At Sony Pictures’ presentation at CinemaCon on Monday, director Sam Mendes revealed the release strategy for his upcoming quartet of movies about The Beatles – dubbed The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event – and officially announced the actors playing the Fab Four.

Sony Pictures said its big-screen story about The Beatles will be told through four films released in April 2028, each from the perspective of one of the Fab Four. Director Sam Mendes also revealed the cast for the films on Monday at the CinemaCon industry convention in Las Vegas.

Sam Mendes announced that his four Beatles biopics will premiere one at a time over four weekends in April 2028. The director of features including American Beauty, Road to Perdition and the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre reassured Beatles fans that there was more to learn about John Lennon,

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have been confirmed as part of the all-star line-up who will play members of the Beatles in four major new films about the band. Normal People and Gladiator II actor Mescal will portray Sir Paul McCartney,

Fans voice dissatisfaction over Sony's casting decisions, sparking debate about the new faces of the Fab Four.

Furthermore, he also revealed that all four of the movies are scheduled to arrive in April 2028. Collectively, the films are referred to as The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event and Mendes called them the “first binge-able theatrical experience,