LOS ANGELES?US producer David Permut will make a film on the birth of the Beatles, based on the life of the man who discovered and managed the group, Variety reported Wednesday.
Permut's picture is to be based on "A Life in the Day," a Tony Gittelson script about the life of Brian Epstein. Epstein, born in Liverpool in 1934, was the man who believed the Beatles would make it huge, and managed them from 1961-1967.
He convinced EMI to sign the mop-topped young group, and saw them start to soar before he died of a drug overdose at 32.
Epstein, who sold records from his father's store in Liverpool, had heard the Beatles on his lunch break at the Cavern Club. He became a huge fan who doggedly pursued a big record deal for the future Fab Four.
"Everybody turned down the band, even though Brian promised they would become bigger than Elvis, and he finally got George Martin at EMI to change his mind and give them an audition," said Permut.
Permut recently produced "Youth in Revolt," an upcoming Dimension Films comedy starring Michael Cera of "Juno" fame.
