According to a February press release from Sony, The Beatles − which consisted of Starr, Paul McCartney , John Lennon and George Harrison − will get the biopic treatment not once, but four times − with a movie told from each member's perspective. Sam Mendes will direct all four films.

I think he’s great, and I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons,” Starr told Entertainment Tonight. “And I hope not too many,” he continued to the seemingly shocked interviewer. Keoghan has long been rumored to have been Mendes’ choice for Starr,