Midas Man is a 2024 British biographical film about the life of music entrepreneur Brian Epstein, who managed the Beatles. Based on a screenplay by Brigit Grant and Jonathan Wakeham, the film is directed by Joe Stephenson, after previous directors Sara Sugarman and Jonas Åkerlund moved on from the project. Jacob Fortune-Lloyd stars in the lead role, alongside Darci Shaw, Ed Speleers, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Eddie Marsan and Emily Watson. Blake Richardson, Jonah Lees, Leo Harvey-Elledge, Campbell Wallace and Adam Lawrence play the Beatles.
After starting filming in October 2021, there were various hold-ups until it resumed in 2023, finishing that June. The film premiered at the 32nd Toronto Jewish Film Festival on 30 May 2024.
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In 1961 Liverpool, Brian Epstein is the successful manager of NEMS, his family's record store. Brian gets numerous requests from teenage girls for the German single "My Bonnie" by a Liverpudlian group called the Beatles. Intrigued, Brian goes to the Cavern Club to see the group perform, and is amazed by their hold over the audience, composed mostly of teenagers. Despite his lack of experience in the music industry, Brian offers to become the group's manager, assuring them that his experience selling records gives him insight into the mindset of their target demographic. The group accepts, and Brian convinces them to clean up their image by wearing matching suits and haircuts.
