NME: Simon Cowell to produce Brian Epstein biopic 'The Fifth Beatle'

Simon Cowell is to produce a big screen biopic of late Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

Titled The Fifth Beatle, the film will be an adaptation of Vivek J. Tiwary’s graphic novel of the same name, which was published in 2013. It tells the story of how Epstein discovered the Beatles during a performance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in 1961 and helped to steer the ‘Fab Four’ to global success.

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