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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

The Independent UK

Sir Ringo Starr 'excited' to watch Beatles movies

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

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Jacob Elordi reportedly in talks to replace Paul Mescal in new Ridley Scott thriller

Mescal had originally been attached as the movie’s lead, but had to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts

The Independent UK

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‘The more relaxed you are, the better you are as a human’: Nicole Kidman on Kubrick, sharks and risk-taking

The Oscar-winning American-Australian actor answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts

The Guardian - UK

HBO distresses viewers by cancelling ‘hilarious’ series after just one season

‘We won’t be moving forward with another season,’ HBO said

The Independent UK

5 Years Later, An Epic War Movie Outlived Its Biggest Flaw

Sam Mendes' war epic, '1917,' is just as profound now as it was in 2019.

Inverse

Bleak House by Charles Dickens audiobook review – Sam Mendes’s all-star adaptation

Ambika Mod, Thandiwe Newton and Mackenzie Crook are among the lineup in this cinematic telling of Dickens’s classic

The Guardian - UK

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Ringo Starr ‘loves’ his voice on new country album

Opening up about the sounds on his latest solo effort at a playback for reporters and celebs, Ringo Starr declared he “loves” the way his voice sounds on his upcoming country album.

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Beatles biopic casting rumors breakdown

Sam Mendes' four-part biopic is set to drop in 2027, and some of Hollywood's buzziest stars could play the Fab Four

Salon

Ridley Scott appears to leak Paul Mescal’s casting in new Beatles film

Sam Mendes has remained tight-lipped on the casting for his forthcoming four-piece Beatles biopic

The Independent UK

“Paul is actually stacked up, doing The Beatles next”: It’s (very nearly) official: Paul Mescal looks set to play Paul McCartney in new Sam Mendes biopic

Top directors and Ringo Starr just can’t keep schtum about who's in Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics

MusicRadar

Paul Mescal to star in Beatles film, Ridley Scott appears to confirm

Longstanding rumour on casting as Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes’s big four-part project seems settled after comments by Gladiator II director

The Guardian - UK

“I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many”: Ringo Starr wryly suggests that Barry Keoghan is set to play him in Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopics

MusicRadar

Barry Keoghan to play Ringo Starr in Beatles biopic, drummer says

After months of speculation that Barry Keagon was attached to the upcoming film series, Sir Ringo Starr has seemingly teased the 'Saltburn' actor will indeed play him in Sir Sam Mendes' four biopics about The Beatles.

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Ringo Starr says Barry Keoghan will play him Sam Mendes' Beatles movies

The music icon said the actor is currently ‘taking drum’ lessons in a bid to channel him

The Independent UK

Ringo Starr lets slip casting for Sam Mendes’s Beatles film: ‘I believe he’s taking drumming lessons’

Legendary drummer says he thinks the casting is ‘great’

The Guardian - US

Barry Keoghan set to star in Beatles biopic, claims Ringo Starr

Saltburn actor will reportedly play famed drummer in Sam Mendes’s ambitious films from each member’s perspective

The Guardian - UK

Trick of the light: the enduring appeal of René Magritte’s big tease

The record $121m sale of his most famous painting last week sealed the Belgian surrealist’s place in art’s hall of fame. What does it mean for his legacy?

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the powerful story of a defiant Russian artist

Storyville profiles Gena Marvin, who is challenging anti-gay and pro-war sentiment. Plus: Bake Off goes 1970s. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Himesh Patel rolls with the laughs on HBO’s The Franchise and goes to bat for The Aeronauts

British actor Himesh Patel speaks with The Independent on working with comedy legend Armando Iannucci and director Sam Mendes on new HBO comedy series The Franchise.

Evening Standard

The Standard 100: People shaping London in Music, Culture, Art, Stage, Screen and Podcasts

The Standard 100’s list of people shaping London across arts and culture from Charli XCX to Tracey Emin and Idris Elba

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: The Franchise; Trump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case; Before; Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – review

Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes join forces for a bitter superhero spoof; Billy Crystal stars in a maddening yet watchable horror; plus, the Boss at his fist-pumping best, and a timely reminder of the dangers of a Trump victory

Total Film

Marvel star Daniel Brühl says a "total disaster" of a movie inspired him on superhero satire The Franchise – not his time with the MCU

Exclusive: The Baron Zemo star talks what inspired him to play a struggling director on his new TV show The Franchise

The Guardian - UK

‘Does time heal? I don’t think so’: Richard E Grant on love, loss – and bonking

The raw intensity and personal honesty that Richard E Grant brought to Withnail and I was real and has never left him. Now the actor and diarist, still grieving the loss of his wife, talks openly about heartbreak, ambition and his traumatic upbringing

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Disney+ confirm details of new Beatles documentary

A new Beatles documentary produced by Martin Scorsese is coming to Disney+ next month.

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