Jack Thorn, Jazz Butterworth and Peter Straugan to write Sam Mendes’s « Beatles » films
After set up a task to do not one, but four interconnected biographical films for Liverpool guys (and undeniably the biggest band of all time) « The Beatles », director Sam Mendes worked « eight days a week » to collect the team that will help him make his fourth. And after revealing that Paul McSkal, Barry Ceogan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn would play the fantastic four, last month, Dedline recently reported that three great screenwriters were hired to write the scripts for the films.
According. Films. » However, at this stage, we do not know if the screenwriters are involved in one movie, with another, an unnamed screenwriter who will deal with the fourth film, or work together as a kind of mini-room screenwriter and cope with all the work together. What we know is that they have three Olivier awards, three Tony awards, several BAFTA awards and an Oscar together, that they are the first screenwriters to say they have written a project for the Beatles with full rights to the band and music for the band and its members, and will write about Paul McShan, Joseph Quinn, George Harrison. All this means that, directed by Mendes, we think they will cope with the long and curved road ahead of them.
The premiere in the cinemas is scheduled for April 2028, and each of Mendes’s four biographical films about the Beatles will tell the story of the band from the point of view of a different member, in order to create a comprehensive portrait of the rock and roll band while the individual parts are cut. We will find out whether Mendes will make it to work with a little help from his friends or the end result will only be a general picture of the legendary band. Film audiences, as well as rock music lovers are already looking forward to the final of this ambitious project!