The Beatles — A 4-Movie Cinematic Occasion continues to fill out its forged with an actor to play the British band’s influential supervisor, Brian Epstein. The extremely bold four-part biopic, directed by Sam Mendes, has already made a number of splashes by casting Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.
Aside from the 4 essential band members, Saoirse Ronan will tackle the position of Linda McCartney, whereas Shōgun star Anna Sawai is ready to play Yoko Ono. The White Lotus season 3 breakout Aimee Lou Wooden is in talks to painting George Harrison’s spouse, Pattie Boyd, and Mia McKenna-Bruce will seem as Ringo Starr’s first spouse, Maureen Starkey.
Now, based on Deadline, The Beatles — A 4-Movie Cinematic Occasion has forged James Norton because the band’s supervisor, Brian Epstein. Since every of the movies will concentrate on a unique band member, it is unclear how outstanding his position can be in every one. Nevertheless, given Epstein’s main affect on the group, he’s anticipated to look in all 4 movies.
Representatives for Sony, the studio behind the movies, declined to touch upon Norton’s casting.
Brian Epstein first met the Fab 4 in 1961 and performed a key position in launching them to worldwide fame. Epstein remained The Beatles’ supervisor till his dying from a drug overdose in 1967 on the age of 32. Right now, Epstein stays revered by Beatles followers and is sometimes called the band’s fifth member. His outstanding life was not too long ago depicted within the 2024 biopic Midas Man starring Jacob Fortune-Lloyd.
James Norton, who will now tackle the position of Brian Epstein in The Beatles motion pictures, is finest identified for his position within the British tv collection Completely happy Valley (2014–2023), for which he earned a BAFTA nomination for Greatest Supporting Actor. He is additionally appeared in British TV reveals corresponding to Physician Who, Grantchester, Conflict & Peace, Black Mirror, McMafia, and Home of Guinness. Norton can even seem in Home of the Dragon season 3, which he not too long ago wrapped filming.
The English actor has additionally appeared in movies corresponding to An Schooling, Rush, Flatliners (2017), and Little Girls (2019). Norton not too long ago appeared in one other musical biopic, Bob Marley: One Love (2024), as British file producer Chris Blackwell.
The Beatles — A 4-Movie Cinematic Occasion, slated for theatrical launch in April 2028, will depict the band’s extraordinary rise from Liverpool to world stardom, culminating of their breakup in 1970. Given Epstein’s affect on the group and their rise to world stardom, he is anticipated to look in all 4 movies, although it is unclear if different essential figures in The Beatles’ orbit will do the identical.