Overview
- Central London stood in for midtown Manhattan as crews staged the Plaza Hotel scenes tied to the band’s first Ed Sullivan appearance.
- Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan were photographed in character as McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, and Starr.
- Set pieces featured period cars, motorcycles, Sixties tailoring, police barricades, and crowds of extras evoking peak Beatlemania.
- Westminster Council said it is working with the production to facilitate street closures, including access around Abbey Road.
- The four linked films are planned for a 2028 theatrical rollout, and early online reaction to the casting and likenesses has been mixed.