Cameras are formally rolling on Hamburg Days, a status drama collection chronicling the early years of The Beatles.
W&B Tv, Turbine Studios, and co-financier AGC Tv have introduced who shall be taking part in the Liverpool legends within the six-part drama, which is backed by German community ZDF and has been acquired by the BBC.
The biopic relies on Klaus Voormann’s e-book of the identical identify. Voormann, a musician and artist, was an in depth companion of the band within the early Nineteen Sixties. He lived with Ringo Starr and George Harrison and designed the quilt of the Beatles album Revolver.
Hamburg Days will star Rhys Mannion (It Is In Us All) as John Lennon, Liverpudlian singer-songwriter Ellis Murphy as Paul McCartney, newcomer Harvey Brett as George Harrison, Louis Landau (Rivals) as Stu Sutcliffe, newcomer Patrick Gilmore as Pete Greatest, Luna Jordan (Wild Republic) as Astrid Kirchherr, Casper von Bülow (Druck) as Klaus Voorman, Laura Tonke (22 Lenghts) as Nielsa Kirchherr, Trystan Pütter (Ku’damm 56-63), and Max von der Groeben (Fack Ju Göhte).
Created by showrunner showrunner Christian Schwochow (The Crown) and head author Jamie Carragher (Succession), right here’s the logline: “Set within the Nineteen Sixties, within the smoke-filled golf equipment of Hamburg’s St. Pauli red-light district, an inexperienced younger rock ‘n’ roll band from Liverpool collide with two younger artists, Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr. Collectively, they assist spark a metamorphosis that turns a scrappy group of youngsters into the best music phenomenon the world has ever identified: The Beatles.”
Hamburg Days was developed by Benjamin Benedict. Schwochow is directing with Laura Lackmann (Name my Agent Berlin), whereas Frank Lamm (Andor) is director of images. Voormann is a guide to the present.
Govt producers are Benedict, Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann of W&B Tv; Andrew Eaton and Justin Thomson of Turbine Studios and AGC’s Stuart Ford; Lourdes Diaz and Miguel A. Palos Jr. Isabel Haug of W&B Tv and Katharina Haase function producers. At ZDF, the mission is overseen by Alexandra Staib, Caroline von Senden und Sandra Dettki. Hamburg Days is being produced with the help of the German Movement Image Fund, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg.
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