Overview
- This week producers announced new cast members including Asa Butterfield as Brian Epstein, Jonny Lee Miller as Jim McCartney, and Christine Tremarco as Aunt Mimi.
- Principal photography is underway in Hamburg with additional shoots planned in Munich and Liverpool to recreate the St. Pauli club scene.
- Showrunner Christian Schwochow and head writer Jamie Carragher lead the creative team while Klaus Voormann serves as an exclusive consultant and David Holmes curates the soundtrack.
- W&B Television and Turbine Studios are producing the series with backing from ZDF, U.K. rights held by the BBC, AGC handling international sales, and support from German regional film funds.
- The series portrays the Beatles’ early 1960–62 Hamburg residency as a turning point in their rise, and it arrives as several other high-profile Beatles projects are also in development, which could renew public interest in that era.