Las Vegas — Sony Pictures Entertainment is making a large stake connected the Beatles.
The workplace volition merchandise 4 films astir the Beatles — each pursuing a antithetic subordinate of the set — each successful April 2028, manager Sam Mendes and Sony movie Chairman Tom Rothman said Monday during a presumption astatine the CinemaCon commercialized normal successful Las Vegas.
“Hold on, did I hold to that?” Rothman joked onstage to Mendes.
“You said it would beryllium the archetypal binge-able theatrical experience,” Mendes replied.
The formed and unit volition beryllium successful main photography for conscionable implicit a year, Mendes said.
“We request large cinematic events to get radical retired of the house,” Mendes said to large applause from the audience, which was mostly composed of theatre owners and amusement manufacture types. “I committedness it volition beryllium worthy the trip.”
The Culver City workplace rounded retired its presumption by announcing the formed of the films and brought each 4 connected stage. Paul Mescal volition play Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn volition play George Harrison, Barry Keoghan volition play Ringo Starr and Harris Dickinson volition play John Lennon.
The 4 came onstage successful achromatic pants and shirts and took the Beatles bow.