My thoughts on the four new Beatles Biopics

[@ElliotRobertsVideos]

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[@chaseywoot]

Thank you for calling me handsome in the sponsor lol

[@AnnHogan-b9u]

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???

[@wack716]

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

[@wack716]

Something like “Bands compared to the Beatles” would be cool too

[@crazy4beatles]

I immediately thought of you when I heard the news.

[@boobootittleman7299]

YOU CANT AVOID RINGO’S DISCOGRAPHY FOREVER, ELLIOT. PEACE & LOVE 🌸✌️☮️🕊️❤️

[@captainwalrusbeard3793]

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 🥁

[@batmanhelpingspider-man2342]

🤣

[@CosmicMapping]

GIVE. US. RINGO.

[@saml302]

I am unironically super hyped for the upcoming country album ✌🕊☮♥♥♥

[@tthuphan1456]

🥦

[@squidkins4552]

My movie theater is going to wonder why I'm watching the Ringo movie for the 50th time that day

[@volodyadykun6490]

Why do you think it would be less than 30 minutes

[@squidkins4552]

I defy the laws of time and space

[@Ninjaja858]

Same.

[@Alisonsgachaverse]

I'd watch it out of pity for it

[@stapler942]

It's Ringo, he can fit eight days in a week, why not fifty viewings in one day.

[@aledandrian]

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

[@erikdaniels0n]

Thomas the Tank Engine also has to cameo in Ringo’s movie

[@666deadman1988]

Omg yes!!!

[@Antifearn]

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.

[@condylicious]

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

[@jon4715]

Except Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the worst movies ever made.

[@foxmouth]

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

[@sewerfruit5638]

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

[@flyingrat492]

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

[@matthew-ph6xo]

RELEASE THE 4 HOUR CUT OF ALL FOUR BEATLES MOVIES

[@randomguyfan27]

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]

Oh my god, yes. That kind of shit made me drop out of Bohemian Rhapsody halfway through.

[@randomguyfan27]

@@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

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

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.

[@Charon.1]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer That sounds like a joke, but I have no reason to doubt it

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

​@@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!

[@MarcAquino1095]

BABE WAKE UP, ELLIOT’S TALKING ABOUT THE BEATLES AGAIN

[@sunshinecoolwater9528]

Just let him continue to sleep. He can always watch it later.

[@Heene1028]

Exactly how I just yelled to myself, when I saw KZbin notification!!💃🕺🎉❤

[@nathanverdin89]

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS 😭😭

[@huesos_azules]

Babe wake up, it's this tired comment format again 🙄

[@dvcunlimited668]

But he’s only sleeping

[@goblinjones]

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

[@TrumbullComic]

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."

[@analogue_microwave]

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.

[@cesarmadero05]

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."

[@blahmeh6093]

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

[@fujifilm5127]

Just McCartney yelling FUCK as he hears pet sounds for the first time

[@hannahmoran3660]

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!

[@Private-Potato]

I’m a few months late, but I like this idea a lot.

[@eb40ppp]

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.

[@chloeminish5897]

Someone get Margot Robbie/Lucky Chap on the phone!

[@stirhaven1981]

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.

[@sally-cinnamon]

Taylor Swift could make a real good Pattie Boyd. Infact She expressed her wish she would like taylor to play her in a interview.

[@Wired4Life2]

Similar to _Priscilla?_ (Loved that film, btw.)

[@miz_logo_lee]

@@sally-cinnamonthat’s a really good choice.

[@corbinmarkey466]

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.

[@CoolDylan1216]

The moment they announced Beatles biopic one of my first thoughts was your channel lol

[@jeywithane130]

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

[@ricardo_miguel13]

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

[@hulagirl.kailua]

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.

[@666deadman1988]

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..."

[@hawnby]

I'd love to see his involvement with Dylan in the film, maybe a small scene, I'd love it

[@yoda5167]

Man I’d love to see Tom petty in a traveling Wilburys movie

[@olliepops1124]

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.”

[@Alisonsgachaverse]

​@@olliepops1124LOL

[@erikdaniels0n]

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

[@themagical_mysterygirl]

0:03 speaking of which where's the Ringo album ranking

[@Champiness]

Let him put out the country album first damn

[@jimmymelendez1836]

​@@ChampinessChill!

[@turningmememachine7256]

Someone would have to listen to them first

[@Nooooooooooooooooo]

​@@turningmememachine7256 real

[@danculbert6349]

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!

[@TheJayson8899]

Wasn't Pete fired because they specifically wanted Ringo?

[@atroyz]

Ha! Thank goodness Bryan Singer isn’t directing this!

[@danculbert6349]

@@TheJayson8899 Yeah but biopics always dramatize the truth

[@babylonian.captivity]

Hahahahahaahah!!!!

[@leonmeekel5486]

Or that john paul and george show up in a car, see ringo and yell: "hey, get in loser we're gonna be famous!"

[@Ninjaja858]

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.

[@ongogablogian8568]

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.

[@hulagirl.kailua]

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.

[@ongogablogian8568]

@@hulagirl.kailua is that the back cover of the Hey Jude album? I'll have to take another look.

[@videotapes9965]

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.

[@temo_rei]

hey! im not a movie producer or anything like that, but let's do it. your idea sounds so fun to make!

[@colinanthony2011]

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.

[@TrumbullComic]

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.

[@TrumbullComic]

And, of course, have the four Beatles all played by Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Justin Long, and Jason Schwartzman.

[@natalyamartirosyan]

And one scene should be the same in all four films. Like maybe something really touching. Or on the contrary something really dark.

[@emlizard8501]

12:27 the cut switching to paul was so perfectly timed to the “y’know” i had to rewatch it again

[@jamesdrynan]

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.

[@hulagirl.kailua]

Yes! the realization that they DO still exist even without 2 significant members of the band. I never watched KZbin 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.

[@mistersoupmannovember2263]

I can't believe they're making a Beatles cinematic universe

[@TheJayson8899]

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.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

@@TheJayson8899 And Elliott did a video on the Beatles' cinematic universe consisting of these films!

[@pedroiank]

@@TheJayson8899 those were the prequels

[@Kinnikujoe1]

Wouldn’t it be funny, if for Ringos film, they show how he got the part as Mr. conductor

[@kevinkuenn5733]

I mean, all he had to do is act naturally.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

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.

[@rinrinx6174]

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.

[@mr_bassman6685]

@@rinrinx6174 and there's not one Beatles song on the soundtrack.

[@cynthiaforsythe8989]

Yes it is WONDERFUL

[@jmkvelden]

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).

[@jon4715]

Nice call, great pair of movies

[@allenrubinstein3696]

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.

[@JasonHaywoodandTheGoldrush]

Your vision of how they could shoot the biopics around major events in their timeline is smart and solves the biopic problem of information dumping. Great video!

[@LiquidDemonsVIDS]

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.

[@erikdaniels0n]

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

[@soarornor]

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?

[@davidshead1323]

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.

[@babylonian.captivity]

Oh wow! That sounds incredible! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. (I don't suppose there's a film version, is there?).

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

0:30 - Hey, no, it would be... 1. The Beatles. 2. Biopics. 3. That one video about The Legend of Zelda.

[@DirtyWorldRecords1]

#justiceforelliotsnintendovideos

[@Champiness]

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

[@i.7525]

the zelda video is underrated as hell, it actually made me cry in a catharsis sort of way lmao

[@allosaurustime]

Hmm…I think I should go watch that

[@JEEJ_MUSIC]

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.

[@55goodwin97]

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)).

[@jermaineslaughter2641]

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.

[@cradio52]

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 😅

[@thermionic1234567]

Your rubber plant appears very-happy. Kudos to your indoor gardening skills!

[@diegoaerie]

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

[@Antifearn]

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.

[@öwwnnerr]

I appreciate yoko being artpilled and all that but she's kinda pretentious too

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

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.

[@djiboutinationalanthem5252]

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.

[@JaySchraubMusic]

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??!!"

[@arlosdud7225]

ngl, we NEED that eight days a week scene

[@rockturtleneck]

One thing I could see happening is releasing the four films together and you would buy a ticket to the movies for the full day and watch them all with intermissions between each one, or maybe it could be a two-day thing where you would watch, say, John and Ringo on day 1 and George and Paul on day 2. And there would be scenes that overlap from one film to the other with different perspectives, so it would create a kaleidoscopic effect over the course of the day. I think there are enough Beatle fanatics and cinema fanatics to make this a true cinematic event and a one-of-a-kind film/s. Thanks for posting your video, it was very thought-provoking!

[@poesc]

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.

[@ElliotRobertsVideos]

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!

[@poesc]

Lol, and here I was thinking I had this original ground breaking idea. Oh well.

[@erikdaniels0n]

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

[@danwool]

@26:05 I'm not wild about your over-ten-years approach. It brings my mortality into question! :)

[@erikatosoni8595]

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

[@desmondmyers]

When this was announced I immediately thought “can’t wait for the Elliot Robert’s video on this!”

[@13StJimmy]

Can’t wait for the extended universe Mal Evans / Billy Preston series!

[@PaulFormentos]

Will they show what Mal and Paul were really up to in Africa?

[@I_Wont-speak-fish]

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

[@coughingbabie]

you’re the only person i’ve been waiting to weigh in on this topic

[@chrisdelisle3954]

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?

[@mr_bassman6685]

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.

[@chrisdelisle3954]

@@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.

[@SmugStick]

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

[@MaryHatake97]

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” 😂

[@banipoltergeist]

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.

[@dorkydoodle3573]

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.

[@brokendoorknob3448]

One of the thoughts I had for the Sam Mendes films is that they will each cover the same period of time, but from each of their perspectives. So we sometimes see the exact same moment when they're with the other beatles, but maybe the dialogue is slightly different or we're getting a different tone from the scene depending on how each beatle remembers it. I am tentatively excited!

[@SonofMrPeanut]

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.

[@Bottled-Soap]

This seems pretty similar to Love and Mercy ngl (at least the 60s Brian part)

[@6thwilbury2331]

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.

[@paulupfront]

Excellent presentation, Elliot. Your energy, conceived, I'm sure out of pure excitement of the imminent biopics being written, cast and produced, is palpable. As an actor, it would be remiss for you to not at least get an audition, but Sam Mendes should also consider your input in an advisory role. Well done.

[@allenrubinstein3696]

The titles of these movies should simply be John, Paul, George and Ringo. No sub-colons. Just their first names. People will get it.

[@chin70]

As a project for a screenwriting course I took at uni, I did an outline for a Beatles miniseries which basically followed the structure of Our Friends in the North (if you haven’t seen it, it basically follows a group of friends from 1964-1995 with each episode set in a different year). My idea was to have a 4 part series of 60-90 minute episodes covering the most famous/important periods in the bands history (The early club days, Beatlemania, etc.), covering the years 1962, 1964, 1967, and 1969/1970. It wasn’t much more than a general outline but I still think the idea is good. Aside from what they’re doing with these four movies, I can’t really think of another way to capture the entire Beatles story without running into the problems Elliot mentions with biopics

[@danculbert6349]

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

[@ESyshej-gf2eg]

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.

[@meijycakes]

nothing beats a video about the beatles from one superfan to another :-) thank you! i really enjoy your perspective!

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

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!

[@erikdaniels0n]

I hope each of these movies are like 2 1/2-3 hours like Oppenheimer

[@whenifeellow]

awesome edit from A Hard Day's Night footage when you said the biopics were endorsed by Lennon and Harrison (@0:45)

[@gjs9366]

Great ideas for the four biopics, I hope the writers are listening. The Hours and Times had a good approach.

[@lechataucafe]

The editing for this video was so fun!

[@maya-gur695]

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.

[@Turtledove2009]

I love your idea of capturing specific moments in their history in their biopics!

[@philipsudron]

I imagine the George movie opening with a scene in 1980s Oxfordshire. A small elementary school boy is being chased by his classmates as they raucously sing the chorus of Yellow Submarine. Out of breath and upset he arrives home, a palatial mansion and confronts his surprised dad with the words "Why didn't you tell me you were in the Beatles?"

[@PaulFormentos]

not bad but in real life Dhani asked dad about the chords to Hey Buk

[@PaulFormentos]

Hey Bulldog

[@mightymoses18]

I really hope they get the colour and vibrancy of the era correct, like you mentioned. Real location shoots, moments that are relevant, and it doesn’t even have to have the final full songs. Maybe see them doing demo takes in the studio (if they want to include studio work). I love the Steve Jobs-esque set up of before a big event, but maybe one or two films could start in post-Beatles era with some flash backs of that pivotal moment(s).

[@captainwalrusbeard3793]

These 4 movies could be from origins to 1970 leaving room for a brilliant sequel series of one each for 1970-1975 or 1970-80!!! Film release order? Across the year; three months apart: Spring: Ringo - humble beginnings and the the mighty step when he joins the fully formed band for the first time. Ringo’s story is out story, an outsider looking in on the songwriting genius of the other 3 but also becoming part of the bigger story we all know. Ringo’s closeness to each of them helps and sets the story for the next 3 films. Key moments: Ringo’s take on music before the Beatles and why, when he met them, they were so different. Last scene- throwing the brick through Macca’s window 1970 with John and George in the car. It at a back to the film starting with him looking at a formed unit of the other 3 and now he is one of the 3 as his mates’ friendship reach a breaking point. Summer: George, the arc of his growth and development throughout the chaos plus his relationship with each, starting with Paul bringing him in, George bringing in Ringo and then George’s permanent 2nd class status in the band and closing on 1970’s final recording with Paul and Ringo on I Me Mine and it’s time to put George first (setting the stage for the next George film to be the explosion of his talent starting with All Things Must Pass). Autumn (Fall) for Paul (no- not Faul!) with his losing his mum and then meeting John. Finding his space in the band as both Stewart and later Pete leave). The creative growth, his driving ambition and work ethic and then the triumphant highs and catastrophic lows with John’s declaration he’s leaving the band in Sept ‘69. The winter while he’s doing a side album and seeing it become a full fledged solo album when Lennon releases Instant Karma. Close on the recording of Maybe I’m Amazed and Paul sitting there completing the press release to go out with the new solo album. Winter: John as a kid, dad leaves, he gets sent to his Aunty’s, his uncle dies and then mum gets killed. Sets up his trauma and then explodes into his skiffle band and meeting McCartney. Then Hamburg, the pause when he returns and doesn’t connect the others and then full throttled Beatlemania up to Help. John’s disassociation between success and what he was meaning (or not meaning) to say and his journey to let himself out into his more authentic/ direct songs leading to the bed ins, Give Peace a Chance and the spontaneous decision to play live in Toronto without his band. Close with decision to leave the band (Sept ‘69). Cold Turkey, Primal Scream therapy and Instant Karma all make a great start to Lennon 1970-1975 or whatever comes next. What do people think? This band is a massive tale. I like the 4 different stories because it highlights that each were needed to tell the story, to be the band. Plus the divergences of experience really help tell who they were, why they did what they did and how they ended up how they did.

[@deespaeth8180]

Remember that Ringo was in a band called Roy Storm and the hurricanes. He'd already had some success. Let's not forget Stuart Sutcliffe John's friend from art school, and Stewart's German girlfriend.

[@analogue_microwave]

Woah this is really coincidental. I was just talking today with my Dad about the lack of a good Beatles biopic films. We touched on how it feels like the film would need complete and utter dedication and care taken into every aspect of it to ensure it produces a loving and accurate depiction of the sheer influence The Beatles have had on culture and society. Like you mentioned in the video, after now hearing about these upcoming films, I too am a little nervous about their production. Overall, I mostly fear the whole project could turn into a missed and irreplaceable opportunity if not executed well. Despite that, I'm looking forward to the possibilities of this project and hope for a brilliant set of films. Another wonderful video, thanks Elliot!

[@HardcoreZen]

Walk Hard is the best Beatles biopic!

[@brind4001]

“Quite right Dewey Cox…with meditation there’s no limit to what we can… *looks at camera * IMAGINE!”

[@sussvarman]

I'd like a Jimmy Nicols (played by Bill Hader) or Billy Preston (played by Chance the Rapper) movie honestly Using those two as the audiences perspective would really help communicate how bizarre Beatle mania was, and it puts less weight on getting every Beatles detail right.

[@debjorgo]

I hear there's a guy called William Campbell who does a pretty convincing Paul.

[@PaulFormentos]

Wonder if the car wreck will be shown

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

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[@philspear73]

I really enjoyed hearing your biopic ideas. I hope they make these as innovative as what you have proposed. I think we all need to set our expectations above average but not too high. I hope we're all blown away; I envision this could really be groundbreaking if done right. The biggest obstacle will be 21st century perspective on events that happened over 50 years ago. There are so many tropes they will need to avoid falling into as you have said, let's hope their approach is innovative enough to negate this.

[@rainofsunshine473]

i'm deeply excited and terrified for this

[@JC23WY]

Oh my favourite KZbinr just posted on his favourite project and the Twigs release another song. It’s a a GOOD day. Cheers matey!!

[@BackupChannel-nq6fg]

Never thought I’d see The Beatles taking a selfie

[@brandonflorida1092]

I'm glad this is being done. I like all if the ones I've seen, but my favorite is 1979's "Birth of the Beatles."

[@edward8597]

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.

[@Amity_Boi72]

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.!

[@MichaelSavidgeStoryteller]

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.

[@rachelthompson7487]

I can’t wait for these to come out! I feel like I’ve heard John’s back story a thousand times and a little about Paul’s but I know almost nothing about Ringo and George before they joined the band.

[@swansonjoe7121]

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

[@Art_andBooks]

I'm picturing Citizen Kane where the different stories sometimes overlap to include more information. Some ideas and order of things: Ringo - Starts with his switch from Rory and the Hurricans to the Beatles. (Or have Pete Best be the focus for about 15 minutes and then make the sudden shift on perspectives.) Fly on the wall moments for those conversations about him getting chosen to be so much a focus for the movies. Ringo being chosen to confront Paul and Paul gets upset. Interacting with the Monty Phython guys while making Magic Christian. End around the Thomas time or right when they start coming up with the idea of the Anthology. George - Hamburg days. Indian music. Bangladesh. Traveling Wilburys! Monthy Phython! Anthology and don't explain why John isn't there. Performing with his son. John - Quarrymen. Meeting Paul and George. Focus more on the relationships with Brian Epstein and Allen Klien to contrast them. Yoko. May Pang and the lost weekend. End the movie when he dies without any focus on the murderer. Have peoples reaction. Paul - Start at Sgt Pepper. (Have George Martin be more of a presence in this last movie after being a side character for the earlier ones). The breakup when it's Paul against the others. Screaming at Ringo. Wings and solo career. Loss of John and George. Current Day Paul: His reaction to that moment in Get back when George suggests they work on solo projects and then come together again as a band. Spending time with Ringo

[@nicolascagenumberonefangirl]

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).

[@lovelo8780]

I think Dhani could lose weight and be deaged to play younger George Harrison

[@yesi2117]

@@lovelo8780isn’t he like 50 now?

[@nicoleedelstein1303]

@@yesi2117 I feel like a 50 year old playing a young George is the type of absurdist humour George would be up for

[@lovelo8780]

@@yesi2117 He's 45

[@arzabael]

The way studios stay up to date with what the active culture boots on the ground is doing and thinking, you can guarantee that your input in this will be taken into account by the people who will decide how the biopics go. :-) love it mate

[@SonofMrPeanut]

Perfectly timed w/ the release of the Beach Boys doc trailer.

[@RachelMay1989]

My commenting fingers were getting ready to mention Boyhood! Excellent reference point Elliot!

[@jaws_gaming]

First we got the new Beach Boys documentary now this my life is fully complete now.

[@clarencevickrot3531]

ANOTHER BB documentary!

[@jaws_gaming]

@@clarencevickrot3531 yessir

[@BackupChannel-nq6fg]

25:12 I believe that was referenced in Here Today

[@ytuser_3122]

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.

[@tonydalton459]

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.

[@erikdaniels0n]

@@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

[@strathman7501]

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!

[@aluthman281]

I've seen a lot tubers flack NordVPN but yours was the only plug amusing enough to keep me from skipping ahead

[@GioGio-fq1vl]

One thing I really liked about Daisy Jones and The Six (both the book and the series) is that you'll often see multiple characters recount the exact same event in a completely differently way due to different factors- Some characters genuinely didn't remember, others hadn't been there, some had been too high to have a proper recollection of the events, some had been directly affected by the situation and didn't want to recount it. In some scenes, characters would fully omit certain bits of information, while others would embellish them. That's EXACTLY the unreliable narrator type of energy I'd love for these four biopics. How cool would it be to have an event happen one way in John's version, only for Ringo or Paul to remember the situation completely differently? This would work incredibly well for certain events such as their disbanding, where Paul was absolutely gutted while George couldn't wait to sign those papers and leave. This would also be a great tactic to get people to watch all four movies. Edit: I made this comment before watching the whole thing and you express a similar sentiment halfway through the video 😂

[@LaurenPassarelli]

I totally agree. These are our feelings.

[@JosephDickersonUX]

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.

[@erikdaniels0n]

Yeah, no doubt they start with either Paul orJohn and end with the other

[@polly_pasta]

I hope they have the guts to actually gave us an R-rated Beatles biopic.... Rated R for brotherly kissing and hugging

[@alejandroq.8494]

Your idea for the biopics is bloody brilliant 😎 especially being shot on film .