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Sam Mendes says he’ll be working on his Beatles movies until mid-2028

Mendes directing four Beatles biopics, one for each band member

Speaking on a recent episode of Variety’s Stagecraft podcast, Mendes briefly mentioned how the Fab Four films were his next big movie-making endeavour, saying: “I’ve got this huge Beatles project that I’m working on for the next several years. These films are the first scripted ones to have been granted full life story and music rights from Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles, as well as the band’s families. NME gave the film a two-star review, with Nick Levine writing: “ Midas Man has some empathy for its subject and a warm performance from Emily Watson as his mother Queenie, but no real curiosity about what made him tick.

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