Those Sam Mendes Beatles biopics have started affecting Hollywood schedules despite the fact that the cast hasn’t officially been announced yet. It’s a hard day’s night for Ridley Scott fans, who may have to wait a while longer for the director’s previously-announced Paul Mescal re-team, The Dog Stars.

Paul Mescal’s next major project looks set to be Sam Mendes’ much-discussed four-part biopic film series about The Beatles for Sony Pictures. The casting - which was first rumoured in the summer - was brought up by Mescal’s “Gladiator 2” director Ridley Scott in a conversation with Christopher Nolan on Tuesday at the Directors Guild of America,

Paul Mescal has almost certainly been cast in the upcoming biopic of The Beatles. That's what director Ridley Scott said at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles following a screening of Scott's latest release,