Don’t fear, Beatles fan: Ringo Starr is concerned in that upcoming four-part Beatles biopic. The enduring drummer lately instructed The New York Instances that he met with director Sam Mendes to undergo one of many scripts line-by-line. The duo collaborated collectively for 2 days in April 2025.
Whereas Starr didn’t cite which out of the assumed 4 scripts he reviewed, Jez Butterworth (“Ford v Ferrari”), Peter Straughan (“Conclave”) and Jack Thorne (“Adolescence”) are all introduced as writing the screenplays.
Starr mentioned he gave “in depth notes” to director Mendes whereas fact-checking the scripts. The scenes specifically that depicted Starr’s household and his first spouse, Maureen Starkey Tigrett (whose casting has not but been introduced), had been among the many sequences that Starr urged to have reworked.
“He [Mendes] had a author — excellent author, nice popularity, and he wrote it nice, nevertheless it had nothing to do with Maureen and I,” Starr mentioned. “That’s not how we had been. I’d say, ‘We’d by no means do this.’”
Starr added, “However he’ll do what he’s doing, and I’ll ship him peace and love.”
Barry Keoghan will painting Starr within the challenge, which is being known as “The Beatles — A 4 Movie Cinematic Occasion.” Harris Dickinson will painting John Lennon, with Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
Starr was married Tigrett from 1965 to 1975. The couple had three youngsters, former Oasis/Who drummer Zak Starkey, plus Jason and Lee. Starr later married actress and mannequin Barbara Bach in 1981.
Starr beforehand instructed Leisure Tonight that he approves of Keoghan’s casting. “I imagine he’s someplace taking drum classes, and I hope not too many,” he joked.
Mendes will direct all 4 biopics, every of which is able to middle on one band member’s POV throughout their astronomical rise to fame. Per an official announcement, the movies will “intersect” with one another and “inform the astonishing story of the best band in historical past.” The primary installment is about to be in theaters in 2027 from Sony Footage.
“I’m honored to be telling the story of the best rock band of all time, and excited to problem the notion of what constitutes a visit to the films,” Mendes mentioned in a press assertion.
