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The Beatles To Be Featured In Four Biopics By Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes to direct series of feature-length films spotlighting each member of The Beatles. Excitement builds for cinematic tributes to the iconic band.

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"I'm excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies": Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty/Skyfall) to direct biopics for each of the four Beatles

The Beatles are to be immortalised in not one, but four separate biopics, to hit cinemas in 2027

Louder

Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie

Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

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‘Nothing off limits’: Sam Mendes to direct four Beatles films – one about each member

Director of 1917 announces ambitious project which has full approval of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

James Bond director to helm four Beatles biopics – and they're all releasing in the same year

Sam Mendes is directing four new movies about The Beatles

Total Film

The Hills of California's Ophelia Lovibond: 'I don't have imposter syndrome – I earned my stripes'

The actor talks returning to the stage and why Sam Mendes is the Jurgen Klopp of theatre

Evening Standard

The Hills of California review – Jez Butterworth’s fractious family of singing sisters

The Jerusalem playwright’s new drama, directed by Sam Mendes, follows four siblings coached as children to become stars and now reunited at their mother’s bedside

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The Hills of California at Harold Pinter Theatre review: Jez Butterworth's new play is consistently surprising

Along with the playwright’s earlier works Jerusalem and The Ferryman, this rounds out a trio of flawed masterpieces

Evening Standard

‘That’s impossible!’ Why UK theatre’s gone mad for magic and wild special effects

Need to make an elephant vanish, an aeroplane take off or a wizard fly? As magic grips the stage, illusionist supremos reveal how they turn the likes of Stranger Things into eye-popping spectaculars

The Guardian - UK

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens audiobook review – starry spin on a classic

Ncuti Gatwa, Helena Bonham Carter, Toby Jones and more imbue the latest Sam Mendes-produced adaptation of the author’s works with wit, charm and magic

The Guardian - UK

The Standard Theatre Podcast's shows of the year, from Sunset Boulevard to Vanya via Operation Mincemeat

Only the best kind of drama this Christmas

Evening Standard

Sam Mendes: our Lebedev Award winner on his new creative streak, and why he'll never run the National

He also had harsh words for the government's idea of what levelling up means for theatre

Evening Standard

The 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards: a glittering night with the brightest stars of London theatre

Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Mendes, Ian McKellen... the glamour quotient was off the scale

Evening Standard

Sir Elton John, Nicole Scherzinger, Ruth Wilson and Sir Sam Mendes star at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Nicole Scherzinger shared her delight at winning in our starry celebration of the London stage

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The Independent UK

Ruth Wilson and Elton John among the star-studded cast celebrating stage talent at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Andrew Scott collected the Best Actor award while British director Sam Mendes received special honour

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2023: Nicole Scherzinger and Andrew Scott among winners at star-studded ceremony

Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan share best actress award on glittering night celebrating the best of the London stage

Evening Standard

Himesh Patel teases new superhero movie-making comedy The Franchise: 'I'm excited for it'

Exclusive: The British actor teams up with director Sam Mendes on the hotly-anticipated series

The Independent UK

Sam Mendes to direct new Jez Butterworth play in London’s West End

The show, opening next January, will be one of the most anticipated productions of 2024

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The Independent UK

‘We’ve spoken about it enough’: Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp cuts interview short

Blomkamp is best known for the 2009 sci-fi hit ‘District 9’

The Independent UK

Mandy Moore and Wendell Pierce lead tributes to Ron Cephas Jones: ‘He did not go gently into that good night ‘

Emmy-winning actor died over the weekend

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HBO Greenlights Comedy Series ‘The Franchise’

Himesh Patel, Aya Cash to star in superhero movie-making show

Cinemablend

Skyfall Composer Thomas Newman Talks Getting To Work On A Bond Movie, And Yes There Were ‘2 AM Sweats’ Involved

After landing the gig to score Skyfall, composer Thomas Newman wound up with a case of the "2 A.M. sweats" because of the opportunity at hand.

The Independent UK

From Princess Beatrice to Louis Theroux: Who is in the Royal Box on the 12th day of Wimbledon?

The Royal Box is usually occupied by members of the royal family, celebrities and public figures

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve become more fearless’: Tuppence Middleton on OCD, motherhood and playing Elizabeth Taylor

The Downton Abbey actor loves to keep a low profile. So how does she feel about portraying one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and headline-grabbing stars – and writing a book about her own mental health?

The Guardian - UK

Safe pair of hands or time for a shakeup: who’s going to get the biggest job in UK theatre?

After Rufus Norris’s departure from the National Theatre, who is most likely to be the London powerhouse’s next artistic director? We look at eight potential candidates

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