Vivek J. Tiwary’s acclaimed graphic novel about famed Beatles manager Brian Epstein is in development for a limited event series on Bravo. Tiwary will serve as executive producer and write the adaptation of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story for Bravo Media, Universal Cable Productions, and Sonar Entertainment. Notably, The Fifth Beatle will be the first Beatles biopic to have access to the John Lennon - Paul McCartney song catalog.

The story focuses on Brian Espstein, who discovered the Beatles and led them to worldwide success as their manager. Despite the fame of the band, Epstein remained an outsider as a gay Jewish man from a country where homosexuality was a felony.

Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker illustrated The Fifth Beatle, which was widely acclaimed (see “Review: 'The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story' TP”) and won two Harvey Awards (see 2014 Harvey Award Winners: 'Saga,' 'Adventure Time,' 'Sex Criminals' & 'The 5th Beatle') and an Eisner (see “2014 Eisner Award Winners”).

Prior to the TV series, the graphic novel had been in development as a feature film, most recently by Simon Cowell (see “Fifth Beatle’ Film Starts Over with Simon Cowell”), and earlier by Bruce Cohen (see “The ‘Fifth Beatle’ Biopic”).