Ringo Movie to Have Lowest Budget of the Beatles Movies for No Particular Reason

“I know a guy who has a drum set, so we can just borrow that for Ringo’s movie,” said director Sam Mendes.

Director Sam Mendes (Skyfall, 1917) recently announced that the film focused on Ringo Starr from his upcoming Beatles tetralogy would have the lowest budget of the four films.

“There’s no particular reason for this,” Mendes said, staring at an outline for the Ringo movie with nothing on it. “But it’s important to realize that you have to allocate resources carefully during production. For example, for John Lennon’s movie we’ll need an armorer and weapons training for the actor who plays Mark David Chapman. And for Paul McCartney’s movie, I’m pretty sure that bass is super expensive. On the other hand, I know a guy who has a drum set, so we can just borrow that for Ringo’s movie. You direct resources where they’re needed most. It’s a big balancing act.”

At press time, Mendes updated his statement to say that the Ringo movie would halt production indefinitely.