Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne are set to write the screenplays for Sony Pictures' The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event movies.

Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics have found writers. Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Spectre”), Academy Award winner Peter Straughan (“Conclave,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) and BAFTA and Tony Award winner Jack Thorne (“Adolescence,

The films mark the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film. Conceived by Mendes,