We dont hear much from John Lennon these days. No new records or interviews. Is he retired? whats the story on him. I hear that George Harrisson died!! Is that true or just a rumour???
I think he’s actually gonna really dig some of the Ringo songs and maybe even some of the albums. I always thought I’d hate Ringo The 4th because of the disco vibes but it’s such a tight groove. Peace and love ✌️ peace and love 🥁
just open 4 separate windows with your apple vision pro instead! much easier and you can watch it while going about your day, just as the fab four intended
Post Credits Scene on Paul's film: Brian Epstein appears in McCartney's home late at night: "I'm here to talk to you about the Sgt. Pepper's Initiative."
okay, that would be bloody hilarious. We need to bring Paul Dano back, make him grow out his hair again (no wigs!!) and sit him down in front of a record player spinning Rubber Soul and record the whole thing, and add it as an uncut post credits scene.
Each movie should be in a different genre John: edgy black-and-white indie drama filmed on a shoestring budget with first-time actors Paul: glitzy Bohemian Rhapsody-style bio-blockbuster with high production values, an all-star cast and countless factual inaccuracies George: 3-hour Bollywood musical only vaguely based on his life Ringo: claymation family comedy, with Sacha Baron Cohen as the Octopus
Yes! Give me a Rankin/Bass, Animagic-style movie about Ringo and his meeting with the octopus that inspired the song Octopus’s Garden, his encounter with the evil Ognir Rrats, and his friendship with George because those two Beatles deserve more justice. Edit: I think George’s movie should be the most British, Monty Python/Richard Lester-esque comedy ever made with lots of dark comedic elements and gimmicks, John’s movie should just be a collection of pretend found footage and kitschy 2D animation put over his music to look like one of his or Yoko’s old films, and Paul’s movie should be a parody of a stereotypical Oscar-bait biopic where none of the actors even look like their real-life counterparts and there are 12 new subplots every 30 minutes.
instead of bollywood, i think george's should be a wacky monty python-esque movie that also tells nothing about his actual life and is just a complete farce the entire time lol. it's what he would've wanted
You literally described exactly why I hate biopics There's always those scenes Paul and John have a fight and as John gets up he goes "fuck this I'm going to strawberry fields" Quick zoom in on Paul "... What did you say?" AND YOU KNOW NONE OF THAT HAPPENED
@@Charon.1 yep yep, I love Queen to bits aswell and that's why I stayed away from it. And the Beatles are the greatest ever so I know I'd be crushed if they did that shit in their movies
That's the ONE scene that bothers me about Walk the Line. It avoids this most of the time, and then there's that bit where June Carter Cash randomly says "And it burns, burns, burns..." when she's depressed after a fight with Johnny. Bloody awful line, and it's the only line like that in the film.
After reading Pattie Boyd’s autobiography, all I could think was that THAT was a biopic I’d want to see. Kind of an alternate side of music industry biopics focusing on her relationship to George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
I'm proclive mostly to country music primarily, but Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, Billy Joe Shaver, and Waylon Jennings would make for some of the best, most interesting, and least "need-to-be" overexaggerated biopics. Mike Judge did a series examining their lives animated with interview. George Jones, in his older years, would be perfectly played by Jim Carrey, who has a striking resemblance both young and old.
This isn't my joke, but I thought it was hilarious, so credit to whoever came up with this. The George Harrison movie should have a post credits scene. We see George enter his home and turn the lights on, it's Bob Dylan: "We'd like to talk to you about the Wilburys Initiative..."
My favorite was a tik tok that was a “post credits scene” for the Paul movie Shadowy Figure: you have done well, Mark David Chapman Chapman: who are you?? *the shadowy figure reveals himself to be Paul McCartney* Paul: you can call me…. Macca
i was breathlessly waiting for Beatles Guy to make a video on this ever since the announcement -- and you did not disappoint. i agree with every point. i think the keys to a good 4-pov film-extravaganza are: 1) do what peter weir did for dead poets society: put the actors in a room for 4 weeks and let them become friends. force them to watch a hard days night on repeat until they get the pure silliness of the beatles' style of humour. 2) do what skins (the british tv show) kind of did: tell 1 story but every "episode" gives a wholly new perspective on the story. for example, in paul's film, showing georgie's disgruntledness over never getting all of his songs on the albums only in the background, giving hints at it, maybe even showing paulie's annoyance over the arguing over it -- and then explore it fully in george's film, telling why he wants his songs to be on the album, how he's not just annoying/annoyed but genuinely upset over not being listened to. one big story that you NEED all 4 pieces for to fully grasp. 3) have every film tell its own story. on the one hand the way you said it, give it a proper structure that DOESNT follow the typical biopic pattern, but also, pls, for the love of god, give every film ONE theme. ONE. and explore it. i know that people are more than just ONE THEME but usually, when you ask people to recount their life as one story, they tend to pick a theme to narrate it along with (think casanova cheekily telling his whole life through the women he met). it would make these films truly stand-alone pieces, while point 2) would still connect it as one big story. also i demand humour. there's not a single interview i've seen of the beatles that didn't make me at least smile and grin. these films need. to. have. humour. edits: just some typos
one minus point is that a coming of age feeling can’t really happen in that idea although we see ofc all four beatles in every movie but as its out of a different perspective then we can’t see how the personal point of view changes
you couldn't be more correct...this is from a person who was 14 in 1963 and bought "Meet the Beatles" in November of that year (it was released in L.A. and "I want to Hold Your Hand" was continuously played on KRLA and KFWB from October on of that year) and can link almost every air-played hit to a specific time in my life...I can tell you where I was and what I was doing for almost every song. You absolutely hit EVERY major point of what has to be done to do this band justice...and because the Beatles were innovative, the film has to be as well. It only makes sense...the perfect comment to this "reacts" video. Thank You.
I want each movie to start the same way: the Beatles walking out of the Cavern Club together until they hit the end of Mathew Street, and then all four turning in different directions, while the camera tracks just the band member that we’re going to focus on in that particular movie. I’m not Sam Mendes, but I think that would be a fun visual way to show both their cohesion and their individuality without having to state it outright in the dialogue!
I always thought if The Beatles had to fit into any particular genre, it should be a coming-of-age story. The story of The Beatles is about four boys who changed the world but grew up to become fully realized adults in the process.
Also, I hope there’s a cheesy scene where the band is sulking in the parking lot after a show when Pete Best is fired from the band and a young Ringo approaches them and starts playing drums on an improvised drum kit made from buckets and tin cans, and the other band members look at eachother and smile and then say “YOURE IN THE BAND!
I mean, say what you want about Baz Luhrmann, but inserting “modern music” into movies where it doesn’t necessarily belong is kind of his thing. Look at the pop songs in Moulin Rouge despite that being set in the 1900s and the Kanye and Jay-Z music in his Great Gatsby
I never wanted to see the Elvis movie. The trailers looked ridiculous. There’s plenty of material of the real Elvis around, why would anyone want fake Elvis in a movie?
I think Sam should take all the time in the world on these films because after years of so many biopics, I truly want these four films to capture the minds of each Beatle. I personally think he’ll do a great job.
I'd really like to see them play out scenes in multiple ways significant across the four films, like a Rashomon across different movies. I think that would be fascinating. For instance, in the George film, the trip to India is a transcendent thing that transforms his life, while in the John film, he's taken with the teachings at first, but he quickly becomes disillusioned with it as he realizes that Maharishi isn't all he's cracked up to be. And in the Ringo film, it's a weekend vacation that's not of particular consequence to him. Likewise, with the breakup years, in Paul's film, he's desperately trying everything he can do to keep the group together, but in the George film, he's getting fed up with Paul's controlling ways and feels betrayed by Paul going behind the rest of the group's back. But at the same time, the films and scenes should share commonalities and even dialogue, perhaps reflecting when the group was more unified in spirit, and then fracturing in POV when the group became more independent from each other.
I’ve always had an interest idea to adapt the White Album into a feature film. It would be an experimental film that would cut back and forth between the band performing the songs in studio and short sequences that either tell the story of a song or emphasize the song with beautiful imagery and aesthetics. Towards the end of the film, reality and fiction would start to wive into one another, climaxing into a chaotic scene set to Revolution 9, after which the film would end with Ringo in a dark recording studio singing Good Night. I think about this every time I listen to the White Album.
12:38 A similar project that I can think of off the top of my head, though vastly different, is the Iwo Jima project from Clint Eastwood. In, I believe it was 2006, he released two movies in a span of a couple of months. One showcasing the perspective of American soldiers of the Battle of Iwo Jima (Flags of our Fathers) and one showcasing the perspective of Japanese soldiers (Letters from Iwo Jima).
There's Jean de Florette and Nanon of the Spring (though I think they might be a dyptich story, not simultaneous perspectives). You want obscure, try I Am Curious Blue and I Am Curious Yellow. I thought for years it would be amazing to see Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze make a simul-sequel to Spotless Mind that was about Clementine's mind erasure rather than Joel's. View their relationship through her memories and delve into her subconscious. Use a whole new set of techniques to see the memories disappear as she rebels against the process (maybe everyone rebels?). They're too old for it now, and Carrey's retired, but I thought it would make for an intriguing experiment.
I've always thought the photo at 29:31 is the most telling. Their last photo shoot as a band, taken at Lennon's home. John's eyes are to the left, George and Paul to the right, all three look pissed off to the point of not being able to make eye contact with the photographer and Paul possessing the most defensive posture. Ringo looks at the camera directly with a "help me" look in his eyes. Seems all had accepted their fate that afternoon.
How about the back yard photo where George is looking at the other 3 standing in a line next to him but he is standing at least 3 feet from the rest. He is not smiling as well.
One of the most satisfying biopics I think is 'The Two of Us' The actors playing John and Paul are spot on for what we are to believe? To add weight to the film is the fact that Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed it. Of course he knew the Beatles well and made Let It Be the film amongst other things he did for them.
For real, it's literally the best depictions of Paul and John and their relationship. Say what you will about MLH, but huge props and kudos to him for that movie. The fact that Paul loved it cements that.
YESSSSS I am so glad you uploaded this on the main channel rather than keeping it Patreon-exclusive! When these were announced, you were the first person I wanted to hear from, but I was recently laid off so I can’t exactly be slingin’ any amount of dollars at Patreon 😅
Awhile back, I came up with this interesting idea for a Beatles-related tv series that takes place from Cynthia Lennon’s perspective. I haven’t read her autobiography or much of her other accounts on her and John’s relationship yet, but I think a stretched-out series depicting how Cynthia and John met in art school, her adventures tagging along with John in Hamburg, how they were pressured by their conservative, working-class society to have a shotgun marriage, how Cynthia and her son Julian dealt with Beatlemania, the press, and crazy female fans, Cynthia’s friendships with the other Beatles and the other Beatle girlfriends/wives like Jane Asher and Patti Boyd, and Cynthia’s mental health following John cheating on her with Yoko would be super cool, especially since it would be from a woman’s perspective, a little bit like the recent film Priscilla. I love Yoko Ono and I think a series/biopic about her time in the Fluxus movement leading up to her meeting John in London could be awesome, but a series about the Beatles from Cynthia Lennon’s perspective as a young female artist, wife, and mother would be very fresh and unique.
I was literally *JUST* thinking "huh, I haven't seen a new Elliot video in a while, I wonder what he's up to". I just went to your page to see what's new and POOF here we go! That's always a great feeling.
I'm skeptical. As much as I want to see a George (my favorite beatle) biopic, I don't think it will be good. I think they will try to make blockbuster films, instead of good films. I liked Nowhere Boy because it was a good film, I didn't even care that it didn't have John's music in it. My dream is that a great film, like the amazing Love & Mercy, would be made about the Beatles. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen.
Yes you right, the four docuseries should focus on each individual member perspective on the band and individual career. Have unknown actors portray the members for enactment.
I think it would be cool if the filmmakers took some influence from the 1960s filmmaking style seen in a Hard Days’ Night, with playful new wave editing, and an odd juxtaposition of social realism and absurdism, would give the film that artistic yet anarchic feel that is so of the era. I’d like to see a biopic take bold artistic choices in it’s filmmaking to represent the zeitgeist, especially in this instance where the Beatles are so synonymous with the changing sixties culture. Perhaps the filmmaking style of each movie could change based on the Beatle? That would be an interesting way to show the same event but from a different perspective. As you said, a lot of movies are flat and grey and many biopics feel “paint by numbers” so I want to see a filmmaker shake things up and really experiment within the genre. I’m also so intrigued to see a Ringo Starr film as his side of events aren’t often talked about as people think “he’s just the drummer”.
I really wonder what this will be like. Great director, but the four movies make me worry that it’ll be just a redundant project? Part of me wishes that it was one movie per “time period” for the Beatles like you mentioned towards the middle
I'm sure this project going ahead is in no small part due to Oppenheimer's success. And that's the exact opposite of a Wikipedia page film. So i have faith in this!
The most profound aspect of this news is the avid interest still being paid to four young lads from Liverpool. Their music, personalities and influence over a generation in the 1960s are fascinating material in retrospect. As Harrison once said, " The Beatles will exist without us. " A prophetic quote.
Yes! the realization that they DO still exist even without 2 significant members of the band. I never watched RUclips at all until "Now and Then" came out and I wanted to hear it. That was when I saw all the Reacts to the Beatles from Gen X,Y, and Z, and decided to watch how these "kids" viewed the music of the Beatles. EYE OPENING to say the least, and they were asking MY generation to tell them what it was like to hear it first hand. I have a 17 yo grandson who is really into music...Linkin Park, Grey Daze, Disturb, etc. He will play me a song he likes, and then I will play something from the White Album and say..."hear that, that is where they got the idea, hear that riff, they were the first to use it." Wonderful insight on your part...thank you.
I think you have a point there. TV is currently doing a much better job of storytelling than movies. A Netflix or HBO series could be good. I think the same actors should be used in all the movies, but casting this is going to be so difficult.
Given that the idea is to portray four different subjective points of view of the same story (which is what we're hearing, and what else could it be really?) one problem with spreading it out over four seasons of a Netflix-type series is the question "Who gets to go first?" Because the first version that everybody sees will inevitably control the issues and be seen as the definitive story of which the remaining three become secondary 'versions' - especially for those who never stick the course until the end of series 4! Not sure this can be equitable. But then the same applies to a degree with four separate theatrical releases. Simultaneous worldwide splurge of four major films? Huge project, huge money, huge risk on one throw of the dice; but if you spread them out over months (say) the first one is the big test, the pilot, and unless it's a box-office blockbuster to reassure investors there may never *be* another three films after that... The whole thing is a potential nightmare, but I wish them well!
I want either the John or Ringo film to have that Simpsons "Scene Missing" joke involving Harry Nilsson. Where one of them is at their house, and Harry shows up and goes "you wanna go out for a bit?" And John or Ringo go "yeah, I could use a drink" and then we get "Scene Missing" and then next shot one of them wakes up, looks at a calendar and goes "Tuesday??!!"
I recently saw The motive and the cue, a play directed by Sam Mendes. It was about a very tumultuous rehearsal period of John Guilgud and Richard Burtons Hamlet, the director and the lead. It was based on real recordings of how tense the conflicts arose out of the tension between the two men and also tapped into such an intimate tenderness of who the men were as individuals as well. So Mendes with this has already explored something that would be essential to nail with a beatles biopic. The play also cut to the core of what acting and directing really are and how essential they are for the characters who are dedicated to their respective craft. How personal it is to them and how they fully give themselves truly from the core to their work, and how when that is challenged by each other, how much it shakes them. I really hope with these films that they capture the core essence of what each of these men wanted to give, especially George as All things must pass is my favourite album and continues to help me in my life. Another fun fact is that Noel Gallagher rocked up as we were cueing and was in attendance the night we saw it which was wild but i suppose unsurprising that he would be interested to see Mendes' latest work.
I wonder if a Rashomon-style biopic could work. Tell four different versions of the story of a certain part of the Beatles' saga, as it would have appeared to each member.
So, I imagine each ends on an upbeat musical note - perhaps Ed Sullivan, Shea Stadium...Hey Jude or A Day In The Life?...them performing The End? Because the Beatles are a happy thing that is musical at its core. So the movies have to stand alone. I think it would be cool if the movies could be watched in any order and aren't necessarily linear. It would be interesting if they had a Rashomon-like storytelling aspect. I'm guessing there are going to be certain scenes that end up in all 4 of the movies...just seen from different perspectives. Like, for instance, the "Pete Best forever...Ringo never" night. And Shea Stadium. I can just see Ringo not being able to hear anything but hit his drums based on the movements the other guys are making in front of him. I can see Ringo playing cards during Sgt. Pepper sessions while Paul is in his glory. Each movie would be colored by their respective Beatle's personality traits. Here are some bad/possibly obvious ideas: I think the Ringo movie might be more amusing or light-hearted...I'm just guessing. Paul's being more colorful and exuberant since he loved being a Beatle so much....with the end being a gut-punch with the others all being against him. I see George's as more of a Terence Malick like "meditation on God and nature and what it all means" kind of movie...looking at John and Paul both as fellas who are "too busy being John and Paul." I think John's would be the wild-card. There's something about him liking so very few of the Beatle songs (as per interviews) that makes it difficult for me to figure him out....perhaps John narrating from the Great Beyond?
I reckon John's film would be an "unreliable narrator" type, given how he and Yoko spent time and effort crafting a particular narrative of their lives both before and after they met.
I love how crazy this idea is and how I have no idea what to expect. I assume they'll all be in production at the same time. Surely each film will share some similar scenes/locaitons, just shot differently from different perspectives. Mendes is a fantastic director. if they get the casting right, I think these could be very worthwhile movies. I hope they put together a soundtrack that combines key tracks from each film, and features some remixes and unreleased outtakes. Maybe we'll finally get Revolution (Take 20) in remixed stereo, or an unheard demo. Allegedly Olivia found a 1966 demo tape at Friar Park years ago, but nothing from that made it to the Revolver box set...A lost George demo would be awesome to feature along with some innovative remixes. Like stripped back versions of their master recordings. Like just George and his acoustic guitar from Here Comes the Sun. There's brilliant fan mix of that already on YT.
Here are my guesses John Lennon will be directed by David Lynch and will be a surreal artsy movie Paul’s movie will be a comedy Ringo will be a romantic comedy (no wife beating will be shown) Harrison will be a 10 minute animated short
The fact that everyone is on board and they have Sam Mendes as director gives me a lot do hope, but you nailed the main concern: casting. All four of them are among the most famous musicians of all time and they all brought something identifiably unique to the table. Nailing each of their personalities and the way they fit with the other three Beatles is going to be the key. A misstep in casting and this will be DOA.
Thank you for emphasizing their chemistry - that attracts me in them as much, if not more than the music. Or to put it in other words, you can feel this chemistry through their music and that makes you incredibly happy - at least that's how it works for me. And I'm absolutely agree this is essential for the Beatles biopics. Like that scene in "Hard Day's Night", when they run out of studio to have fun on a field - you can't plan in, you can't write it down step by step in a script, it's just a torrent of genuine fun, pure joy of improvisation. I don't know, how they gonna play that, but they will have to)).
Before this announcement, my idea was to treat Beatlemania as the opening credits (a la the opening to Love & Mercy), then catch up w/ each Beatle at the end of their respective breaks going into Sgt. Pepper. It would then go back & forth between the Sgt. Pepper sessions/launch/success & the '68 India trip, w/ the remainder of the movie then going between post-Brian's death and the White Album. The end victory would be getting Ringo back, and the end of the movie would be the Hey Jude/Revolution promo performance at Twickenham over the credits.
In my opinion, I’m a huge beatles fan, and more of a george harrison fan. I wish and hope it’s not the basic biopic, where they’ll show the member discovering music the first of their lives. I want a “Love and Mercy” kind of situation. Where it takes place in the two important arcs in their life. Like i said, I’m a big George Harrison fan, and a Dhani Harrison fan. I hope at the end, they can do Dhani justice by making him play older version of George, where George loves to garden and he hates everything else. I just really hope they do justice to the beatles and I hope they’ll do justice to other bands, like the beach boys (even though they did).
I couldn't care less about these films, in this wave of biopics that don't really explore the artists complexities and controversies I know it won't be any different with them 4. The Beatles are a business, and we shouldn't expect anything more than a glamorized version of their lives.
I'm hoping that the McCartney film would be able to finally premiere to the world "Carnival of Light," since it was a keystone to his avant-garde period alongside the others who weren't too familiar or interested in that moment.
It should go through their careers with each biopic a different Beatle and different timeframe: Ringo: The Germany days, meeting the band (replacing Pete Best). Perfect way to have him be the audience surrogate. Paul: Beatlemania era, his down to earth nature would make him a great protagonist for this period, a cool, level headed guy to take the audience through the manic chaos of beatlemania. George: The psychedelic period, when they were expanding their minds, meditating etc, the trip to India, perfect protagonist for that period. John: the break up, prologue to the band splitting up. Who better to follow during that turmoil. Ends with Johns death
I like this idea to see 4 different periods of their lives each through the lens of one of them pov. I would exchange John and Paul as I see John being more the protagonist of those touring years as he was struggling to cope with fame as he admitted himself he was crying for help and I think it would be interesting to explore. And their final years through Paul’s perspective desperately trying to keep the band together but unable to do so. Also I would really appreciate to see how the touring years impacted them all, especially George who clearly suffered from PTSD and and found comfort in meditation and eastern philosophy.
All i want is a scene were the beatles are wondering who the next drummer will be and then ringo enters the room with the opening instrumental to "with little help from my friends" playing
Finally dude I was waiting for someone to bring up Midas Man It seemed like it was just forgotten but at least it's all done filming and whatnot So hopefully this movie has some potential Cause FOUR Years in the making?? Anyhow I hope that movie is received well I'm really looking forward to it.!
I very much always was on the same wavelength as you, thinking a Beatles biopic should be approached a bit like a blockbuster trilogy. Having the actors age on the role, kind of like the cast of Harry Potter did throughout the 8 movies. Something else very much different from the topic of the video, but I would honestly be very interested in hearing your opinions on is: Fantastic Four. No, I'm not joking, hear me out!! Fantastic Four as a group has always had this parallel thing with the Beatles, skyrocketing in the 60s, fab four, all. Then, in the late 90s, early 2000s, Peyton Reed pitched a movie about them based on a Hard Day's Night. Now, in 2024 we have a new Fantastic Four movie entering production, with a lot of early rumors already suggesting a setting on the 60s, and repurposing a bit of the Peyton Reed pitch. A rumor even suggesting the movie would be shot on 18fps and interpolating it to the usual 24fps, something which would heighten the motion blur, probably to emulating the blur seen on Hard Day's Night (cause by the Arriflex camera used, and the extensive use of handheld). ... And since I already diverted for a fictional, tangential to the Beatles topic. Would also love a video on Doctor Who and the Beatles. Both the upcoming episode (and how we recently learned it won't feature their songs), and the one that never was, that was supposed to happen back in the 60s with the First Doctor. 😅
25:32 You are totally describing "Two of us" haha. In my opinion, the best movie Beatles-related because of what you are saying! The actor didn't look exactly like Paul and John, but they did an awesome performance and nailed Paul and John essences
Biopics? No way. Documentaries, added to all the other offerings? I just want the guys in truth. No actors can replicate our four Liverpool lads. Skeptical down to my bones as a Beatles fan.
Elliot... Because I respect your opinion I'd like to know what ORDER you think these films should be released in. Should they be in the traditional order of John, Paul, George, and Ringo... or should they FLIP the SCRIPT and go Ringo, George, Paul, and John? I'm thinking they should start with the better documented John, then break up the John/Paul narrative by having George next, then Paul, and let Ringo have the final word... What do you think?
I’m glad you acknowledged my mini tv series idea, like the Crown on Netflix. Even if you didn’t think it was the best method. I just hope there’s not too much overlap between the four films.
I believe in the official announcement, it was hinted that the four movies will tell one large story with minimal overlap, but I *do* love the idea of each movie showing certain moments from different members perspectives
your idea for films taking place the night they got drunk in Florida or John and George tripping for the first time reminded me of what a friend and i spoke about regarding this, exploring them as people with not only their interpersonal relationships but them as individuals, those things interwoven and then set during a specific event, whether mundane or out there, just that on its own would make a fantastic movie
The best bio of the Beatles would ignore all the bullshit about their charisma, lame family lives, business, and fame but focus SOLEY on their unworldly musical education & talent, how their art transformed every genre of music, the music business, and how it affected society, all to demonstrate to the youngest generations - Why are the Beatles the most important band and universally praised by all legends of music from Frank Sinatra to Nirvana. IGNORE the "origin story" narrative entirely - it's unnecessary because everyone knows it - instead, make a good movie that inspires people to learn their origin story on their own but leave all that crap out. It's boring anyway, like watching a cheap History Channel documentary about TS Elliot. The movie opens with all their OUTSIDE influences, art circles, creative lives post-beatle mania and outside of the group, and what music was like when they recorded REVOLVER. 1st act closes with the procedural studio recording of Tomorrow Never Knows - followed by a montage of people's reactions hearing it on their radios and home stereos - getting their minds blown after listening to Peter Paul and Mary. Act 2 - Drugs and artistic influences. Act 3 - Recording of SGT Pepper, similar to the Brian Wilson movie - and the finale shows how SGT Pepper Inspired the greatest albums of all time, like Pink's DarkSide, the Carpenters even Led Zepplin, thus changed music forever. That is a Beatles movie with about the MUSIC and their TALENT - focusing on their art, which is the only important thing.
I can think of no better filmmaker to do this other than Sam Mendes. Well, maybe Peter Jackson, but I think we will get HIS Beatles film around the same time... A documentary. And to state the obvious it has to address the Elephant in the room: John's murder. But I hope they do NOT do it in John's movie... But instead in Paul's. When you see the growing friction between the two of them in all the films, the idea that Paul's movie covers his reaction to John's death in act three is... Well, that's just perfect. My prediction is: Movie 1: John. Movie 2: George. Movie 3: Ringo. Movie 4: Paul.
As excited as I am, I'm not really expecting a 2027 release for all these films. Delays are natural even for less ambitious projects, so part of me feels like a delay or two is bound to happen, especially when making four different movies within two or three years. That's just my pessimistic thinking though I'd be happy to be proven wrong :) I really hope the movie isn't TOO artsy if that makes sense. As great as "I'm Not There" was as a Bob Dylan movie, I would really just prefer a more reality-based Beatles biopic.
These movies might genuinely have the most demanding aspects of film making that might have ever been at play. I mean, just imagine what they HAVE to get right or this will be bad: the casting, the story, the feel. Things that movies rarely get everything right and with this it will be CRUCIAL.
Elliot I’d love to hear what you think of the rumoured castings and if you had to cast already prominent actors who would they be for the Beatles and their related people I personally only really like Charlie Rowe a George as he just need to probably lose a bit of weight and hopefully he can do the Liverpudlian accent Barry Keoghan is probably alright for Ringo However the casting that I would want the most is Maya Hawke playing Linda Eastman/McCartney
Even when there's four men in a room, they're all in their own worlds. I wonder if John's point of view or movie would be sharp and cunning while Paul's point of view more whimsical and imaginative. And also, I'm thinking about how the other guys would see each other in their own point of veiws. Paul probably saw George as a younger brother or naive but in George's prospective, Paul is underestimating him and being annoying about it. Ringo might think that he's not really attractive but in John's prospective, Rings is a goodlooking guy. And I think if there's going to be four movies, in each of them, they should have a couple of scenes that inner twined with each other, but from the prospective of each Beatle. Let's say that they're rehearsing, and it seems like Paul is frustrated about something and storms off. From John's, George's and Ringo's prospective, they're not 100% sure what made Paul upset, so then John chases after him to ask what's wrong. So now Paul and John know what made Paul upset, but now George and Ringo have no idea what happened. When John and Paul comes back, George would probably ask,'your alright?' And they'll carry on with rehearsal. With a simple scene like that in all of the movies, you'll see how each of their characters, their inner thoughts and monologues and how they react to different situations. How John would probably comfort someone would to talk with them and be a listening ear, while George's solution is to leave Paul alone so he can blow off some steam. Even how each of them would comfort their own friends is vastly different, John probably want to go out to a bar while Paul probably want to have brunch or something. But I definitely agree with you, probably one of the hardest challenge of this project is to find four lads who not only look alot like the main four, but have the amazing chemistry that they all had to balance each other out. Friendship and a deep love for each other is something that can't be faked, no matter how much acting practice people can take. Even the simple body languages and inside jokes that's been developed over years. But honestly, I'm just SUPER EXCITED"^-^"! And yes, you should be George, you look just like him😎✌❤
Have you seen Rashomon (1950), directed by Akira Kurosawa? A single incident is seen from the point of view of several different people. It becomes, virtually, a group of separate incidents.
I would like to see a LIMITED mini-series. Not the kind that’s drawn out forever, but the kind where the actors will be aging naturally and they can dedicate appropriate time to the different eras with each season. I love these Beatles vids, Elliot. I would love to see your take on the boys’ outside-Beatles movies like Lennon is “How I Won the War” and Ringo in “Candy” 😂
I'm not a fan of biopics in general but I do like Sam Mendes. It seems possibly overly ambitious for a wide audience (4 interconnected movies) but sounds pretty interesting. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Brian Epstein movie ends up being the best of the lot. I think his story is pretty compelling and would be easier to tell in a movie.
I once heard that Scorsese wanted an Esquire article called "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" to be the basis of an unmade Frank Sinatra biopic. The premise of the article is an interesting one: unable to get an interview with Ol Blue Eyes himself, the writer Gary Talese builds a profile on Sinatra through interviews with various members of his entourage and various business ventures. You can have it be like Citizen Kane, where the various individuals that make up the inner circle (families, friends, colleagues, and entourage) of the Fab Four recount the "true story" from their perspective in a non-linear and imaginative mis-en-scene.
I hope these films are just like a long series of Family Guy cutaways where Paul will say something like "I had a dream last night." Cutaway to them playing Yesterday, etc, etc, etc.
Im so serious about no famous actors being in it. If there are famous actors like Jacob or Timothée, then the publicity will be about them, not the beatles
Your Beatles biopic idea actually reminds of a different Richard Linklater project, the Before Trilogy. Specifically, each film being the same timespan apart and each taking place over a single day. Even your idea to have each film shot differently mirrors each Before film adapting to improving technology. Before Sunrise is my favorite movie ever made and the Beatles are my favorite band, so if you ever had the means to turn your concept into reality, I would be in heaven.
I think it would be really cool if they shot the same scene but with different camera angles that they could use for the different biopics. Have them all branch off into separate timelines/perspectives but come back to the most important moments like the Get Back rooftop concert, the Ed Sullivan show, Paul meeting John, the Deca auditions, etc. That way it would be super cinematographically interesting to explore each members’ own experiences with shared events in their life, kinda like what Back to The Future 2 did when going back to the events of the first film.
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We dont hear much from John Lennon these days. No new records or interviews.
Is he retired? whats the story on him. I hear that George Harrisson died!! Is that true or just a rumour???
Could you make a video/share your thoughts on Radiohead? There’s a lot of Radiohead songs inspired by the Beatles and it’s my favorite band
Something like “Bands compared to the Beatles” would be cool too
I immediately thought of you when I heard the news.
YOU CANT AVOID RINGO’S DISCOGRAPHY FOREVER, ELLIOT. PEACE & LOVE 🌸✌️☮️🕊️❤️
I think he’s actually gonna really dig some of the Ringo songs and maybe even some of the albums.
I always thought I’d hate Ringo The 4th because of the disco vibes but it’s such a tight groove.
Peace and love ✌️ peace and love 🥁
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GIVE. US. RINGO.
I am unironically super hyped for the upcoming country album ✌🕊☮♥♥♥
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My movie theater is going to wonder why I'm watching the Ringo movie for the 50th time that day
Why do you think it would be less than 30 minutes
I defy the laws of time and space
Same.
I'd watch it out of pity for it
It's Ringo, he can fit eight days in a week, why not fifty viewings in one day.
BABE WAKE UP, ELLIOT’S TALKING ABOUT THE BEATLES AGAIN
Just let him continue to sleep. He can always watch it later.
Exactly how I just yelled to myself, when I saw RUclips notification!!💃🕺🎉❤
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS 😭😭
Babe wake up, it's this tired comment format again 🙄
But he’s only sleeping
I'm gonna buy four projectors and play each movie on the walls of a room so I can watch all of them simultaneously as the fab four intended
just open 4 separate windows with your apple vision pro instead!
much easier and you can watch it while going about your day, just as the fab four intended
They should have the wank circle scene set up to only have their character on the screen so you get a fully immersive experience right in the middle
RELEASE THE 4 HOUR CUT OF ALL FOUR BEATLES MOVIES
Looking forward to the post credits sequence of Paul's movie where Brian Wilson played by Paul Dano listens to Rubber Soul for the first time
Post Credits Scene on Paul's film: Brian Epstein appears in McCartney's home late at night: "I'm here to talk to you about the Sgt. Pepper's Initiative."
okay, that would be bloody hilarious. We need to bring Paul Dano back, make him grow out his hair again (no wigs!!) and sit him down in front of a record player spinning Rubber Soul and record the whole thing, and add it as an uncut post credits scene.
Paul Dano (listening Strawberry Fields): "they did it already... what I wanted to do with Smile. It's the best thing I've ever heard in my life."
And then the screen goes black and says "..... Brian Wilson will return in "Love and Mercy" which is just a straight up marketing to go see that film
Just McCartney yelling FUCK as he hears pet sounds for the first time
Each movie should be in a different genre
John: edgy black-and-white indie drama filmed on a shoestring budget with first-time actors
Paul: glitzy Bohemian Rhapsody-style bio-blockbuster with high production values, an all-star cast and countless factual inaccuracies
George: 3-hour Bollywood musical only vaguely based on his life
Ringo: claymation family comedy, with Sacha Baron Cohen as the Octopus
Thomas the Tank Engine also has to cameo in Ringo’s movie
Omg yes!!!
Yes! Give me a Rankin/Bass, Animagic-style movie about Ringo and his meeting with the octopus that inspired the song Octopus’s Garden, his encounter with the evil Ognir Rrats, and his friendship with George because those two Beatles deserve more justice.
Edit: I think George’s movie should be the most British, Monty Python/Richard Lester-esque comedy ever made with lots of dark comedic elements and gimmicks, John’s movie should just be a collection of pretend found footage and kitschy 2D animation put over his music to look like one of his or Yoko’s old films, and Paul’s movie should be a parody of a stereotypical Oscar-bait biopic where none of the actors even look like their real-life counterparts and there are 12 new subplots every 30 minutes.
instead of bollywood, i think george's should be a wacky monty python-esque movie that also tells nothing about his actual life and is just a complete farce the entire time lol. it's what he would've wanted
Except Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the worst movies ever made.
You literally described exactly why I hate biopics
There's always those scenes
Paul and John have a fight and as John gets up he goes "fuck this I'm going to strawberry fields"
Quick zoom in on Paul "... What did you say?"
AND YOU KNOW NONE OF THAT HAPPENED
Oh my god, yes. That kind of shit made me drop out of Bohemian Rhapsody halfway through.
@@Charon.1 yep yep, I love Queen to bits aswell and that's why I stayed away from it. And the Beatles are the greatest ever so I know I'd be crushed if they did that shit in their movies
That's the ONE scene that bothers me about Walk the Line. It avoids this most of the time, and then there's that bit where June Carter Cash randomly says "And it burns, burns, burns..." when she's depressed after a fight with Johnny. Bloody awful line, and it's the only line like that in the film.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer That sounds like a joke, but I have no reason to doubt it
@@Charon.1It's not a joke, I promise you. And it's the only bit like that in the film, the rest is really good!
After reading Pattie Boyd’s autobiography, all I could think was that THAT was a biopic I’d want to see. Kind of an alternate side of music industry biopics focusing on her relationship to George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
Someone get Margot Robbie/Lucky Chap on the phone!
I'm proclive mostly to country music primarily, but Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, Billy Joe Shaver, and Waylon Jennings would make for some of the best, most interesting, and least "need-to-be" overexaggerated biopics. Mike Judge did a series examining their lives animated with interview.
George Jones, in his older years, would be perfectly played by Jim Carrey, who has a striking resemblance both young and old.
Taylor Swift could make a real good Pattie Boyd. Infact She expressed her wish she would like taylor to play her in a interview.
Similar to _Priscilla?_ (Loved that film, btw.)
@@sally-cinnamonthat’s a really good choice.
This isn't my joke, but I thought it was hilarious, so credit to whoever came up with this.
The George Harrison movie should have a post credits scene.
We see George enter his home and turn the lights on, it's Bob Dylan:
"We'd like to talk to you about the Wilburys Initiative..."
I'd love to see his involvement with Dylan in the film, maybe a small scene, I'd love it
Man I’d love to see Tom petty in a traveling Wilburys movie
Or same situation, but it’s Clapton rather than Dylan:
“I’d like to talk to you about the Layla initiative…
…give me your wife, George.”
@@olliepops1124LOL
My favorite was a tik tok that was a “post credits scene” for the Paul movie
Shadowy Figure: you have done well, Mark David Chapman
Chapman: who are you??
*the shadowy figure reveals himself to be Paul McCartney*
Paul: you can call me…. Macca
The moment they announced Beatles biopic one of my first thoughts was your channel lol
i was breathlessly waiting for Beatles Guy to make a video on this ever since the announcement -- and you did not disappoint. i agree with every point.
i think the keys to a good 4-pov film-extravaganza are:
1) do what peter weir did for dead poets society: put the actors in a room for 4 weeks and let them become friends. force them to watch a hard days night on repeat until they get the pure silliness of the beatles' style of humour.
2) do what skins (the british tv show) kind of did: tell 1 story but every "episode" gives a wholly new perspective on the story.
for example, in paul's film, showing georgie's disgruntledness over never getting all of his songs on the albums only in the background, giving hints at it, maybe even showing paulie's annoyance over the arguing over it -- and then explore it fully in george's film, telling why he wants his songs to be on the album, how he's not just annoying/annoyed but genuinely upset over not being listened to. one big story that you NEED all 4 pieces for to fully grasp.
3) have every film tell its own story. on the one hand the way you said it, give it a proper structure that DOESNT follow the typical biopic pattern, but also, pls, for the love of god, give every film ONE theme. ONE. and explore it. i know that people are more than just ONE THEME but usually, when you ask people to recount their life as one story, they tend to pick a theme to narrate it along with (think casanova cheekily telling his whole life through the women he met). it would make these films truly stand-alone pieces, while point 2) would still connect it as one big story.
also i demand humour. there's not a single interview i've seen of the beatles that didn't make me at least smile and grin. these films need. to. have. humour.
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one minus point is that a coming of age feeling can’t really happen in that idea although we see ofc all four beatles in every movie but as its out of a different perspective then we can’t see how the personal point of view changes
you couldn't be more correct...this is from a person who was 14 in 1963 and bought "Meet the Beatles" in November of that year (it was released in L.A. and "I want to Hold Your Hand" was continuously played on KRLA and KFWB from October on of that year) and can link almost every air-played hit to a specific time in my life...I can tell you where I was and what I was doing for almost every song. You absolutely hit EVERY major point of what has to be done to do this band justice...and because the Beatles were innovative, the film has to be as well. It only makes sense...the perfect comment to this "reacts" video. Thank You.
I want each movie to start the same way: the Beatles walking out of the Cavern Club together until they hit the end of Mathew Street, and then all four turning in different directions, while the camera tracks just the band member that we’re going to focus on in that particular movie. I’m not Sam Mendes, but I think that would be a fun visual way to show both their cohesion and their individuality without having to state it outright in the dialogue!
I’m a few months late, but I like this idea a lot.
0:03 speaking of which where's the Ringo album ranking
Let him put out the country album first damn
@@ChampinessChill!
Someone would have to listen to them first
@@turningmememachine7256 real
I always thought if The Beatles had to fit into any particular genre, it should be a coming-of-age story. The story of The Beatles is about four boys who changed the world but grew up to become fully realized adults in the process.
I can't believe they're making a Beatles cinematic universe
I don't know why people keep making this a joke, as if there aren't already a bunch of Beatles films from the '60s.
@@TheJayson8899 And Elliott did a video on the Beatles' cinematic universe consisting of these films!
@@TheJayson8899 those were the prequels
Also, I hope there’s a cheesy scene where the band is sulking in the parking lot after a show when Pete Best is fired from the band and a young Ringo approaches them and starts playing drums on an improvised drum kit made from buckets and tin cans, and the other band members look at eachother and smile and then say “YOURE IN THE BAND!
Wasn't Pete fired because they specifically wanted Ringo?
Ha! Thank goodness Bryan Singer isn’t directing this!
@@TheJayson8899 Yeah but biopics always dramatize the truth
Hahahahahaahah!!!!
Or that john paul and george show up in a car, see ringo and yell: "hey, get in loser we're gonna be famous!"
Wouldn’t it be funny, if for Ringos film, they show how he got the part as Mr. conductor
I mean, all he had to do is act naturally.
I hope it's well done and not cheesy like so many music biopics are. And no "modern music" in the soundtrack like the Elvis movie. That was dreadful.
I mean, say what you want about Baz Luhrmann, but inserting “modern music” into movies where it doesn’t necessarily belong is kind of his thing. Look at the pop songs in Moulin Rouge despite that being set in the 1900s and the Kanye and Jay-Z music in his Great Gatsby
I never wanted to see the Elvis movie. The trailers looked ridiculous. There’s plenty of material of the real Elvis around, why would anyone want fake Elvis in a movie?
I think Sam should take all the time in the world on these films because after years of so many biopics, I truly want these four films to capture the minds of each Beatle. I personally think he’ll do a great job.
I'd really like to see them play out scenes in multiple ways significant across the four films, like a Rashomon across different movies. I think that would be fascinating.
For instance, in the George film, the trip to India is a transcendent thing that transforms his life, while in the John film, he's taken with the teachings at first, but he quickly becomes disillusioned with it as he realizes that Maharishi isn't all he's cracked up to be. And in the Ringo film, it's a weekend vacation that's not of particular consequence to him.
Likewise, with the breakup years, in Paul's film, he's desperately trying everything he can do to keep the group together, but in the George film, he's getting fed up with Paul's controlling ways and feels betrayed by Paul going behind the rest of the group's back.
But at the same time, the films and scenes should share commonalities and even dialogue, perhaps reflecting when the group was more unified in spirit, and then fracturing in POV when the group became more independent from each other.
And, of course, have the four Beatles all played by Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Justin Long, and Jason Schwartzman.
And one scene should be the same in all four films. Like maybe something really touching. Or on the contrary something really dark.
0:30 - Hey, no, it would be...
1. The Beatles.
2. Biopics.
3. That one video about The Legend of Zelda.
#justiceforelliotsnintendovideos
I feel bad that the Zelda video didn’t do as well so he’s felt pigeonholed into the classic-rock stuff but at the same time I haven’t watched it lol
the zelda video is underrated as hell, it actually made me cry in a catharsis sort of way lmao
Hmm…I think I should go watch that
12:27 the cut switching to paul was so perfectly timed to the “y’know” i had to rewatch it again
I’ve always had an interest idea to adapt the White Album into a feature film.
It would be an experimental film that would cut back and forth between the band performing the songs in studio and short sequences that either tell the story of a song or emphasize the song with beautiful imagery and aesthetics.
Towards the end of the film, reality and fiction would start to wive into one another, climaxing into a chaotic scene set to Revolution 9, after which the film would end with Ringo in a dark recording studio singing Good Night.
I think about this every time I listen to the White Album.
hey! im not a movie producer or anything like that, but let's do it. your idea sounds so fun to make!
12:38 A similar project that I can think of off the top of my head, though vastly different, is the Iwo Jima project from Clint Eastwood. In, I believe it was 2006, he released two movies in a span of a couple of months. One showcasing the perspective of American soldiers of the Battle of Iwo Jima (Flags of our Fathers) and one showcasing the perspective of Japanese soldiers (Letters from Iwo Jima).
Nice call, great pair of movies
There's Jean de Florette and Nanon of the Spring (though I think they might be a dyptich story, not simultaneous perspectives). You want obscure, try I Am Curious Blue and I Am Curious Yellow.
I thought for years it would be amazing to see Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze make a simul-sequel to Spotless Mind that was about Clementine's mind erasure rather than Joel's. View their relationship through her memories and delve into her subconscious. Use a whole new set of techniques to see the memories disappear as she rebels against the process (maybe everyone rebels?). They're too old for it now, and Carrey's retired, but I thought it would make for an intriguing experiment.
I've always thought the photo at 29:31 is the most telling. Their last photo shoot as a band, taken at Lennon's home. John's eyes are to the left, George and Paul to the right, all three look pissed off to the point of not being able to make eye contact with the photographer and Paul possessing the most defensive posture. Ringo looks at the camera directly with a "help me" look in his eyes. Seems all had accepted their fate that afternoon.
How about the back yard photo where George is looking at the other 3 standing in a line next to him but he is standing at least 3 feet from the rest. He is not smiling as well.
@@hulagirl.kailua is that the back cover of the Hey Jude album? I'll have to take another look.
One of the most satisfying biopics I think is 'The Two of Us' The actors playing John and Paul are spot on for what we are to believe? To add weight to the film is the fact that Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed it. Of course he knew the Beatles well and made Let It Be the film amongst other things he did for them.
For real, it's literally the best depictions of Paul and John and their relationship. Say what you will about MLH, but huge props and kudos to him for that movie. The fact that Paul loved it cements that.
@@rinrinx6174 and there's not one Beatles song on the soundtrack.
Yes it is WONDERFUL
YESSSSS I am so glad you uploaded this on the main channel rather than keeping it Patreon-exclusive! When these were announced, you were the first person I wanted to hear from, but I was recently laid off so I can’t exactly be slingin’ any amount of dollars at Patreon 😅
The titles of these movies should simply be John, Paul, George and Ringo. No sub-colons. Just their first names. People will get it.
Awhile back, I came up with this interesting idea for a Beatles-related tv series that takes place from Cynthia Lennon’s perspective. I haven’t read her autobiography or much of her other accounts on her and John’s relationship yet, but I think a stretched-out series depicting how Cynthia and John met in art school, her adventures tagging along with John in Hamburg, how they were pressured by their conservative, working-class society to have a shotgun marriage, how Cynthia and her son Julian dealt with Beatlemania, the press, and crazy female fans, Cynthia’s friendships with the other Beatles and the other Beatle girlfriends/wives like Jane Asher and Patti Boyd, and Cynthia’s mental health following John cheating on her with Yoko would be super cool, especially since it would be from a woman’s perspective, a little bit like the recent film Priscilla.
I love Yoko Ono and I think a series/biopic about her time in the Fluxus movement leading up to her meeting John in London could be awesome, but a series about the Beatles from Cynthia Lennon’s perspective as a young female artist, wife, and mother would be very fresh and unique.
I appreciate yoko being artpilled and all that but she's kinda pretentious too
I was literally *JUST* thinking "huh, I haven't seen a new Elliot video in a while, I wonder what he's up to". I just went to your page to see what's new and POOF here we go!
That's always a great feeling.
I hear there's a guy called William Campbell who does a pretty convincing Paul.
Wonder if the car wreck will be shown
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I'm skeptical. As much as I want to see a George (my favorite beatle) biopic, I don't think it will be good. I think they will try to make blockbuster films, instead of good films. I liked Nowhere Boy because it was a good film, I didn't even care that it didn't have John's music in it. My dream is that a great film, like the amazing Love & Mercy, would be made about the Beatles. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen.
Yes you right, the four docuseries should focus on each individual member perspective on the band and individual career. Have unknown actors portray the members for enactment.
ngl, we NEED that eight days a week scene
I think it would be cool if the filmmakers took some influence from the 1960s filmmaking style seen in a Hard Days’ Night, with playful new wave editing, and an odd juxtaposition of social realism and absurdism, would give the film that artistic yet anarchic feel that is so of the era. I’d like to see a biopic take bold artistic choices in it’s filmmaking to represent the zeitgeist, especially in this instance where the Beatles are so synonymous with the changing sixties culture. Perhaps the filmmaking style of each movie could change based on the Beatle? That would be an interesting way to show the same event but from a different perspective. As you said, a lot of movies are flat and grey and many biopics feel “paint by numbers” so I want to see a filmmaker shake things up and really experiment within the genre. I’m also so intrigued to see a Ringo Starr film as his side of events aren’t often talked about as people think “he’s just the drummer”.
I really wonder what this will be like. Great director, but the four movies make me worry that it’ll be just a redundant project? Part of me wishes that it was one movie per “time period” for the Beatles like you mentioned towards the middle
I'm sure this project going ahead is in no small part due to Oppenheimer's success. And that's the exact opposite of a Wikipedia page film. So i have faith in this!
I hope each of these movies are like 2 1/2-3 hours like Oppenheimer
The most profound aspect of this news is the avid interest still being paid to four young lads from Liverpool. Their music, personalities and influence over a generation in the 1960s are fascinating material in retrospect. As Harrison once said, " The Beatles will exist without us. " A prophetic quote.
Yes! the realization that they DO still exist even without 2 significant members of the band. I never watched RUclips at all until "Now and Then" came out and I wanted to hear it. That was when I saw all the Reacts to the Beatles from Gen X,Y, and Z, and decided to watch how these "kids" viewed the music of the Beatles. EYE OPENING to say the least, and they were asking MY generation to tell them what it was like to hear it first hand. I have a 17 yo grandson who is really into music...Linkin Park, Grey Daze, Disturb, etc. He will play me a song he likes, and then I will play something from the White Album and say..."hear that, that is where they got the idea, hear that riff, they were the first to use it." Wonderful insight on your part...thank you.
If "brackets" is not in the George pov movie im giving it a bad review
I think this would be better as a mini series with each season focusing on each of the fab 4 cuz this sounds like it’s doing too much.
I think you have a point there. TV is currently doing a much better job of storytelling than movies. A Netflix or HBO series could be good. I think the same actors should be used in all the movies, but casting this is going to be so difficult.
@@tonydalton459yeah, the Beatles have such an insane career, both as a band and as solo artists, that even four movies doesn’t seem like enough
Given that the idea is to portray four different subjective points of view of the same story (which is what we're hearing, and what else could it be really?) one problem with spreading it out over four seasons of a Netflix-type series is the question "Who gets to go first?" Because the first version that everybody sees will inevitably control the issues and be seen as the definitive story of which the remaining three become secondary 'versions' - especially for those who never stick the course until the end of series 4! Not sure this can be equitable. But then the same applies to a degree with four separate theatrical releases. Simultaneous worldwide splurge of four major films? Huge project, huge money, huge risk on one throw of the dice; but if you spread them out over months (say) the first one is the big test, the pilot, and unless it's a box-office blockbuster to reassure investors there may never *be* another three films after that... The whole thing is a potential nightmare, but I wish them well!
I hope they have the guts to actually gave us an R-rated Beatles biopic.... Rated R for brotherly kissing and hugging
I want either the John or Ringo film to have that Simpsons "Scene Missing" joke involving Harry Nilsson. Where one of them is at their house, and Harry shows up and goes "you wanna go out for a bit?" And John or Ringo go "yeah, I could use a drink" and then we get "Scene Missing" and then next shot one of them wakes up, looks at a calendar and goes "Tuesday??!!"
I recently saw The motive and the cue, a play directed by Sam Mendes. It was about a very tumultuous rehearsal period of John Guilgud and Richard Burtons Hamlet, the director and the lead. It was based on real recordings of how tense the conflicts arose out of the tension between the two men and also tapped into such an intimate tenderness of who the men were as individuals as well. So Mendes with this has already explored something that would be essential to nail with a beatles biopic. The play also cut to the core of what acting and directing really are and how essential they are for the characters who are dedicated to their respective craft. How personal it is to them and how they fully give themselves truly from the core to their work, and how when that is challenged by each other, how much it shakes them. I really hope with these films that they capture the core essence of what each of these men wanted to give, especially George as All things must pass is my favourite album and continues to help me in my life.
Another fun fact is that Noel Gallagher rocked up as we were cueing and was in attendance the night we saw it which was wild but i suppose unsurprising that he would be interested to see Mendes' latest work.
Oh wow! That sounds incredible! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. (I don't suppose there's a film version, is there?).
I wonder if a Rashomon-style biopic could work. Tell four different versions of the story of a certain part of the Beatles' saga, as it would have appeared to each member.
Your rubber plant appears very-happy. Kudos to your indoor gardening skills!
I actually hope it's four full life stories. I'd love to see Ringo's childhood and Rory and the Hurricanes. And, hell, Thomas the Tank Engine.
Can’t wait for the extended universe Mal Evans / Billy Preston series!
Will they show what Mal and Paul were really up to in Africa?
So, I imagine each ends on an upbeat musical note - perhaps Ed Sullivan, Shea Stadium...Hey Jude or A Day In The Life?...them performing The End? Because the Beatles are a happy thing that is musical at its core.
So the movies have to stand alone. I think it would be cool if the movies could be watched in any order and aren't necessarily linear. It would be interesting if they had a Rashomon-like storytelling aspect.
I'm guessing there are going to be certain scenes that end up in all 4 of the movies...just seen from different perspectives. Like, for instance, the "Pete Best forever...Ringo never" night. And Shea Stadium. I can just see Ringo not being able to hear anything but hit his drums based on the movements the other guys are making in front of him. I can see Ringo playing cards during Sgt. Pepper sessions while Paul is in his glory.
Each movie would be colored by their respective Beatle's personality traits. Here are some bad/possibly obvious ideas: I think the Ringo movie might be more amusing or light-hearted...I'm just guessing. Paul's being more colorful and exuberant since he loved being a Beatle so much....with the end being a gut-punch with the others all being against him. I see George's as more of a Terence Malick like "meditation on God and nature and what it all means" kind of movie...looking at John and Paul both as fellas who are "too busy being John and Paul." I think John's would be the wild-card. There's something about him liking so very few of the Beatle songs (as per interviews) that makes it difficult for me to figure him out....perhaps John narrating from the Great Beyond?
I reckon John's film would be an "unreliable narrator" type, given how he and Yoko spent time and effort crafting a particular narrative of their lives both before and after they met.
@@mr_bassman6685 That would be preferable to my "narrating from the Great Beyond" idea. It would be cool if they were four entirely different movies.
I love how crazy this idea is and how I have no idea what to expect. I assume they'll all be in production at the same time. Surely each film will share some similar scenes/locaitons, just shot differently from different perspectives. Mendes is a fantastic director. if they get the casting right, I think these could be very worthwhile movies. I hope they put together a soundtrack that combines key tracks from each film, and features some remixes and unreleased outtakes. Maybe we'll finally get Revolution (Take 20) in remixed stereo, or an unheard demo. Allegedly Olivia found a 1966 demo tape at Friar Park years ago, but nothing from that made it to the Revolver box set...A lost George demo would be awesome to feature along with some innovative remixes. Like stripped back versions of their master recordings. Like just George and his acoustic guitar from Here Comes the Sun. There's brilliant fan mix of that already on YT.
Here are my guesses
John Lennon will be directed by David Lynch and will be a surreal artsy movie
Paul’s movie will be a comedy
Ringo will be a romantic comedy (no wife beating will be shown)
Harrison will be a 10 minute animated short
Really hope ringo and Paul would still be alive by 2027
The fact that everyone is on board and they have Sam Mendes as director gives me a lot do hope, but you nailed the main concern: casting. All four of them are among the most famous musicians of all time and they all brought something identifiably unique to the table. Nailing each of their personalities and the way they fit with the other three Beatles is going to be the key. A misstep in casting and this will be DOA.
Thank you for emphasizing their chemistry - that attracts me in them as much, if not more than the music. Or to put it in other words, you can feel this chemistry through their music and that makes you incredibly happy - at least that's how it works for me. And I'm absolutely agree this is essential for the Beatles biopics. Like that scene in "Hard Day's Night", when they run out of studio to have fun on a field - you can't plan in, you can't write it down step by step in a script, it's just a torrent of genuine fun, pure joy of improvisation. I don't know, how they gonna play that, but they will have to)).
Watch Chris Pratt be announced to portray all 4 Beatles
Walk Hard is the best Beatles biopic!
“Quite right Dewey Cox…with meditation there’s no limit to what we can… *looks at camera * IMAGINE!”
i'm deeply excited and terrified for this
Before this announcement, my idea was to treat Beatlemania as the opening credits (a la the opening to Love & Mercy), then catch up w/ each Beatle at the end of their respective breaks going into Sgt. Pepper. It would then go back & forth between the Sgt. Pepper sessions/launch/success & the '68 India trip, w/ the remainder of the movie then going between post-Brian's death and the White Album. The end victory would be getting Ringo back, and the end of the movie would be the Hey Jude/Revolution promo performance at Twickenham over the credits.
This seems pretty similar to Love and Mercy ngl (at least the 60s Brian part)
In my opinion, I’m a huge beatles fan, and more of a george harrison fan. I wish and hope it’s not the basic biopic, where they’ll show the member discovering music the first of their lives. I want a “Love and Mercy” kind of situation. Where it takes place in the two important arcs in their life. Like i said, I’m a big George Harrison fan, and a Dhani Harrison fan. I hope at the end, they can do Dhani justice by making him play older version of George, where George loves to garden and he hates everything else. I just really hope they do justice to the beatles and I hope they’ll do justice to other bands, like the beach boys (even though they did).
I think Dhani could lose weight and be deaged to play younger George Harrison
@@lovelo8780isn’t he like 50 now?
@@yesi2117 I feel like a 50 year old playing a young George is the type of absurdist humour George would be up for
@@yesi2117 He's 45
I couldn't care less about these films, in this wave of biopics that don't really explore the artists complexities and controversies I know it won't be any different with them 4. The Beatles are a business, and we shouldn't expect anything more than a glamorized version of their lives.
I'm hoping that the McCartney film would be able to finally premiere to the world "Carnival of Light," since it was a keystone to his avant-garde period alongside the others who weren't too familiar or interested in that moment.
they should switch to stereo from mono like the wizard of ozz switches to color
First we got the new Beach Boys documentary now this my life is fully complete now.
ANOTHER BB documentary!
@@clarencevickrot3531 yessir
It should go through their careers with each biopic a different Beatle and different timeframe:
Ringo: The Germany days, meeting the band (replacing Pete Best). Perfect way to have him be the audience surrogate.
Paul: Beatlemania era, his down to earth nature would make him a great protagonist for this period, a cool, level headed guy to take the audience through the manic chaos of beatlemania.
George: The psychedelic period, when they were expanding their minds, meditating etc, the trip to India, perfect protagonist for that period.
John: the break up, prologue to the band splitting up. Who better to follow during that turmoil. Ends with Johns death
I like this idea to see 4 different periods of their lives each through the lens of one of them pov. I would exchange John and Paul as I see John being more the protagonist of those touring years as he was struggling to cope with fame as he admitted himself he was crying for help and I think it would be interesting to explore. And their final years through Paul’s perspective desperately trying to keep the band together but unable to do so. Also I would really appreciate to see how the touring years impacted them all, especially George who clearly suffered from PTSD and and found comfort in meditation and eastern philosophy.
All i want is a scene were the beatles are wondering who the next drummer will be and then ringo enters the room with the opening instrumental to "with little help from my friends" playing
Finally dude I was waiting for someone to bring up Midas Man
It seemed like it was just forgotten but at least it's all done filming and whatnot
So hopefully this movie has some potential
Cause FOUR Years in the making??
Anyhow I hope that movie is received well
I'm really looking forward to it.!
@26:05 I'm not wild about your over-ten-years approach. It brings my mortality into question! :)
I very much always was on the same wavelength as you, thinking a Beatles biopic should be approached a bit like a blockbuster trilogy. Having the actors age on the role, kind of like the cast of Harry Potter did throughout the 8 movies.
Something else very much different from the topic of the video, but I would honestly be very interested in hearing your opinions on is: Fantastic Four.
No, I'm not joking, hear me out!!
Fantastic Four as a group has always had this parallel thing with the Beatles, skyrocketing in the 60s, fab four, all. Then, in the late 90s, early 2000s, Peyton Reed pitched a movie about them based on a Hard Day's Night. Now, in 2024 we have a new Fantastic Four movie entering production, with a lot of early rumors already suggesting a setting on the 60s, and repurposing a bit of the Peyton Reed pitch. A rumor even suggesting the movie would be shot on 18fps and interpolating it to the usual 24fps, something which would heighten the motion blur, probably to emulating the blur seen on Hard Day's Night (cause by the Arriflex camera used, and the extensive use of handheld).
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And since I already diverted for a fictional, tangential to the Beatles topic. Would also love a video on Doctor Who and the Beatles. Both the upcoming episode (and how we recently learned it won't feature their songs), and the one that never was, that was supposed to happen back in the 60s with the First Doctor. 😅
25:32 You are totally describing "Two of us" haha. In my opinion, the best movie Beatles-related because of what you are saying! The actor didn't look exactly like Paul and John, but they did an awesome performance and nailed Paul and John essences
Biopics? No way. Documentaries, added to all the other offerings? I just want the guys in truth. No actors can replicate our four Liverpool lads. Skeptical down to my bones as a Beatles fan.
Elliot... Because I respect your opinion I'd like to know what ORDER you think these films should be released in. Should they be in the traditional order of John, Paul, George, and Ringo... or should they FLIP the SCRIPT and go Ringo, George, Paul, and John? I'm thinking they should start with the better documented John, then break up the John/Paul narrative by having George next, then Paul, and let Ringo have the final word... What do you think?
I’m glad you acknowledged my mini tv series idea, like the Crown on Netflix. Even if you didn’t think it was the best method.
I just hope there’s not too much overlap between the four films.
Since my first video on Beatles Biopics I’ve had probably close to one hundred people pitch a Crown-like series for the Beatles. You were one of many!
Lol, and here I was thinking I had this original ground breaking idea. Oh well.
I believe in the official announcement, it was hinted that the four movies will tell one large story with minimal overlap, but I *do* love the idea of each movie showing certain moments from different members perspectives
Great ideas for the four biopics, I hope the writers are listening. The Hours and Times had a good approach.
your idea for films taking place the night they got drunk in Florida or John and George tripping for the first time reminded me of what a friend and i spoke about regarding this, exploring them as people with not only their interpersonal relationships but them as individuals, those things interwoven and then set during a specific event, whether mundane or out there, just that on its own would make a fantastic movie
The best bio of the Beatles would ignore all the bullshit about their charisma, lame family lives, business, and fame but focus SOLEY on their unworldly musical education & talent, how their art transformed every genre of music, the music business, and how it affected society, all to demonstrate to the youngest generations - Why are the Beatles the most important band and universally praised by all legends of music from Frank Sinatra to Nirvana. IGNORE the "origin story" narrative entirely - it's unnecessary because everyone knows it - instead, make a good movie that inspires people to learn their origin story on their own but leave all that crap out. It's boring anyway, like watching a cheap History Channel documentary about TS Elliot.
The movie opens with all their OUTSIDE influences, art circles, creative lives post-beatle mania and outside of the group, and what music was like when they recorded REVOLVER. 1st act closes with the procedural studio recording of Tomorrow Never Knows - followed by a montage of people's reactions hearing it on their radios and home stereos - getting their minds blown after listening to Peter Paul and Mary. Act 2 - Drugs and artistic influences. Act 3 - Recording of SGT Pepper, similar to the Brian Wilson movie - and the finale shows how SGT Pepper Inspired the greatest albums of all time, like Pink's DarkSide, the Carpenters even Led Zepplin, thus changed music forever.
That is a Beatles movie with about the MUSIC and their TALENT - focusing on their art, which is the only important thing.
Imagine Bob Dylan played by Timothee Chalamet showed up. That would be so funny
I can think of no better filmmaker to do this other than Sam Mendes. Well, maybe Peter Jackson, but I think we will get HIS Beatles film around the same time... A documentary. And to state the obvious it has to address the Elephant in the room: John's murder. But I hope they do NOT do it in John's movie... But instead in Paul's. When you see the growing friction between the two of them in all the films, the idea that Paul's movie covers his reaction to John's death in act three is... Well, that's just perfect.
My prediction is:
Movie 1: John.
Movie 2: George.
Movie 3: Ringo.
Movie 4: Paul.
Yeah, no doubt they start with either Paul orJohn and end with the other
As excited as I am, I'm not really expecting a 2027 release for all these films. Delays are natural even for less ambitious projects, so part of me feels like a delay or two is bound to happen, especially when making four different movies within two or three years. That's just my pessimistic thinking though I'd be happy to be proven wrong :)
I really hope the movie isn't TOO artsy if that makes sense. As great as "I'm Not There" was as a Bob Dylan movie, I would really just prefer a more reality-based Beatles biopic.
These movies might genuinely have the most demanding aspects of film making that might have ever been at play. I mean, just imagine what they HAVE to get right or this will be bad: the casting, the story, the feel. Things that movies rarely get everything right and with this it will be CRUCIAL.
Elliot I’d love to hear what you think of the rumoured castings and if you had to cast already prominent actors who would they be for the Beatles and their related people
I personally only really like Charlie Rowe a George as he just need to probably lose a bit of weight and hopefully he can do the Liverpudlian accent
Barry Keoghan is probably alright for Ringo
However the casting that I would want the most is Maya Hawke playing Linda Eastman/McCartney
Even when there's four men in a room, they're all in their own worlds.
I wonder if John's point of view or movie would be sharp and cunning while Paul's point of view more whimsical and imaginative.
And also, I'm thinking about how the other guys would see each other in their own point of veiws. Paul probably saw George as a younger brother or naive but in George's prospective, Paul is underestimating him and being annoying about it.
Ringo might think that he's not really attractive but in John's prospective, Rings is a goodlooking guy.
And I think if there's going to be four movies, in each of them, they should have a couple of scenes that inner twined with each other, but from the prospective of each Beatle.
Let's say that they're rehearsing, and it seems like Paul is frustrated about something and storms off. From John's, George's and Ringo's prospective, they're not 100% sure what made Paul upset, so then John chases after him to ask what's wrong.
So now Paul and John know what made Paul upset, but now George and Ringo have no idea what happened.
When John and Paul comes back, George would probably ask,'your alright?' And they'll carry on with rehearsal.
With a simple scene like that in all of the movies, you'll see how each of their characters, their inner thoughts and monologues and how they react to different situations. How John would probably comfort someone would to talk with them and be a listening ear, while George's solution is to leave Paul alone so he can blow off some steam.
Even how each of them would comfort their own friends is vastly different, John probably want to go out to a bar while Paul probably want to have brunch or something.
But I definitely agree with you, probably one of the hardest challenge of this project is to find four lads who not only look alot like the main four, but have the amazing chemistry that they all had to balance each other out.
Friendship and a deep love for each other is something that can't be faked, no matter how much acting practice people can take. Even the simple body languages and inside jokes that's been developed over years.
But honestly, I'm just SUPER EXCITED"^-^"! And yes, you should be George, you look just like him😎✌❤
I hope that the four Beatles biopics will finally answer my biggest question: Who Are the Beatles?
Have you seen Rashomon (1950), directed by Akira Kurosawa? A single incident is seen from the point of view of several different people. It becomes, virtually, a group of separate incidents.
NOOOO HES MAKING FUNNY AD READS!!! HE’S LEARNING TOO FAST!!!!!!
I would like to see a LIMITED mini-series. Not the kind that’s drawn out forever, but the kind where the actors will be aging naturally and they can dedicate appropriate time to the different eras with each season.
I love these Beatles vids, Elliot. I would love to see your take on the boys’ outside-Beatles movies like Lennon is “How I Won the War” and Ringo in “Candy” 😂
I'm not a fan of biopics in general but I do like Sam Mendes. It seems possibly overly ambitious for a wide audience (4 interconnected movies) but sounds pretty interesting.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Brian Epstein movie ends up being the best of the lot. I think his story is pretty compelling and would be easier to tell in a movie.
One wish I must see coming true: ERIC CLAPTON casted for the George film, coming to play on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
This movie will flop without Elliot's expertise.
Also no music biopic can top the Weird Al movie anyway
I once heard that Scorsese wanted an Esquire article called "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" to be the basis of an unmade Frank Sinatra biopic. The premise of the article is an interesting one: unable to get an interview with Ol Blue Eyes himself, the writer Gary Talese builds a profile on Sinatra through interviews with various members of his entourage and various business ventures.
You can have it be like Citizen Kane, where the various individuals that make up the inner circle (families, friends, colleagues, and entourage) of the Fab Four recount the "true story" from their perspective in a non-linear and imaginative mis-en-scene.
Never thought I’d see The Beatles taking a selfie
I’m pretty sure Paul first took LSD with Tara Brown in December 1965, not late ‘66.
I hope these films are just like a long series of Family Guy cutaways where Paul will say something like "I had a dream last night." Cutaway to them playing Yesterday, etc, etc, etc.
Im so serious about no famous actors being in it. If there are famous actors like Jacob or Timothée, then the publicity will be about them, not the beatles
Hello Eliot. I enjoy your videos. I have a question for you: who’s your favorite Beatle? (If you have one)
Why not an epic animated film? Kind of an into the Spiderverse but into the Beatleverse? Seriously.
I'm excited to see the movies because they're about the Beatles, hopefully we won't be disappointed.
Your Beatles biopic idea actually reminds of a different Richard Linklater project, the Before Trilogy. Specifically, each film being the same timespan apart and each taking place over a single day. Even your idea to have each film shot differently mirrors each Before film adapting to improving technology. Before Sunrise is my favorite movie ever made and the Beatles are my favorite band, so if you ever had the means to turn your concept into reality, I would be in heaven.
9:15 "The Ego-less Brian Wilson." The same man who sells, "Brian Wilson is a genius" merchandise on his official website 🤣🤣
He literally is unable to care for himself, let alone select the merch on his website.
I think it would be really cool if they shot the same scene but with different camera angles that they could use for the different biopics. Have them all branch off into separate timelines/perspectives but come back to the most important moments like the Get Back rooftop concert, the Ed Sullivan show, Paul meeting John, the Deca auditions, etc. That way it would be super cinematographically interesting to explore each members’ own experiences with shared events in their life, kinda like what Back to The Future 2 did when going back to the events of the first film.
Only a truly independent project can be fully truthful about its subject. This won't be it.