{"id":2258284,"date":"2026-01-30T17:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2258284"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:03:12","slug":"first-official-photos-released-of-sam-mendes-beatles-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/first-official-photos-released-of-sam-mendes-beatles-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"First official photos released of Sam Mendes\u2019 Beatles cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Paul Mescal is Paul McCartney in Columbia Pictures &#8216;THE BEATLES &#8211; A Four-Film Cinematic Event.&#8217; (Photo by: Chiabella James)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We&#8217;re getting our first official look at\u00a0<strong>Sam Mendes<\/strong>\u2019 films about <strong>The Beatles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sony has released a set of photos\u00a0revealing\u00a0<strong>Paul Mescal<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>Paul McCartney<\/strong>, <strong>Harris Dickinson<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>John Lennon<\/strong>, <strong>Joseph Quinn<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>George Harrison<\/strong> and <strong>Barry Keoghan<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>Ringo Starr. <\/strong>They were also\u00a0posted to the movie\u2019s official <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUIy0pPjbnL\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram account<\/a>\u00a0and to the accounts of The Beatles and the individual band members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Thursday, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, founded by McCartney, revealed on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUGOvMiCi3X\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> that it\u00a0had received \u201cexclusive postcards\u201d promoting the films, which were hidden around the school\u00a0for students to find. Students then shared photos of themselves with the postcards, which were posted to the school&#8217;s Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/beatles-movies-photos-paul-mescal-paul-mccartney-1236644754\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, the postcards also appeared at other Beatles-related locations, including the Cavern Club in Hamburg, Germany, the Lennon memorial Strawberry Field in New York&#8217;s Central Park, Lennon\u2019s childhood home in Liverpool and the Abbey Road Live in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Beatles \u2014 A Four-Film Cinematic Event<\/em> will consist of four films, each told from the perspective of one of band member. Due to hit theaters in April 2028, the cast also includes\u00a0<strong>Saoirse Ronan<\/strong> as <strong>Linda McCartney<\/strong>, <strong>Mia McKenna-Bruce<\/strong> as <strong>Maureen Starkey<\/strong>, <strong>Anna Sawai<\/strong> as <strong>Yoko Ono<\/strong> and <strong>Aimee Lou Wood<\/strong> as <strong>Pattie Boyd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Mescal is Paul McCartney in Columbia Pictures &#8216;THE BEATLES &#8211; A Four-Film Cinematic Event.&#8217; (Photo by: Chiabella James) We&#8217;re getting our first official look at\u00a0Sam Mendes\u2019 films about The Beatles. Sony has released a set of photos\u00a0revealing\u00a0Paul Mescal\u00a0as\u00a0Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson\u00a0as\u00a0John Lennon, Joseph Quinn\u00a0as\u00a0George Harrison and Barry Keoghan\u00a0as\u00a0Ringo Starr. 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