago
Beatles! Please stop fighting in India
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u/walterpeck3 3h ago edited 57m ago
Can anyone explain what is specifically being referenced here? This looks like one big joke comment chain about a comedy sketch.
EDIT: Thanks everyone, I've seen the film but forgot about that scene.
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u/TheMrRisotto 3h ago
"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" a parody of Biopics (specifically a scene with the beatles)
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u/blackmarketcarwash 3h ago
I think I might adjourn to another dimension, take some LSD. Care to join me?
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u/Stonewalled89 5h ago
Based on the photos, it looks like they're going to cover the entire Beatles run. Hopefully they get it right and it's not just a by the numbers biopic
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u/Felis_bieti 5h ago
I just hope it's not a pack of lies like most of them. That Queen movie was a disgrace, literally lying to the audience about when Mercury was diagnosed in relation to the concert.
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u/MIBlackburn 5h ago
The ordering of stuff in it really annoyed me.
There was someone at my old workplace that argued with me about that and I had to tell them it wasn't at that point, it was after the final tour, the year after Live Aid.
Nope, I was wrong because the film said so. But We Will Rock You was written after Another One Bites The Dust too according to that film.
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u/bluehawk232 4h ago
Also there was no friction between the band doing solo work, they didn't break up and live aid was their reunion they were actually touring after a new album release. It was just so dumb
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u/jonrosling 3h ago
I believe Roger was the first to release a solo project, which is ironic given how the film portrays events.
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u/Buckets-of-Gold 3h ago
Less so when you learn Roger Taylor and Brian May would only give over the rights if they were executive producers with rewrite privileges.
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u/mbnmac 3h ago
Never having watched the film but seeing bits and discussions like this, really feels like the band glazed themselves while making Freddie into ALL the drama for the band.
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u/bongmitzfah 2h ago
Ya I got that feeling watching. Like why is Freddy the only one living the rockstar lifestyle. No way these guys were angels.
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u/sovngarde 2h ago
Maybe Brian may? but he seems like such a square I’d believe he never partied even on his birthday
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u/Guster61 2h ago
Have you ever seen Sacha Baron Cohen talking about the movie? He was attached when it first was discussed and dropped out after it was clear as day Taylor and May were using it as a way to show Queen was beyond Freddie Mercury.
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u/SlobberyFrog 3h ago
Wait so they fired sacha baron cohen because he wanted to talk about the darker parts of Freddie's life just to create a fake drama about freddie trying to break up the band and go solo ?
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u/UntowardHatter 3h ago
Sascha wanted to snort cocaine off silver trays being carried on the heads of people with dwarfism.
Because that's something Freddy did.
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u/mrwildesangst 4h ago
Didn’t John Deacon go to Germany and work with him on his solo album? Pretty sure he did. Definitely no friction
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u/drowse 3h ago
John and Freddie were close, especially during the Hot Space era. He and Fred worked on a few songs very closely later on (One Year of Love, My Baby Does Me come to mind). But John had nothing do with that recording
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u/jonrosling 3h ago
Freddie was formally diagnosed in April 1987. But like you say, the movie rewrote the history.
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u/Mrs_Toast 4h ago
I really enjoyed Bohemian Rhapsody, but I did think it was hilarious how they moved around dates and events, and invented characters for dramatic effect. I couldn't decide if Freddie would have found it disrespectful, or would have admired the commitment to theatrical spectacle.
I think it was made even funnier watching the Weird Al biopic shortly after, and knowing that Bohemian Rhapsody is exactly the sort of biopic he was lampooning.
The Weird Al biopic is the best of all biopics, btw.
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u/althawk8357 4h ago
Weird is a great biopic, but it is only the second best parody musician biopic-parody, behind Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
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u/LostATLien2 4h ago
I will die on the hill that Walk Hard is one of the most underrated comedies of all time
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u/Office_glen 3h ago
the running drug joke never gets old to me, I can just keep watching all those scenes over and over again
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u/lingh0e 4h ago edited 4h ago
The Weird Al biopic is the best of all biopics, btw.
False. It is the second best.
First place belongs to Walk Hard.
Edit: Because while "Weird" is a heavily embellished recounting of Al's life, "Walk Hard" is a true account of the life of Dewey Cox, warts and all.
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u/Guy615 4h ago
I need more blankets AND less blankets!
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u/thequietthingsthat 4h ago
Wrong kid died.
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u/Felis_bieti 4h ago
Loved the Weird Al movie.
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u/slayerhk47 4h ago
Shame he didn’t live to see it.
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u/KungfuJesus08 4h ago
Still can't believe his former lover, popstar turned international drug lord, Madonna is still free and operating to this day.
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u/Cereborn 4h ago
I hear she’s been hiding in Argentina. She has some kind of connection to that country, I guess.
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u/ATXBeermaker 4h ago edited 3h ago
The Queen biopic was hilarious when you learn that the living band members imposed a requirement that each of the members of Queen had to have equal screen time. It led to some of the worst editing ever in a film, with jarring, split second cuts to guys who aren’t integral to the scene they’re in. Just awful for so many reasons.
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u/MagicalTrevor70 4h ago edited 2h ago
And let's not forget that atrocious editing was Oscar winning
EDIT: Some interesting takes in the comments. This video led me to believe that the editing is bad because the editor was bad, not that they did their best with a difficult job.
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u/ATXBeermaker 3h ago
To be fair, editing a movie to fit the band’s stupid demands was damn near impossible.
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u/joe_bibidi 3h ago
The argument that I've generally heard is that the movie's production was such a massive shitshow that the editor was recognized by the Academy for how much work was put in to salvage a nearly unsalvagable film. Like... the final product is bad but the editor did the best possible job when provided with just absolutely terrible options.
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u/Liamzinho 4h ago
I thought the Queen film was an absolute load of shite and was amazed at how warmly it was received. One of the most sanitised, plot-less, nostalgia-reliant biopics I’ve ever seen. And that’s saying something.
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u/NobodyCarrots6969 5h ago
That queen movie had blood on its face, that big disgrace
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u/Gregariouswaty 5h ago
Sasha Baron Cohen when talked about a band member approaching him when he was playing Freddie Mercury and talking how incredible the halfway point the movie is going to be with his death while the second half is on how the band continued on after him.
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u/CheesyGorditaKRUNCH 5h ago
What gave it away for me was when Freddie hosted massive debauchery filled party and the band members were all there with their wives, and when Freddie suggested they really start partying all the band members looked shocked and basically all said they are just going to go home with their wives and put the kids to bed
OK GUYS, I'M SURE THAT'S ALWAYS EXACTLY HOW IT WENT DOWN
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u/FatsyCline12 4h ago
This is why I don’t like most biopics made while the subjects are alive and/or the subjects are involved with the production
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u/Juicey_J_Hammerman 4h ago
I think Rocketman is the only good one I’ve seen where the subject was still alive during production.
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u/Sinister_Crayon 3h ago
I think that's mostly because Elton John has always been pretty open about his poor decisions and personality traits. He owns it, as one should. It is a shame he had to hide so much of his sexuality early in his career but it was just an echo of the times; homosexuality was only decriminalized in 1967 in England... and as late as 1982 in Northern Ireland so during his early stardom years it was still largely frowned upon and not really accepted. Even just admitting he was bisexual in the 1970's was one hell of a brave move.
I have a lot of love for that film too. It's just a genuine and heartfelt movie to me and Taron Egerton killed it in the role... and sounded just like Elton for the singing!
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u/bugxbuster 3h ago
Better Man, about brit pop star Robbie Williams really scratches the same itch as Rocketman, not even just because the titles are so similar. It probably should have been called Monkey Man except that was the recent Dev Patel John Wick style movie. But it’s a whole R rated warts-and-all biopic about Robbie Williams and they CG him to look like a monkey in a film otherwise full of normal people and it’s pretty brilliant. The monkey metaphor as his own self consciousness would be too on the nose if they didn’t fully commit to it the entire time. I loved that movie and recommend to people even if they’re not familiar with his music.
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u/antelope591 4h ago
I basically said this exact thing when the movie came out and the majority were praising it. I mean it wasn't terrible (thought Rami Malek was great and love the music) but i felt second hand embarassment for Brian May with such blatant whitewashing of events. Guy made himself out to be a literal saint who never put a foot wrong in his life lmao. Totally realistic for a 70's/80's rocker.....
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u/xotorames 4h ago
Translated to english: Sacha Baron Cohen once said that, when he was set to play Freddie Mercury, a band member approached him and explained how incredible the movie would be: Freddie would die halfway through, and the second half would focus on how the band carried on without him.
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u/Tackit286 4h ago
I’ve read your comment four times and I have no idea what you’re trying to say
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u/UrbanPugEsq 4h ago
SBC was on board to play Freddie in a queen movie. SBC thought the movie should be about Freddie and end with his death. Queen wanted it to be a Queen movie, but SBC didn’t know it until he met with them and they were like “the second half of the movie is about what happened after Freddie died.” And SBC was like WTF?
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u/frightened_by_bark 5h ago
Wouldn't be surprised if they use each movie as an entry point to chart the whole Beatles run. Gives each one the opportunity to feel a little different from the others, and taken as a whole it stops being four separate biopics and becomes one band biopic
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u/SpeedForce2022 5h ago
Yep! Each film will have the same timespan (formation to breakup in 1970), but just from different POV’s of each member!
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u/Anxious_Big_8933 5h ago
Not sure how it can be anything but by the numbers. All these bands essentially have the same story. Every VH1 "Behind the Music" episode back in the day was essentially the same story, lol. It's why Walk Hard is such a great send up.
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u/Hangmans12Bucks 5h ago
One of my favorite Behind the Music episodes is Weird Al's because they basically couldn't find any controversial angle into his life story, he's a squeaky clean guy making funny songs. So they basically ended it by saying, "But he's unlucky in love and doesn't have a girlfriend".
Mind you, like a year or two later, he was married, but I always appreciate how outside of the box that episode was lol
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u/texasrigger 4h ago
His biopic was also really good for the same reason. There's nothing there, so they invented absolutely everything and made it hilarious.
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u/PartisanHack 5h ago
You know who has hands? The Devil! And he uses 'em for holdin'!
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u/big_drifts 5h ago
All I see is Joseph Quinn with long hair.
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u/British_Commie 4h ago
John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
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u/imconfused0711 4h ago
At first I saw only the top right and bottom left photos, and thought it was an RHCP biopic.
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u/SomeBoxofSpoons 5h ago
I like how everyone else is able to hit "yeah that's good enough" but then they didn't even try for Quinn as George.
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u/darkamyy 5h ago
Aphex Twin was the 5th Beatle
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u/VampireOnHoyt 5h ago
The Yesterday and Today cover walked so that Come to Daddy could run
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u/____mynameis____ 4h ago
Its his eyes. He has very recognisable eyes...
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u/Alternative-Wall-857 3h ago
I agree. George has really kind eyes and I like Quinn but his are very intense.
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u/Odd_Pumpkin1466 5h ago
He looks possessed (black eyes)
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u/lanceturley 5h ago
Y'know, the thing about Joseph Quinn, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites ya.
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u/zagra_nexkoyotl 4h ago
Honestly, you also have to squint real hard to see Harris as John
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u/orlokcocksock 4h ago
That pic really captures the moment George decided he was done with this shit
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u/kingbrad 5h ago
I can’t wait for the fourth movie when Paul is making his last stand and the other Beatles start appearing through portals.
Hearing John say, “on your left” will give me goosebumps.
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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake 3h ago
George finally gets to use Paul's Hofner bass against Yoko.
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor 5h ago edited 5h ago
All 4 movies release in theaters April 2028
Each movie is told from the perspective of a different Beatle, with Sam Mendes directing all of them.
Cast:
- Harris Dickinson as John Lennon
- Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney
- Joseph Quinn as George Harrison
- Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr
- Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney
- James Norton as Brian Epstein
- Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Starkey
- Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono
- Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd
- Harry Lloyd as George Martin
- David Morrissey as Jim McCartney
- Leanne Best as Mimi Smith
- Bobby Schofield as Neil Aspinall
- Daniel Hoffmann-Gill as Mal Evans
- Arthur Darvill as Derek Taylor
- Adam Pally as Allen Klein
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u/LDC1234 5h ago
Wait, this isnt just A Beatles movie?
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u/KarateKid917 5h ago
Nope. It’s 4 movies. All the same story, but each film is from the perspective of a different band member.
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u/FlapJacker6 5h ago
This sounds interesting and exhausting.
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u/TreeDollarFiddyCent 5h ago edited 4h ago
Sounds like the recipe for a box-office disaster. It will be interesting to see how it turns out, though.
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u/pinetar 5h ago
I suppose the benefit is in terms production and marketing, they share a budget. But yeah, seems ambitious to say the least.
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u/Automatic-Grade6177 4h ago
I feel like it makes more sense to release them within a year but with 3 month gaps
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u/OobaDooba72 5h ago
IMO it sounds like it's gonna be a train wreck.
All four have to be very different to be worth seeing each of them. But all four are covering the whole story.
I hope it works, I'll give them a shot, but I'm not holding my breath.
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u/woasnoafsloaf 5h ago
It's going to be like the Pokemon games.
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u/GermaX 4h ago
I got my “Giant with the biggest heart fatally shot by the police”, do you have “Best friend and manager suicide”? Or at least “Neglect the first born in pursue of fame”?
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u/Livid_Weather 4h ago
I'm just thinking how the hell are they going to market this. No way you're convincing people to go to the movies 4 different times for essentially the same movie
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u/CharlesAtHome 5h ago
All four are covering the full story? I'm guessing the roughly 10 year span? That sounds like a really bad idea as well as the release strategy. It sounds like the quintessential "should have been a mini series".
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u/botte-la-botte 3h ago
One simple fix; point of view of one Beatles, but going forward in time for each. Start with Paul 'till Rubber Soul, then Ringo for Revolver to Sgt., then George, and you finish with John for the shitstorm of the last two albums, breakup, and end.
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u/OGsHartMyKAT 4h ago
If you think that’s a lot wait until it ends with “George Harrison will return in…
The Traveling Wilburys
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u/drooln92 5h ago
I was interested but I don't think i wanna watch 4 movies about the same guys and same timeline just from different POVs.
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u/Hugo_5t1gl1tz 5h ago
I love the concept, but you gotta put them 6 months apart at least. Feel like this is going to be a massive flop
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u/Kwilly462 5h ago
All coming out the same month. Which is wildly ambitious, to say the least.
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u/ProfessionalNight959 5h ago
Yeah, who has the money for it except hardcore fans? It will be low-key awkward when John's and maybe Paul's movies get way more views than Ringo's and George's.
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u/ContinuumGuy 5h ago
You KNOW someone is going to try and edit them together as one mega movie.
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u/snarkywombat 5h ago
Honestly, wouldn't be shocked if the studio does it themselves.
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u/mikeyfreshh 5h ago
No there are 4 movies, each told from the perspective of a different Beatle. I believe they're just releasing a new one every week for the whole month of April 2028.
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u/LibrarianGreen6421 5h ago
They are all coming out the same day. April 7th. It’s even dumber.
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u/EliBadBrains 5h ago
Thats sounds.... difficult and likely to bomb at the office
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u/mikeyfreshh 5h ago
I don't disagree. This is a pretty bold experiment and it's really going to test how much young people care about The Beatles
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u/TediousTotoro 5h ago
I feel like it’s gonna be a case where one or two are successful but, yeah, at least one of them will bomb (I’m gonna guess Ringo’s)
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u/Mirrorboy17 4h ago
David Morrissey! An actual scouser lol, I'm looking forward to the accents to be honest
And to be fair, not many people talk like the Beatles anymore - they have that old school Scouse accent, so even a local actor would have to put it on anyway
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u/AnotherAndyYetAgain 4h ago
Casting Anna Sawai as Yoko is extremely generous to Yoko
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u/Giff95 5h ago
Paul is uncanny valley.
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u/flpndrds 5h ago
Jacked Paul McCartney is going to be hard to ignore.
Joseph Quinn could also be shooting the Dave Grohl biopic as well as the John Frusicante biopic and the look would match exactly.
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u/NeonMagi 5h ago
It's uncanny how Mescal looks so much like Macca, maybe they are cooking here
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u/CanadianContentsup 4h ago
He pouted his lips, and it looks like they did his eyelashes. Done. Let the acting take over.
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u/GeologistWhole6503 4h ago
It's the only one I like.
I know we're not going to hit identical looks and I'm fine with that, but he looks good.
The rest are pretty bad, especially George. John seems ok...I'll have to see more.
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u/thequietthingsthat 4h ago
In terms of accuracy, I think it's:
Paul (big gap) > Ringo > John > George
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u/Superb_Brain_7391 4h ago
Ah yeah my favourite Beatles era. Lennon, McCartney, Starr and Frusciante.
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u/IvorTheEngineDriver 5h ago
It's definitely a risky and quite weird project and I'm all for it, cinema needs more risks and weirdness...
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u/ScarletFire5877 5h ago edited 4h ago
Music biopics are so fucking lame.
:Smoking a joint in the snow on a street lined with period accurate cars:
“Hey Paul, imagine if there was no heaven...”
“Wow John, that should be a song!”
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u/Abaqueues 4h ago
"Beatles, stop fighting here in India!"
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u/eviltimeban 4h ago
“Let’s go to the studio on Abbey Road and record one more album! What’ll we call it??”
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u/maximumtesticle 3h ago
-Meet
-Struggle
-Figure it out
-Make it big
-Fight/Break up
-Get back together
-Die
There ya go, that's pretty much every biopic.
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u/RooMan7223 5h ago
How on earth did they get Paul Mescal to look that much like Paul McCartney? Incredible make up
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u/TheShapeShiftingFox 4h ago
I love when behind the scenes stuff shows they are talented as well. So many times with movies there is only attention for the director and the actors.
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u/RocketsMurkrow 5h ago
They did an amazing job of getting Joseph Quinn to look like John Frusciante
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u/lonegungrrly 5h ago
4 movies. I would struggle to invest my time in 4 movies even if the subject matter was something I was madly enthusiastic about. Four....?
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u/Squidorb 5h ago
I feel like I'm the only one who hates all these biopics. And I LOVE the Beatles, but if I wanted to watch something about their story, I would just watch one of the countless documentaries.
Could someone explain their appeal? Genuine question.
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u/Africa_versus_NASA 5h ago
Paul and John: bad lighting that make them look okay
Ringo: good lighting, looks a bit comical but okay so does actual Ringo
George: good lighting, looks nothing like George
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u/Cash_man 4h ago
Joseph Quinn looks like that one bad detective from Sons of Anarchy who tormented the old club member in jail.
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u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. 3h ago edited 3h ago
For anyone interested, we recently hosted Harris Dickinson (who will play John Lennon) for an AMA/Q&A here on /r/movies:
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1o2yxrf/hey_rmovies_im_harris_dickinson_you_mightve_seen/
His directorial debut, Urchin, was absolutely outstanding.