54 h. ago Sex Education star confirmed for new Beatles film directed by Sam Mendes

Four new names have been announced for the hotly anticipated Beatles biopic directed by Sam Mendes which includes an Oscar nominee, Tracy Beaker star and White Lotus actor

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69 h. ago Director Sam Mendes reveals actresses set to play Fab Four's wives in new Beatles films

Sam Mendes, who is producing four linked films, each focusing on a different member of The Beatles, has now cast the Fab Four's wives for the ambitious project.

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4 d. ago The Beatles: actors playing the spouses of the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ films confirmed

Mia McKenna-Bruce, Saoirse Ronan, Anna Sawai and Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in the forthcoming four-part film seriesSam Mendes’ ambitious four-part Beatles film has confirmed the casting of four main female roles.Sony Pictures officially announced that Mia McKenna-Bruce will play Maureen Cox, with Saoirse Ronan as Linda Eastman, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono and Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd. All four had been strongly rumoured to have been in line for their parts, but only now has their participation been confirmed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 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.

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1 week ago Barry Keoghan's nose not big enough to play Ringo Starr in Beatles movie says drummer's son Zak Starkey

Actor Barry Keoghan will require some serious Hollywood special effects in order to play The Beatles legend. That's the cheeky view of Ringo's drummer son Zak Starkey who suggests he will need prosthetics in the nose department before shooting the upcoming Sam Mendes biopics on the Fab Four.

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2 w. ago Reparo! Harry Potter film crew mend potholes blighting Devon village

Villagers in Lustleigh ask council why it has taken filming of TV adaptation of JK Rowling books to secure street repairsResidents of cities, towns and villages across the UK complain their lives are blighted by the plague of potholes. But life in one small village on a moor in the English West Country is going a little more smoothly after some of its potholes were repaired as if by magic.Scenes for the new HBO adaptation of the Harry Potter books are due to be filmed in Lustleigh, Devon, and the film-makers have filled in at least some of the potholes in the area. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago House of Guinness star James Norton eyed for 'tragic' role in four

James Norton is reportedly being lined up to join Sam Mendes' upcoming four-part biopic about the Fab Four

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3 w. ago Film festival set to begin with Sir Sam Mendes as new patron

More than 30 venues will show films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.

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3 w. ago Saoirse Ronan to reportedly play Linda McCartney in Beatles biopic

Oscar-nominated actor rumoured to play Paul McCartney’s first wife opposite Paul Mescal in Sam Mendes set of moviesThe Oscar-nominated actor Saoirse Ronan is reportedly set to play Linda McCartney in Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.According to Deadline, multiple sources have claimed that the star of Little Women and Lady Bird will play the first wife of Paul McCartney in the upcoming set of biopics. The singer will be played by Paul Mescal, who starred alongside Ronan in the sci-fi drama Foe. Continue reading...

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