BAFTA
winner
Mia
McKenna-Bruce,
Four-time
Academy
Award
Nominee
and
Golden
Globe
Award
winner
Saoirse
Ronan,
Emmy
and
Golden
Globe
Award
winning
Anna
Sawai,
and
Emmy
Award
nominee
and
BAFTA
TV
winner
Aimee
Lou
Wood
are
confirmed
to
star
in
Sony
Pictures,
Sam
Mendes,
and
Neal
Street’s
The
Beatles
–
A
Four-Film
Cinematic
Event.
McKenna-Bruce
will
star
as
Maureen
(Cox)
Starkey,
Ronan
as
Linda
(Eastman)
McCartney,
Sawai
as
Yoko
Ono,
and
Wood
as
Pattie
Boyd.
“Maureen,
Linda,
Yoko
and
Pattie
are
four
fascinating
and
unique
figures
in
their
own
right
–
and
I’m
thrilled
that
we’ve
managed
to
persuade
four
of
the
most
talented
women
working
in
film
today
to
join
this
amazing
adventure,”
said
Mendes.
Maureen
Cox
(Mia
McKenna-Bruce)
was
an
early
fan
of
The
Beatles
who
met
Ringo
Starr
at
the
Cavern
Club
in
1962.
Their
romance
blossomed
quickly,
they
married
in
1965
and
had
three
children
together.
Linda
Eastman
(Saoirse
Ronan)
was
a
celebrated
photographer
when
she
met
Paul
McCartney
in
1967.
There
was
an
instant
attraction
and
McCartney
later
said,
‘The
first
time
I
saw
her,
I
just
knew’.
John
Lennon
first
met
the
Japanese
artist
Yoko
Ono
(Anna
Sawai)
at
a
London
exhibition
of
her
work.
Although
Lennon
was
married
at
the
time,
he
was
immediately
intrigued
by
Yoko,
and
the
two
eventually
became
inseparable
creative
partners
for
the
rest
of
his
life.
Pattie
Boyd
(Aimee
Lou
Wood)
was
a
successful
model
when
in
1964
she
met
George
Harrison
on
the
set
of
the
Beatles
movie
‘A
Hard
Day’s
Night’.
The
two
began
dating
and
later
married,
with
Boyd
sharing
Harrison’s
growing
interest
in
Eastern
mysticism.
The
announcement
of
actors
portraying
Cynthia
Lennon,
Brian
Epstein,
George
Martin,
Ravi
Shankar
and
other
key
roles
will
be
forthcoming.
Starring
Harris
Dickinson,
Barry
Keoghan,
Paul
Mescal
and
Joseph
Quinn,
the
films
mark
the
first
time
Apple
Corps
Ltd.
and
The
Beatles
–
John
Lennon,
Paul
McCartney,
George
Harrison
and
Ringo
Starr
–
have
granted
full
life
story
and
music
rights
for
a
scripted
film.
Mendes
conceived
four
theatrical
feature
films-one
from
each
band
member’s
distinct
point
of
view-that
will
intersect
to
tell
the
astonishing
story
of
the
greatest
band
in
history.
The
Beatles-A
Four-Film
Cinematic
Event
is
a
Neal
Street
production
in
association
with
Apple
Corps
for
Sony
Pictures.
Mendes
is
producing
alongside
his
Neal
Street
partner
Pippa
Harris
and
Neal
Street’s
Julie
Pastor.
Alexandra
Derbyshire
is
also
producing.
Sony
Pictures
Entertainment
India
will
release
the
film
in
India
in
April
2028.