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“Why Are They Afraid To Cast Ugly People?”: Casting Of The Beatles Biopic Sparks Mixed Reactions

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Joseph Quinn's George Harrison is the dark horse of The Beatles biopics

Joseph Quinn may be the least-known actor to join Sam Mendes’ Fab Four films, but that won’t be the case for long and his George may end up being the best of the lot

Evening Standard

“I didn’t even realise it had synthesizer on it for decades”: This deep dive into The Beatles' Here Comes The Sun reveals 4 Moog Modular parts that we’d never even noticed before

Anthony Marinelli’s video might change the way you listen to George Harrison’s ode to sunny positivity

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Fans root for Aimee Lou Wood casting in Beatles biopic following Instagram hint

As casting is announced for John, Paul, George and Ringo in The Beatles biopic, fans have set their sights on the ideal Pattie Boyd

Evening Standard

Help! Why are none of the new Beatles cast from Liverpool?

So Sam Mendes has cast his Beatles tetralogy, but none are from Merseyside. Don’t worry, I’ve just invented the Beatles Cinematic Universe

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CinemaCon 2025 – every big movie announcement, including Avatar 3, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, James Bond, Mission Impossible and more

CinemaCon 2025 is over – here are all new movie announcements that we spotted during the event.

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The Beatles: everything you need to know about the actors as Fab Four cast unveiled for biopics

British director Sam Mendes has announced the cast for his upcoming series of Beatles biopics due to be released in 2028 - but who are the actors?

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The actors who will play The Beatles: Inside the new Fab Four

The films will have an April 2028 release date.

Evening Standard

“I got the impression that he needed to be quite forceful to get his songs onto Beatles records”: George Harrison orchestrator John Barham reflects on their shared love of Indian music and being conducted by Phil Spector

Barham's arrangements sweetened everything from 1968’s Wonderwall Music to 1973’s Living in the Material World and beyond, and in this rare interview he talks Harrison the songwriter, producer and collaborator

Guitar World

Beatles biopics cast revealed: Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn to star in Sam Mendes movies

The highly anticipated lineup includes Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson to star in four biopics of The Beatles

Directed by Sam Mendes, all four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028.

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Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn confirmed to play The Beatles

Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn's casting as The Beatles in director Sir Sam Mendes' four-film project have been confirmed.

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Every White Boy Of The Month For 2024 Has Been Cast In The Beatles Four-Film Biopic

OK, maybe I will be watching all four films.

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The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced

All four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028

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Actors to play the Beatles in Fab Four biopics revealed

Each film will focus on a different member of the Fab Four

MusicRadar

“Now that’s a wacky idea - let’s try it”: How a critical moment on a 1965 single signposted the Beatles’ growing musical ambitions

It swung the uptempo single into a more nuanced universe, and perfectly demonstrated Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting partnership

Guitar World

“From Paul Kossoff to Eric and then to John Lennon and George Harrison”: Albert Lee reveals the history of his ’58 Les Paul Custom

Gibson calls its replica the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom, but Clapton is only one of the stars to have owned and played this storied guitar

Guitar World

“He only had that little spotlight in every Beatles song – George Martin telling him what he could or couldn’t play. That’s what helped create that later style”: Dhani Harrison on the making of Living in the Material World – and George’s slide style

If All Things Must Pass was Harrison in minor key, Material World is the sound of him turning towards the light. His son, Dhani, tells us about its creation, and its stunning (and essential) reissue

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Evening Standard

Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles to go under hammer

It is one of ten early Byrne works which were bought from him by his local parish priest in the 1970s.

Louder

Previously unseen Led Zeppelin artwork discovered by same man who found slice of George Harrison's leftover toast

What are the chances?

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Sir Ringo Starr 'excited' to watch Beatles movies

Sir Ringo Starr can't wait to watch Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles movies.

MusicRadar

"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever - the experimental masterpiece that John Lennon regarded as the best song he ever wrote for the band

Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

Guitar World

“I didn’t think I played that well. I had a hunch he could pull something out with the slide. I handed him the guitar, and he just did it”: The time Mike Campbell asked George Harrison to take over his own guitar solo

Campbell recalls rejecting his own solo on the Traveling Wilburys' debut single – and why Harrison's playing style was a better fit

The Guardian - UK

Joey Molland obituary

Guitarist in the band Badfinger who made the much-covered track Without You and played on John Lennon’s album Imagine

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“I'm really proud of that, because I literally invented that chord”: George Harrison’s songwriting brilliance deconstructed in his own words

The quiet one’s songwriting gifts fully flourished during the latter half of the Beatles’ reign, and we’ve collected his own insights into his craft

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