It’s all coming together.
The first look photos from the upcoming Beatles biopics starring Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan were released on Thursday.
They were shared via photos of post cards, on the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts’s school’s Instagram account. The school was co-founded by McCartney, 83.
“The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event,” is set to premiere in 2028, helmed by Sam Mendes.
Dickinson will play John Lennon, Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Quinn will play George Harrison, and Keoghan will play Ringo Starr.
In the photos, Keoghan can be seen sporting Ringo’s signature mop and mustache.
Starr, 85, has voiced support for the “Saltburn” actor.
During a concert for his 85th birthday, per Collider, the former Beatles drummer said that he has “spent time with him” and got the impression that the Oscar nominated Irish actor “knows what he’s doing.”
But, in July interview with Variety, Starr said that he read the scripts and brought up concerns to Mendes.
“He had a writer…he wrote it great, but it had nothing to do with Maureen and I,” Starr said, referring to his first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, who he was married to from 1965 to 1975.
She’ll be played by Mia McKenna-Bruce.
The photos also show Mescal with a haircut to resemble McCartney during the early Beatles days.
During a September apperance on “In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast,” Mescal said that playing McCartney is, “f–king scary.”
The “Normal People” actor added, “It’s so exciting. I’m working again with actors that I really, really admire, and we’re stepping into something where people will have such intense opinions about who [the Beatles] are, or whether we should even be making [these movies] in the first place.”
The “Hamnet” actor noted, “But I can tell you from the inside of it that we’re approaching it with the greatest love and respect and rigor. I’ve definitely rehearsed for this longer than I’ve ever rehearsed for anything else in my entire life already. So we’re putting in the hard yards.”
In the photos, Dickinson was shown sporting long hair as Lennon, as well as signature round glasses. Quinn was shown with long hair in a beard, as Harrison.
In Feb. 2024, McCartney, Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison granted the project full life and music rights.
In September, Mescal told Indiewire that he will “absolutely” sing onscreen and that he had spent time with McCartney, who he called “extraordinary.”
The movies will also include Saoirse Ronan as Linda (Eastman) McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, and Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd.
The four Beatles biopic movies will premiere in April 2028.
