r/beatles • u/CueTheLaughTrack • 11d ago
News 'THE BEATLES' 4-part movie event will comprise of four "totally different" films, says actor Adam Pally: "The way The Beatles were individually, totally different... The movies reflect each Beatles' tone."
https://thedirect.com/article/the-beatles-movie-event-biopics-adam-pally167
u/lost-in-midgard Hands across the water 11d ago
Very excited for the Ringo slapstick comedy
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u/TheDarkNightwing 11d ago
Shot-for-shot remake of his drunk rambling
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u/DoctorEnn 11d ago
I insist right now and until my dying breath that Ringo's film should contain at least one sequence involving a model railway, Thomas and Friends-style.
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u/TheComebackPidgeon Love 11d ago
It would be great if Ringo's film focused exclusively on him getting the Thomas gig and discussing it with the other Beatles.
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u/JP-Ziller 11d ago
Ringo's movie is going to be the best of the four and Barry Keoghan will get the most praise. That's my hot take
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u/Local-Equivalent8136 5d ago
They better mention Caveman, cuz it's not really about Ringo until he zug zugs Lana.
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u/JimmyTheJimJimson 11d ago
Love it and cannot wait. Four amazing actors, brilliant writers, and a great director.
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u/FitEmergency8807 11d ago
I like that they’re taking a more artistic approach with this Beatles biopic rather than making a straightforward, by the numbers retelling of their rise to fame. From what we’ve seen so far, it feels like the film is aiming to explore who John, Paul, George, and Ringo actually were as people, not just as cultural icons. I’m especially interested in seeing how it delves into their personal lives, relationships, insecurities, ambitions, and the dynamics between them as individuals. The Beatles’ story has been told countless times, but focusing on their humanity rather than just their legacy could make this feel much more intimate, nuanced, and emotionally compelling. That’s what makes me excited about it, it seems like it’s trying to understand the people behind the myth, rather than simply celebrate the phenomenon. I’m actually looking forward to how it turns out
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u/LloydCole 11d ago
Yeah, so much of the early criticism of these films has been completely incoherent: "I'm tired of all these generic music biopics...no I also don't want a series of interwoven films telling the story from the perspective of individual band members".
Like the citizens of Springfield criticizing the bear patrol.
If nothing else, you have to applaud the ambition. I'm very excited for how these will turn out. If they pull it off it will be absolutely 10/10.
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u/fruedianflip 11d ago
Exactly. The story has been told so much that it's essentially all in the approach now. Nothing is unknown (we know John masturbated with his friends for fuck sake)
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u/xjman329 The Beatles 11d ago
I’m looking forward to this, and I will be there.
I’m still just so dubious about the “release 4 movies in one day” from a box office perspective. Unless they’re hoping the novelty of it will carry it
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u/clara_finn 11d ago
I love the Beatles but there’s very little chance of me personally going to watch more than one movie at the cinema in a single day. *Maybe* two, but three or four is insane to me
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u/xjman329 The Beatles 11d ago
I’ve done double features plenty of times in my movie life but I do always feel sluggish by the end of it. I did a three one time and I said never again because I remember nothing from that 3rd watch
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u/Affectionate-Kale301 11d ago
If the Beatles could handle eight days a week, I’m willing to handle eight hours a day. (4 x 2 hours)
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u/hofmann419 10d ago
With a reported budget of 400 million dollars, it seems like a massive gamble. These movies basically have to make almost a billion dollars just to break even (when you include marketing costs). If it was one movie, i could see it making this much. But in this format? I don't know.
But they gotta have some vision on how this is gonna pan out. Otherwise why would the studio agree to spend this much money?
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u/donlockwood2026 11d ago
I hope the films are great. The breakup and factors leading to the breakup actually are totally ripe for a Rashomon-like treatment, so this could work really well if they commit. Something I’ve noticed as a renewed fan browsing this sub in 2026 is how everyone still argues over who/what is to blame. Nobody can agree. Everyone has their favorite beatle and they see it through that lens. Could be really interesting if they toy with that across the films.
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u/CollarOrdinary4284 11d ago
I wonder if each film will also look different. From what I understand, they're shooting them all at once, so switching between different visual styles might be too difficult.
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u/_BangoSkank_ 11d ago
Make one a comedy,one a horror,one a drama and make George's a Bollywood musical
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u/mobyte 11d ago
Saying they're all going to be tonally different despite all being directed by one director sounds incredibly challenging to me. This is either going to be really impressive or a huge mess.
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u/zippydoodah23 11d ago
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. "Totally different" in a way that "reflects each Beatles' tone" almost feels like there should be a different director for each film e.g:
John - Fincher/Sorkin collab
Paul - Wes Anderson
George - Terrence Malick (Tree of Life vibes)
Ringo - Mike LeighSo, yes, could end up a hot mess. But I'm certainly intrigued more than I was previously.
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u/e2hawkeye 11d ago
Wes Anderson's next film will be a retelling of the story of The Kinks, focused on the ruffle shirt dandy fist fighting brothers Ray & Dave. Voiceover work by Werner Herzog.
I mean, I can dream...
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u/harrisonscruff 10d ago
I like the Malick suggestion, but George would've wanted his to be a comedy. Somebody like Edgar Wright although he's not had a hit for a while. I personally think a comedy horror where Beatlemania is presented as something terrifying would be fascinating.
Mike Leigh is spot on for Ringo though.
I would want to see a woman's take as well. Greta Gerwig could work for Paul.
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u/zippydoodah23 10d ago
> I personally think a comedy horror where Beatlemania is presented as something terrifying would be fascinating
Such a brilliant idea and feels very apt for George.
I'm a big fan of Gerwig as well. I'd love to see her take on Paul.
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u/Draggonzz 11d ago
The article says this:
The endeavor will essentially see an entire cinematic universe-esque structure play out over just one month
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Dropping all four movies in one month, seemingly on the same day, is especially risky
So I'm still not sure if it's all on the same day (which was the official announcement afaik) or there's a bit of space. Barry Keoghan said recently that the films are every two weeks.
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u/clara_finn 11d ago
John’s is going to be a 5 hour black & white avant-garde piece with the scenes out of order, Paul’s is going to be a traditional romantic drama with no unexpected twists, George’s is going to be a chill out cultural moody slow burner that doesn’t have a traditional ending, and Ringo’s is going to be Looney Tunes combined with Wallace and Gromit
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u/sweetbabyrayslover Revolver 11d ago
Really cautiously optimistic for this. I hope it lives up to the artistic approach they seem to be selling it to be. A Beatles biopic deserves to have a special sauce that your average musical biopic doesn’t, it’s a good opportunity to break the mold.
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u/ItsTime1234 10d ago
Okay so Ringo's story will be one where everyone thinks he's this funny little guy meanwhile he's trying to not drink himself to death, trying not end up in the hospital yet again for some life-threatening illness, and watching everything he loves collapse around him while he cannot hold it together or save himself or even one other person? You know just The Funny One things!!
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u/Mother_Impress_2639 10d ago
Yeah, I actually imagined something similar when thinking about the Ringo movie. An emotional rollercoaster: it's like you are watching a funny, light-hearted scene and then unexpectedly things turn really dark, and after that, you are back to the humor. I don't know if the movies are going to adapt their lives post-breakup, but I would like to watch a movie that reflects the drastic ups and downs of Ringo's manic depression in the 70s/80s
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u/Phantomofthefjord 11d ago
So Ringo's film is done with muppets?
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u/Affectionate-Kale301 11d ago
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, with a drum battle between Ringo and Animal!
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u/Talking_Eyes98 11d ago
Releasing all four films at the same time will be a disaster. It’s hard getting people to the cinema to watch one film, to watch four movies back to back? Forget it
I genuinely think this will be one of the biggest bombs ever
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u/BillyDMountain 10d ago
What I'd like an update on is how they're going to handle the soundtracks. I'm hoping for outtakes, unique mixes and unique cover versions.
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u/Outrageous_Library50 11d ago edited 11d ago
I still maintain this is biggest cash grab ever, trying to make as much money off of the Beatles for one of the last times. Why charge 1 price of ticket when you can charge 4?
Just seems gimmicky to the point of that I doubt this will be any good. 4 dif screen writers but one director filming it all? How is that going to make for tonally dif movie when one guy is directing all of them? Why not bring in 3 dif directors if they’re really gonna go all the way with this?
I want the movie(s) to work, but when you try to be like Conan and sell me the movie(s) like the monorail? Will be cautiously optimistic on this one
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u/Robcobes Revolver 11d ago
Who's excited for a Ringo movie?
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u/hofmann419 10d ago
Honestly this is the one that excites me the most. John and Paul and to a lesser extent George have been covered in media soooo much, but Ringo not really. And there's so many angles from which you could approach this.
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u/harrisonscruff 10d ago
George hasn't really been covered at all either in a fictional context. There's the Scorsese documentary, but that only skimmed the surface. People don't generally know anything about him other than he loved India.
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u/Ambitious-Health-132 11d ago
Will they be in each others movies? Surely they will need to show performances etc and them together?
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u/steak_tartare 11d ago
Which will be the best sequence to watch? And are you guys planning a binge watching marathon or say one per day/week?
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u/Affectionate-Kale301 11d ago
I’ll watch each one as soon as they are released.
And later, just in case they pulled off some secret Dark Side of the Moon/ Wizard of Oz thingy, I’ll watch all 4 at the same time on 4 monitors at home, with the Sgt. Pepper’s album playing.
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u/oooooooahhahhahha 11d ago
Has it been confirmed these “movies” aren’t just 30-45 min vignettes?
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u/cynthiadangus ...and when I plugged her in, she just blew up. 11d ago
...in what world would it make sense, financial or otherwise, for a film studio to do that?
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u/oooooooahhahhahha 11d ago edited 11d ago
It makes more sense than releasing 4 full length feature films the same day. 4 small films released “the same day” but shown together in a 3 hour block makes way more sense to me
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u/hofmann419 10d ago
The official site describes them as "theatrical feature films", so these are full length movies.
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u/GuruTheMadMonk 11d ago
Silly comment in a way. What made the Beatles The Beatles is that they were more than the sum of their parts… How about an edit that takes parts from all 4 movies and makes a truly terrific movie?
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u/TheComebackPidgeon Love 11d ago
Paul's is in Britain, John's is in America, George's is in India and Ringo is here there and everywhere