The films will star Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Sony Pictures will finance and distribute worldwide with full theatrical windows in April 2028.

Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne are set to write the screenplays for Sony Pictures' The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event movies.

Butterworth is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose plays include Mojo, Jerusalem, The River, The Ferryman, and THE HILLS of Caliornifa, which played at the Broadhurst Theatre in 2024. Screenwriting credits include Fair Game, Edge of Tomorrow, Black Mass, Spectre, Ford v Ferrari, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.