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Jonah Lees looked the spitting imagine of John Lennon on Sunday as he filmed the new Beatles biopic Midas Man in Lancashire.
The film focuses on the life of manager Brian Epstein who died of an overdose at the age of 32.
Jonah, 27, plays John alongside Blake Richardson, 22, (Paul McCartney), Leo Harvey-Elledge, 19, (George Harrison), and Campbell Wallace, 20, (Ringo Starr).
He donned a retro leather jacket, teamed with a black t-shirt and jeans while on the set in Blackpool.
One of the shops was given a makeover to appear as the Epstein family’s Liverpool shop, which sold furniture, musical instruments and household appliances.
Lookalike: Jonah Lees looked the spitting imagine of John Lennon on Sunday as he filmed the new Beatles biopic Midas Man in Lancashire
Low-key: He donned a retro leather jacket, teamed with a black t-shirt and jeans while on the set in Blackpool
It was originally due to be released this year but production was halted in 2022 after Swedish director Jonas Akerlund took a break from the film before quitting the production altogether. He has since been replaced by British director Sara Sugarman.
Epstein, played by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, discovered the band playing at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and helped set them on the journey to mega stardom.
Epstein, who was often referred to as the ‘Fifth Beatle’, discovered the band in 1961 and managed the group until his death in 1967.
The actors playing the Fab Four in Midas Man were previously spotted posing for selfies during a break in filming in London ’s Soho.
Midas Man will also star Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Lukas Gage, Rosie Day and Bill Milner.
It will also see an appearance from TV host Jay Leno, 71, as Ed Sullivan, host of the classic variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Their appearance was watched by a then-record 73 million viewers.
The episode is regarded as a cultural milestone that ushered in American Beatlemania as well as the British Invasion of American pop music.
The Beatles went on to make two additional appearances on the show in February of 1964 and returned in May 1965.
The band gave their last live performance on the show in August 1965.
Midas Man, which is directed by Sara Sugarman, comes as Beatlemania appears to be making a comeback.
Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary The Beatles: Get Back, featuring footage of the band recording the Let It Be album, premieres on Disney+ in November.
Filming: A crew member directed Jonah in between takes
Set: One of the shops was given a makeover to appear as the Epstein family’s Liverpool shop, which sold furniture, musical instruments and household appliances
Filming: It was originally due to be released this year but production was halted in 2022 after Swedish director Jonas Akerlund took a break from the film before quitting the production altogether
Cast: Jonah, 27, plays John alongside Blake Richardson, 22, (Paul McCartney), Leo Harvey-Elledge, 19, (George Harrison), and Campbell Wallace, 20, (Ringo Starr)
Series: Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary The Beatles: Get Back, featuring footage of the band recording the Let It Be album, premieres on Disney+ in November
New: Midas Man, which is directed by Sara Sugarman, comes as Beatlemania appears to be making a comeback
Filming: Cast and crew were spotted chatting in between takes
Old fashioned: There was several retro vehicles on the set for the new biopic
The nearly 8-hour documentary culled from film and recording outtakes of those sessions reveals a self-aware band with a rare connection and work ethic that still knew how to have fun – yet was also in the process of breaking up.
Jackson, the Academy Award-winning maker of the Lord of the Rings series, was discussing another project with the Beatles when he inquired about what happened to all the outtakes of director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 Let it Be film.
Nearly 60 hours of film taken over three weeks existed, mostly unseen, and the band had been considering what to do with it.
Jackson took that material, as well as 150 hours of audio recordings, and spent four years building a story.
Doubts: The suits look right. Even some of the wigs. But there were questions last night over whether the stars of a new film about the Beatles were quite the lookalikes audiences might expect
