Trevor Beattie Films and StudioPOW today announce MIDAS MAN the first feature film to tell the true and truly extraordinary story of the visionary music manager and impresario BRIAN EPSTEIN, charting his role in the cultural revolution and creative explosion of the 1960s. The film will highlight his unparalleled yet often unheralded influence on pop music, and its colossal impact worldwide.
BRIAN EPSTEIN - Star Maker Extraordinaire - took the music industry by storm at the tender age of 25. What followed was a dazzling, tumultuous and ultimately tragically short career which saw him discover and guide to extraordinary fame a series of acts, from THE BEATLES and GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS to BILLY J KRAMER and CILLA BLACK. He opened his own theatre in order to promote and launch the likes of JIMI HENDRIX, THE WHO, CREAM and PINK FLOYD many of whom performed on the same bill.
MIDAS MAN is an emotional, witty, heartfelt story of the joy of success and the terrifying pressures of unspeakable risk and unfulfilled desire. This is the first, last and definitive big-screen telling of the story of the man from Liverpool with the Midas Touch, whose influence on popular music and culture resounds to this day.
MIDAS MAN will be directed by internationally acclaimed filmmaker JONAS ÅKERLUND (POLAR, LORDS OF CHAOS). The multiple-Grammy winning director for Best Music Films (PAUL MCCARTNEY, MADONNA, BEYONCE, LADY GAGA, BLONDIE, TAYLOR SWIFT and many others) is steeped in both music and film culture, making him uniquely placed to bring this outstanding real story to life. Åkerlund will also put together the film's iconic soundtrack.
