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The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event: What We Know So Far About The Huge Sam Mendes Project

Filmmaker Sam Mendes is overseeing multiple movies about The Beatles, here's what we know about them so far.

Cinemablend · Aug 27

Mia McKenna-Bruce lands role in The Species

Mia McKenna-Bruce has signed up to star in The Species with Sir Anthony Hopkins and Charlotte Rampling.

BANG Premier · May 13

Anna Sawai finds playing Yoko Ono 'very meaningful'

Anna Sawai has admitted playing Yoko Ono in Sir Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopics is "very meaningful" for her.

BANG Premier · Feb 22

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How The Beatles Finally Opened the Vault: Exclusive Life-Story and Music Rights for the First Time

The biopic marked the first-time all the Beatles' living members and their families approved to use the band's complete music catalog for a scripted film.

International Business Times UK · Nov 1, 2025

Saoirse Ronan, Aimee Lou Wood and more cast in Beatles biopics

Saoirse Ronan, Mia McKenna Bruce, Anna Sawai, and Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics as the wives of the Fab Four.

BANG Premier · Nov 1, 2025

Aimee Lou Wood and Saoirse Ronan confirmed to star in Beatles biopic films

The four films will follow the lives of the Fab Four and are due to be released in April 2028.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

“That’s not how we were. We would never do that”: Ringo has put his foot down over parts of the Beatles biopics

Plus the drummer says he still feels like a young man

MusicRadar · Jul 3, 2025

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Here comes the sons: Zak Starkey, James McCartney and Sean Lennon unite on Rip Off

New Mantra Of The Cosmos track also features Shaun Ryder

MusicRadar · Jun 17, 2025

"I said I was completely available for the foreseeable future.... Rog said 'Oh!' and we kind of left it there.": Zak Starkey and Roger Daltrey have made up after ‘confusing’ chat

Seems that Starkey was ‘retired’, not ‘fired’ from The Who

MusicRadar · May 28, 2025

The Who drummer Zak Starkey fired again: What went wrong?

The Who’s drummer Zak Starkey has departed the band a second time – but now claims that he wasn’t fired

Evening Standard · May 19, 2025

The Who U-turn decision to axe Zak Starkey after he ‘apologised’

A statement posted by the group’s guitarist blamed the public fallout on ‘communication issues’

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025

Zak Starkey reinstated as the Who’s drummer, days after departure

Pete Townshend welcomes musician back into group after disagreement over his playing at Royal Albert Hall gig

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025

Drummer Zak Starkey speaks out after being sacked by The Who

Drummer was fired after Roger Daltrey seemed to take issue with his performance at the band’s Royal Albert Hall gig for the Teenage Cancer Trust

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey after Royal Albert Hall performance

Move described as ‘a collective decision’ follows reports that Roger Daltrey was unhappy with ‘drums going boom, boom, boom’ at recent gig

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025

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The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

The Who fire longtime drummer Zak Starkey after Roger Daltrey complaints

Musician appeared to pre-empt the band’s decision in a social media post earlier this week

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