James Bond director to helm four Beatles biopics – and they're all releasing in the same year

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Sam Mendes is directing four new movies about The Beatles

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Sam Mendes is set to direct four new The Beatles biopics, one for each member of the band. 

The project is the first time that Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the estates of George Harrison and John Lennon have granted full life story and rights for a scripted movie, and the first time their record label, Apple Corp, has given full music rights. 

"I’m honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time, and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies," the director said in a statement.

The Beatles, who formed in 1960 in Liverpool, England, released 12 albums over the course of the following decade and became known as one of the most influential bands of all time. Lennon was murdered in 1980 and Harrison died of cancer in 2001, while McCartney and Starr are both still making music independently. No casting information has been revealed yet, so we don't know who'll be playing the Fab Four in the upcoming movies.

Emily Garbutt
Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

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