You wait ages for a Beatles biopic and two come along at once.
First Sam Mendes decided to split the Liverpool band up with 4 films each told from a different point of view. Now, comes Hamburg Days.
The BBC has acquired the drama, which will be set in the 1960s German clubs during their formative years.
It will star relative unknowns Ellis Murphy as Paul McCartney, Patrick Gilmore as Pete Best, Rhys Mannion as John Lennon, Harvey Brett as George Harrison and Louis Landau as Stu Sutcliffe.
That compares to the Mendes films, which will feature Paul Mescal (McCartney), Harris Dickinson (Lennon), Barry Keoghan (Starr) and Joseph Quinn (Harrison).
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Hamburg Days will be a 6 part series, which will be filmed in Hamburg, Munich and Liverpool.
Produced by W&B Television and Turbine Studios, and co-financed by AGC Television and German broadcaster ZDF, it is inspired by artist Klaus Voormann’s autobiography.
Other cast members include Luna Jordan (Wild Republic, Sleeping Dog) as Astrid Kirchherr, and Casper von Bülow (Druck, Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war) as Klaus Voormann.
The series is developed by Benjamin Benedict (Generation War) and written by Jamie Carragher (Succession). Christian Schwochow (The Crown, Munich – The Edge of War) directs alongside Laura Lackmann (Call my Agent Berlin, The Pimp: No F***Ing Fairytale), with music curated by BAFTA-winning producer David Holmes (Killing Eve, Ocean’s franchise).
Klaus Voormann is an exclusive consultant.
AGC International will handle worldwide sales outside the UK and Germany.
