Top director to shoot biopic about Beatles manager Brian Epstein

Jonas Åkerlund-directed Midas Man to be produced by Trevor Beattie and shot in Liverpool

An award-winning director, who has worked with Paul McCartney on music videos, is to direct a major British film about Brian Epstein, the visionary manager and impresario who took the music industry by storm in discovering stars from the Beatles to Gerry and the Pacemakers.

The film, titled Midas Man, will be directed by Jonas Åkerlund, who has won multiple Grammy awards.