Typically, there are a handful of event movies whose release dates and perhaps general characters and plot are known years before their release—your Marvel movies, your Avatars, your animated sequels that take years to properly produce. But it’s unusual for a group of dramas to call their shot four years in advance. That’s just what Sam Mendes and Sony did when they announced in 2024 that a quartet of Beatles biographies were in the works. Currently due out on April 7, 2028—at least two Avengers movies from now—the movies sound sort of like the cinematic equivalent of that mix CD that Ethan Hawke makes out of the band members’ solo songs in Boyhood. Individual films will assume the perspectives of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, seemingly all during the band’s whirlwind decade together, from 1960-1970. Together, they’ll add up to a comprehensive biopic without favoring one band member in particular.

This could be an innovative and egalitarian approach to chronicling a seemingly impossible-to-define creative unit. Or, it could be the natural endpoint of the legal maneuvering that so obviously informs the final cut of so many musician-approved biopics, where narrative villains seem to be designated by committee. (Maybe that was the real reason Bohemian Rhapsody won that Best Editing Oscar: It felt like it must have had at least half a dozen interested parties and their lawyers in the editing room.) Regardless, having this insta-quadrilogy playing in theaters all-together-now will make this project unprecedented; as such, Beatles fans and movie people alike have been following various developments with great interest. The films are currently shooting in the U.K., with production expected to last for much of 2026. Here’s what we know about the cast and crew so far.

John Lennon was just 40 years old when he was shot and killed outside his New York apartment building. If the late 20th century had been as drunk on officially sanctioned musician biopics as the early 21st, we would have had a Yoko Ono-produced career-spanning Lennon movie by 1985 at the latest. That never happened, though Lennon has been played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the pretty decent early-years biopic Nowhere Boy; Paul Rudd, in the biopic spoof Walk Hard; and, in an alt-universe version, an oblique Robert Carlyle in Danny Boyle’s Yesterday.

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Discover how John, Paul, George, and Ringo revolutionized rock, shaped pop culture, and keep dominating Spotify playlists, TikTok trends, and tribute shows for Gen Z and Millennials across the US and Canada.

The Beatles aren't just history—they're everywhere in your playlist right now. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr formed this legendary band in Liverpool in 1960, and they changed music forever. Their catchy songs, wild experiments, and massive fan frenzy known as Beatlemania took over the world, especially North America. Today, young fans aged 18 to 29 stream their hits billions of times on Spotify and Apple Music. Tracks like "Hey Jude" and "Here Comes the Sun" top personal Wrapped lists, fuel viral TikToks, and pack tribute concerts from coast to coast. Why do they matter so much now? Because The Beatles bridged generations, blending innocent pop with bold innovation that echoes in artists like Billie Eilish or Travis Scott. In North America, where festivals and road trips rule summer vibes, their music feels fresh and universal. Whether you're discovering them for the first time or debating best albums with friends,

The Beatles deliver timeless energy that sparks conversations in Discord chats and social feeds. Their story shows how four guys from England flipped American music dominance during the British Invasion, topping Billboard charts week after week and selling out stadiums like Shea in New York. Fast-forward to today: Disney's streaming deal since 2015 sent their streams soaring to over 2 billion on Spotify in 2023 alone. For young North Americans, this means easy access to remastered albums in spatial audio, making "Come Together" sound like a live show in your headphones. They're not relics; they're playlist staples that connect hip-hop samples from Kanye West to Post Malone covers, proving their influence never fades.

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Val Barone is a journalist working remotely and specializing in music features. A passionate music lover, she keeps up to date on the latest developments in the entertainment world, and in the past five years, she's written for several sites, including ScreenRant, MovieWeb, TheThings, and Far Out Magazine. She covers breaking news in the music world and loves sharing stories about the classic rock musicians she grew up listening to. As a Gen Z writer, she offers a fresh perspective on the events that change music history.

The Beatles were such a prolific band that there are so many love songs that could be considered among the best. But one always stands out among the rest. Most people would associate the band's romantic ballads with Paul McCartney, but the greatest love song The Beatles ever wrote wasn't his. Surprisingly, it was written by George Harrison.

The youngest Beatle wasn't taken seriously as a songwriter for a long time. Even when he was contributing chart-topping hits to the band, he was still eclipsed by Lennon and McCartney. But when he brought this song to the band, he finally got everyone to listen. "Something" was a legendary song from The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road, and alongside it's beautiful yet simple video, it became the best love song ever.  "Something" Was an Ode to His Wife Pattie Boyd.

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In December 1991, George Harrison mounted a 12-show tour of Japan with his good friend Eric Clapton. The outing was the second and last of Harrison’s post-Beatles career, following a brief 1974 U.S. solo trek.

After 1991, the guitar legend only performed in public a few more times before his death from cancer at age 58 on November 29, 2001. His final full-length concert took place on April 6, 1992, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The star-studded show was a benefit for the Natural Law Party, a transnational political party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The last concert event featuring George was an all-star show celebrating Bob Dylan’s 30-year music career. It was held on October 16, 1992, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Then, in 1997, Harrison performed a few songs during an appearance on VH1 while helping his friend Ravi Shankar promote his 1997 album Chants Of India, which George played on and produced.

Many people widely believe Harrison’s VH1 performance, which took place at the channel’s London headquarters, marked the very last time that the Beatles legend performed in public. This, however, isn’t true.

Harrison’s final public performance actually took place on January 23, 1998, at rockabilly legend Carl Perkins’ funeral. George was among the many musical luminaries who attended the event, which was held at Lambuth University’s R.E. Womack Memorial Chapel in Jackson, Tennessee.

The funeral featured planned performances by several music stars, including Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, and Wynonna Judd. As seen in a grainy video posted on YouTube, near the end of the service, Judd unexpectedly invited Harrison to the stage to perform.

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A film scene of Dylan and Lennon at a low moment in 1966 has held a grim fascination for fans. Beneath the repartee, a touchy issue was at stake.

A clip of Bob Dylan and John Lennon in the back of a limousine in 1966 reveals a complicated dynamic between two cultural icons.CreditCredit...

On the night of May 26, 1966, the Beatles entered EMI Studios on Abbey Road to work on their most ambitious album yet, “Revolver.” Three miles away, their friend Bob Dylan stepped onto the stage of the Royal Albert Hall.

Blade-thin, on the verge of exhaustion, Dylan, 25, was nearing the end of a grueling world tour, his first with a band, during which he’d been the target of frequent boos and occasional death threats. Many fans felt betrayed by this new Dylan, a wild-haired character with an electric guitar who wouldn’t play his old protest songs. On this night in London, he and his fellow musicians received “the harshest reaction yet,” according to the guitarist Robbie Robertson.

Around 1 a.m., John Lennon, 25, made his way from Abbey Road to the May Fair Hotel. That was where Dylan was staying with his band and a documentary film crew that was tracking him, onstage and off.

Lennon and his fellow Beatles had spent a lot of time at Dylan’s suite in recent weeks. They avoided the film crew as they smoked pot with their host and listened to tracks from “Revolver” and Dylan’s soon-to-be-released album, “Blonde on Blonde.” On this night at the May Fair, however, Lennon said yes, albeit reluctantly, when Dylan asked him to appear in a scene.

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Paul McCartney is opening up about how his wife helped him deal with the breakup of The Beatles.

In the documentary, “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run,” director Morgan Neville spoke with the 83-year-old musician about his life after The Beatles, and how a mantra he learned from his late wife, Linda McCartney, helped him cope, teaching him “not to be too uptight.”

“In a situation like that you lost your job, you can get uptight very easily,” he said. “One of my favorite expressions of hers was, you’d be saying, ‘Oh, I don’t know. I’d love to do so and so, but I can’t. I can’t,’ and she’d say, ‘It’s allowed.’ It’s like all the weight just went off. It’s allowed. Yeah, of course it is. So those kind of things really impressed me and I think probably made me think a lot more was allowed than was.”

Linda and Paul met in 1967, while she was working as a photographer, and were married two years later in March 1969. Throughout their marriage, the two welcomed three children: Mary, Stella and James.

In the documentary, Paul called Linda “a freeing influence,” saying that while she grew up in a “posh” area of New York and “was on track to become the sort of company wife,” that’s not what she wanted.

Paul McCartney with his arm around Linda Eastman on their wedding day. The Beatles, from left Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon pose together on stage during ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ at Alpha Television Studios in Aston, Birmingham on 20th October 1963.

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