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First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/first-stills-sam-mendes-four-part-beatles-film-leaked-in-liverpool #Film #TheBeatlesFilms #PaulMescal #BarryKeoghan #SamMendes #Liverpool #Culture #UkNews #Music #TheBeatles
First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool

Postcards showing Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan in character were printed as postcards and secreted around the performing arts school co-founded in the city by Paul McCartney

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Culture | The Guardian USJan 30
First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/first-stills-sam-mendes-four-part-beatles-film-leaked-in-liverpool #Film #TheBeatlesFilms #PaulMescal #BarryKeoghan #SamMendes #Liverpool #Culture #UkNews #Music #TheBeatles
First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool

Postcards showing Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan in character were printed as postcards and secreted around the performing arts school co-founded in the city by Paul McCartney

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Culture | The Guardian USOct 31
The Beatles: actors playing the spouses of the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ films confirmed https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/31/the-beatles-actors-playing-the-partners-of-the-fab-four-in-sam-mendes-films-confirmed #TheBeatlesfilms #LindaMcCartney #SaoirseRonan #TheBeatles #YokoOno #Culture #Music #Film
The Beatles: actors playing the spouses of the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ films confirmed

Mia McKenna-Bruce, Saoirse Ronan, Anna Sawai and Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in Sam Mendes’ forthcoming four-part film series

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Culture | The Guardian USOct 8
Saoirse Ronan to reportedly play Linda McCartney in Beatles biopic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/08/saoirse-ronan-linda-mccartney-beatles-biopic #TheBeatlesfilms #LindaMcCartney #SaoirseRonan #TheBeatles #PaulMescal #SamMendes #Culture #Music #Film
Saoirse Ronan to reportedly play Linda McCartney in Beatles biopic

Oscar-nominated actor rumoured to play Paul McCartney’s first wife opposite Paul Mescal in Sam Mendes set of movies

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 8, 2025
Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/08/sam-mendes-four-beatles-films-to-be-written-by-jez-butterworth-peter-straughan-and-jack-thorne #TheBeatlesfilms #TheBeatles #SamMendes #Culture #Music #Film
Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne

The director has appointed the acclaimed Olivier, Tony, Bafta and Oscar winning talents to be the screenwriters for The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 1, 2025
Help! Why are none of the new Beatles cast from Liverpool? | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/01/beatles-film-casting-comment #PeterSerafinowicz #TheBeatlesfilms #DavidMorrissey #StephenGraham #BarryKeoghan #TheBeatles #PaulMescal #JodieComer #SamMendes #Culture #Music #Film
Help! Why are none of the new Beatles cast from Liverpool?

So Sam Mendes has cast his Beatles tetralogy, but none are from Merseyside. Don’t worry, I’ve just invented the Beatles Cinematic Universe

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