Sam Mendes has added eight to the cast of The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event , Sony announced on Thursday. They are David Morrissey ( The Walking Dead ), Leanne Best ( Walk-In ), James Norton ( Happy Valley ), Harry Lloyd ( The Theory of Everything ), Bobby Schofield ( The Covenant ), Daniel Hoffman-Gill ( Sherwood ), Arthur Darvill ( Broadchurch ), and Adam Pally ( Happy Endings ).

Morrissey will play Paul McCartney’s father Jim McCartney, with Best as John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi, Norton as manager Brian Epstein, Lloyd as long-time music producer George Martin, Schofield as road manager and trusted confidant Neil Aspinall, Hoffman-Gill as roadie Mal Evans, Darvill as press officer and friend Derek Taylor, and Pally as controversial music manager A

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