<p>Los Angeles: British star Barry Keoghan will be essaying the role of Ringo Starr in filmmaker <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sam-mendes">Sam Mendes'</a> upcoming film, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/the-beatles">Beatles</a> drummer has confirmed.</p>.<p>Mendes has planned a four-film series chronicling the legendary band, with each movie told from the perspective of one of the Beatles members.</p>.<p>Starr confirmed that Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated actor known for <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em> and <em>Saltburn</em>, will portray him during an interview with <em>Entertainment Tonight</em>.</p>.<p>“I think it’s great. I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many," the 84-year-old musician said.</p>.Drake escalates feud with Kendrick Lamar in court filings, accuses Universal Music of boosting 'Not Like Us'.<p>The films will intersect to “tell the astonishing story of the greatest band in history,” leading up to their 1970 breakup.</p>.<p>Mendes, the director of critical hits like <em>American Beauty</em>, <em>Road to Perdition</em> and <em>1917</em>, has described his latest project as a “challenge to the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies”.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/paul-mccartney">Paul McCartney</a>, Ringo Starr, and the families of the late John Lennon and George Harrison have given the filmmaker the full life story and music rights for the upcoming films.</p>.<p>It is also rumoured in American media that <em>Gladiator II</em> stars Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn are in negotiations for the roles of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, respectively, while Harris Dickinson is in talks to play John Lennon.</p>.<p>Mendes will produce the movie through his Neal Street Productions, along with Pippa Harris and Julie Pastor. </p>
<p>Los Angeles: British star Barry Keoghan will be essaying the role of Ringo Starr in filmmaker <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sam-mendes">Sam Mendes'</a> upcoming film, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/the-beatles">Beatles</a> drummer has confirmed.</p>.<p>Mendes has planned a four-film series chronicling the legendary band, with each movie told from the perspective of one of the Beatles members.</p>.<p>Starr confirmed that Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated actor known for <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em> and <em>Saltburn</em>, will portray him during an interview with <em>Entertainment Tonight</em>.</p>.<p>“I think it’s great. I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many," the 84-year-old musician said.</p>.Drake escalates feud with Kendrick Lamar in court filings, accuses Universal Music of boosting 'Not Like Us'.<p>The films will intersect to “tell the astonishing story of the greatest band in history,” leading up to their 1970 breakup.</p>.<p>Mendes, the director of critical hits like <em>American Beauty</em>, <em>Road to Perdition</em> and <em>1917</em>, has described his latest project as a “challenge to the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies”.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/paul-mccartney">Paul McCartney</a>, Ringo Starr, and the families of the late John Lennon and George Harrison have given the filmmaker the full life story and music rights for the upcoming films.</p>.<p>It is also rumoured in American media that <em>Gladiator II</em> stars Paul Mescal and Joseph Quinn are in negotiations for the roles of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, respectively, while Harris Dickinson is in talks to play John Lennon.</p>.<p>Mendes will produce the movie through his Neal Street Productions, along with Pippa Harris and Julie Pastor. </p>