Happy Valley star James Norton is being lined up to play Beatles manager Brian Epstein in the four-film Sam Mendes biopic of the band, it has been reported.

According to Deadline , Norton is to play Epstein, who discovered the Beatles in 1961 and acted as their manager until his death in 1967 . No details have been officially released, and Hollywood studio Sony, which is producing the films, did not comment.

Mendes’ ambitious project, comprising four individual films each focusing on a different member of the band was announced in 2024 , and details have been gradually released since.

With a release date planned for 2028, Mendes said the films will tell interconnected stories, and it is the first time that the Beatles’ rights holders Apple have granted full life story and music rig

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