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Sam Mendes<\/strong> is looking to get to work with his chosen Fab Four on The Beatles\u2019 biopic and an insider with ties to the project exclusively reveals to Life & Style<\/em> they\u2019d best buckle up, considering filming could go on for up to four years as they tackle the series of likely four feature films.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe cast is coming together and the world is watching, but more importantly, the surviving controllers of the Beatles\u2019 legacy are watching \u2013 Paul <\/strong>[McCartney<\/strong>], Yoko<\/strong> [Ono<\/strong>], R<\/strong>ingo <\/strong>[Starr<\/strong>] and Olivia Harrison<\/strong>,\u201d explains the high level source. \u201cSony and Sam Mendes have one chance to get this right, and so far, nobody is really freaking out or crying foul about the cast members in final negotiations to play the band members.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The four stars rumored to play the iconic musicians are: Paul Mescal<\/strong> as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson<\/strong> as John Lennon<\/strong>, Barry Keoghan<\/strong><\/a> as Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn<\/strong> as George Harrison<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The insider continues, \u201cThat does not change the fact that they are going to be making four entire feature films, one about each band member, and each one absolutely filled to the brim with The Beatles music most associated with that individual member.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While there\u2019s still a ways to go in terms of preparation, considering \u201cthey actually will not start filming these movies until late 2025,\u201d the insider says that this current stage \u201cis all about closing the deals and, where possible, getting the actors to spend real quality time with wither the living Beatle they\u2019ll be playing or the family members of the deceased Beatle they\u2019ll be playing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAfter that, the physical transformations, rehearsals and training begin.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The actors portraying still-living band members<\/a> may have it a little easier. \u201cIt\u2019s going to take many months for Paul Mescal to learn to play bass like Paul McCartney, and for Barry Keoghan to learn to drum like Ringo, but those guys will at least have the benefit of unlimited personal access to the band member they\u2019re portraying.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s going to be tougher is Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson learning to embody George and John without having face time with the dearly departed real men,\u201d the source says. \u201cThat means endlessly studying video of performances and grilling John and George\u2019s kids and widows.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis will be an exhaustive process for both of those guys just to get things right. But the massive question hanging over this project is how long it will really take. Even if they stick to the roadmap and start shooting one year from now, the plan is to make four great movies back-to-back and release all four in 2027<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAlmost nobody in town believes that is really possible, no matter how calm and reassuring Sam Mendes is about his plan. Yes, Sam has the official backing of The Beatles organization, but we have to be real here: this project is going to take at least four years to finish, if not more, because each of the cast members figures so heavily in each other\u2019s films.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n