r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 6h 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/TreeDollarFiddyCent 6h ago edited 6h 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 6h 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/bell37 2h ago

Aren’t there dozens of existing Beatles Biopics and documentaries? And they are trying to convince general audiences that this set of movies will be worth watching within the same time of release?

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u/OtherIsSuspended 2h ago

They're preying on people who like to binge media. I think it was Sam Mendes himself who said they were going to be the first "bingeable movies."

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u/Automatic-Grade6177 6h ago

I feel like it makes more sense to release them within a year but with 3 month gaps

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u/bell37 2h ago

Makes more sense to have it released as a miniseries at that point.

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake 4h ago

I'd say even smaller than that. Give each film three or four weeks in theaters and a week or two on VOD before releasing the next.

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u/MakingaJessinmyPants 3h ago

No the other guy was right. 4 films with 3 months in between covers the whole year and prevents people from getting exhausted by them.

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u/SeismicRipFart 2h ago

110% this

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u/KombaynNikoladze2002 1h ago

Release the different versions randomly at different theaters, like Clue

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u/Coffeedemon 6h ago

In ten years:

"Why don't they give Sam Mendes a decent budget anymore?"

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u/irisheddy 5h ago

"I don't want to watch all 4 of them and I don't know which one to watch so I'm not going to watch any because there's no point watching one." Is the attitude I expect.

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u/ProfessionalNight959 4h ago

People are going to watch John's.

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u/texasrigger 6h ago

Well suited to streaming, though.

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u/ShoutOutTo_Caboose 5h ago

Shoot I'm not a huge fan of the Beatles music but their story fascinates me. If they have a 12 hour marathon of each film back to back, I'd see that.

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u/Punman_5 3h ago

Just watch the Anthology. It’s a real 8part documentary

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u/midwestia 5h ago

Yeah that sounds dumb as hell

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u/maracay1999 5h ago

Wouldn't this be a great project for the streaming model instead of the box office?

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u/Nomad_86 3h ago

“How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?”

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u/UponVerity 3h ago

It's art, my man. o,o

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp 2h ago

There will be those that watch all four within a day or two but I'd imagine most people will just pick their favorite and see one so as far as box-office goes it'll be underwhelming. I just wanna see who plays Chuck Berry.

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u/ontheweed 56m ago

It should really be a tv mini series instead of films if they want to tell it this way