A biopic about the life of The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, titled Midas Man, has been completed, with North American distribution rights sold to Briarcliff Entertainment.
Midas Man stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd of The Queen’s Gambit as Epstein, who died of a drug overdose at age 32 in 1967, at the peak of The Beatles’ fame. The film is directed by Joe Stephenson (Doctor Jekyll) and written by Brigit Grant.
Midas Man premiered at the 32nd Toronto Jewish Film Festival on May 30, 2024. According to the film’s website, “Midas Man will be the definitive telling of an extraordinary life. The first, last, and most respectful cinematic portrait ever painted of Brian Epstein. And one which helps him achieve something he dreamed of in life, but never achieved: to become a star of the silver screen.
“The film spans a period of extraordinary cultural change and convulsion. From desolate streets of wartime Liverpool to the psychedelic haze of Abbey Road.”
In addition to Fortune-Lloyd, who has starred in numerous U.K.-produced films and television series, the film also stars Emily Watson (as Epstein’s mother), Eddie Marsan (as Brian’s father), and Jay Leno as Ed Sullivan. The film features Jonah Lees as John Lennon, Blake Richardson as Paul McCartney, Leo Harvey Elledge as George Harrison, and Campbell Wallace as Ringo Starr, with Adam Lawrence as Pete Best. Eddie Izzard plays Allan Williams and Charley Palmer Rothwell is George Martin.
An official theatrical release date for Brian Epstein’s biopic has yet to be announced.
