Beatles to get 100,000 sq ft Liverpool home built from film sets
Liverpool is getting a 100,000 sq ft Beatles experience built around the sets from Sam Mendes's four new Beatles films. Apple Corps, the company that manages the band's business, announced the plan for a 2028 opening, Variety reported. The project moves the city's existing The Beatles Story to a new site in the heart of Liverpool.
The scale is large. The new home will be more than four times the size of the current Beatles Story at Albert Dock. Apple Corps will take over running that Albert Dock site in 2027, then shift the attraction to the bigger address in 2028. It will be the first official fan experience the company has operated in Liverpool.
Film sets will sit at the centre of the visit. Immersive rooms and locations in the new experience will be created using sets and props from The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event. In practice, that means walk-through spaces first built for the cameras will be rebuilt for visitors to enter and explore.
The films are closely tied to the timetable. Each of the four films tells the story from the perspective of a different band member. Paul Mescal plays Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson plays John Lennon, Joseph Quinn plays George Harrison and Barry Keoghan plays Ringo Starr. Sony Pictures plans to release all four films worldwide in April 2028, with current plans calling for them to open at the same time, Variety reported.
The Liverpool site is part of a wider programme of permanent attractions from Apple Corps. The new Beatles Story will be only the second lasting experience operated by the company. The first is an attraction at 3 Savile Row in London, the address once home to the band's Apple Corps headquarters, which is due to open at the end of 2027. In Liverpool, Apple Corps will also take over the 400ft St Johns Beacon tower for a Yellow Submarine experience, Variety reported.
For fans, this means the films and the city are set to link up. The four biopics arrive in cinemas in April 2028. Soon after, the doors open on the film sets themselves, rebuilt in the band's home city, alongside a tower devoted to one of their best-known songs.
