Beatles Biopic Recreates Iconic Abbey Road Album Cover

The production team behind the forthcoming four-film Beatles biopic has been spotted filming outside Abbey Road studios in London. This includes a recreation of the celebrated Abbey Road album cover, for which the band was photographed on the nearby pedestrian crossing - now a popular tourist landmark.

The Beatles recorded Abbey Road mostly in the summer of 1969, and the cover photo was taken on 8 August after an initial idea to travel to Nepal for a photograph was abandoned. The album's working title was Everest, after a then-popular cigarette brand smoked by engineer Geoff Emerick.

## The Making of a Classic

Footage posted on social media shows the actors playing the Beatles lining up on the kerb and walking across the road. Harris Dickinson, as John Lennon, is leading the walk, with Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison following in sequence.

## The Biopic Project

The Beatles biopic project, directed by Sam Mendes, was announced in February 2024. The project has backing from Hollywood studio Sony Pictures and the permission of both McCartney and Starr, as well as from the estates of Lennon and Harrison. In addition to the actors playing the central roles, a host of major names have joined the cast, including Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, James Norton as Brian Epstein, and Lucy Boynton as Jane Asher.

The films are due for release in April 2028.