NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not simply one movie, however a Fab Four of motionpictures that will offer each band member their own spotlight — all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes.
For the veryfirst time, the Beatles, long amongst the stingiest rights granters, are offering complete life and music rights to a motionpicture job. Sony Pictures revealed Monday a offer that might dwarf all music biopics that have come before it, with the stories of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr spread out over a quartet of movies.
The movies, developed by Mendes, are anticipated to roll out theatrically in ingenious style, with the motionpictures possibly existingside-by-side or converging in theaters. Precise release strategies will be revealed at a lateron date. Sony is targeting 2027 for their release.
McCartney, Starr and the households of John Lennon and George Harrison have all signed off on the job through the band’s Apple Corps. Ltd. Sony Music Publishing controls the rights to the bulk of Beatles tunes.
“I’m honored to be informing the story of the biggest rock band of all time, and firedup to obstacle the idea of what makesup a journey to the films,” Mendes stated in a declaration.
Each movie will be from the pointofview of a Beatle.
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