'The Beatles' Quadrilogy Will Attempt to Create "Bingeable Event"

CinemaCon 2025 is on, the annual week-long event in Vegas where theater owners are given a first look at the films studios will be releasing, hoping to convince them to buy in on the marketing and create buzz in the entertainment media before release. This event is where Downton Abbey's first two films were first screened and where blockbusters like the Avengers films and Wicked debuted. It's also where production studios announce details about long-lead projects that haven't started filming, and for 2025, the largest project simply in terms of ambition is The Beatles quadrilogy: Four films, one covering each era of the Fab Four, with one cast where each Beatle takes the leading POV in turn.

Since director Sam Mendes announced he was working on the quadrilogy, the casting of the legendary boy band has been one of Hollywood's hottest topics. Sony, which is producing all four films, refused to confirm any of the rumors, but it turns out they were all true. Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) will play Ringo Starr; Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers) will play Paul McCartney; Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) will take on George Harrison; and Harris Dickenson (Babygirl) will star as the ill-fated John Lennon.

However, the big announcement out of the event was not the reveal of what Hollywood had already pieced together; it was the title of the quadrilogy and the release dates, the latter of which is April 2028... for all four films.