There’s a certain charm in watching history get recast for a new generation, especially when the story is as familiar as The Beatles and yet still feels like cultural treasure. The latest face joining the upcoming four-part Beatles cinematic project is Harry Lloyd, who’s set to play the man behind the band’s most transformative sound shifts: George Martin.

It’s easy to forget sometimes that The Beatles weren’t just four boys from Liverpool with magnetic accents and matching suits. Behind them stood a classically trained producer who treated pop music like a playground. George Martin didn’t just polish their records. He arranged, composed, and elevated their work into something that still echoes across continents and decades. Think strings swelling behind “Eleanor Rigby,” think the orchestral chaos in “A Day in the Life,” think of the way he shaped raw talent into mythology.

According to Giles Martin, George’s son, Harry Lloyd is “deeply committed” to stepping into that legacy. It’s a tall order. Martin was the invisible architect of the band’s most iconic eras, the mind behind 30 UK number-one hits, 23 in the US, and six Grammys. When the world crowned him the “Fifth Beatle,” it wasn’t flattery. It was fact.

The new project, titled The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, is designed as the most ambitious retelling yet. Directed by Sam Mendes, it spans perspectives across four separate films, each anchored by a different member of the band. The cast list reads like a British-Irish acting masterclass: Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn as the Fab Four, with Saoirse Ronan, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anna Sawai and Aimee Lou Wood joining the ensemble.

Set to arrive in cinemas in April 2028, the project promises to be the closest the modern world will get to experiencing Beatlemania through a fresh, cinematic lens. Harry Lloyd stepping in as the quiet genius behind the sound only adds more texture to a story already rich with legend.