Deadline reported today that Strange things Actress Millie Bobby Brown She will be adapting her internationally acclaimed first novel. nineteen steps For Netflix. She will star in the film, which Brown is also set to produce under her PCMA Productions banner. Four-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter and producer Anthony McCarten (i want to dance with someone, bohemian rhapsody), while Jonathan Erich Nick Reynolds and Rideback are executive producers, respectively.
Netflix and Brown are no strangers to each other (pardon the pun!), with Brown gaining worldwide fame for her lead role as Eleven in the international phenomenon Strange thingswhich will return to the streaming service for its fifth and final season next year. Brown has since starred in Netflix films such as Ms and Enola Holmes She appeared in successful films such as: Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla: King of the MonstersTheir next major collaboration will be with the Russo brothers. Electric Statein which Brown will star opposite Chris Pratt. The film is currently in post-production and is scheduled for release in March 2025.
Brown's World War II novel, due out in 2023, is based on her grandmother's experiences and tells the story of 18-year-old Nellie Morris, living in East London circa 1943. nineteen steps The film follows her attempts to cope with the difficult consequences of war, including how she deals with bomb threats and rationing. While there is much sadness, death and despair, there is also a glimmer of hope and joy when Nellie falls in love with American pilot Ray.
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Brown's novel is in safe hands with McCarten, who has already written screenplays for such international box office hits as Theory of Everything and the darkest hour. next to nineteen stepsHe also has something else going on for him right now: cooperationThe film, which is based on his own play, is about the friendship between two great artists, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The play originated in 2022, when Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope took to the stage at London’s Young Vic to play Warhol and Basquiat, and then moved to Broadway for an extended run until February of last year. Bettany and Pope will reprise their roles in the film adaptation.
While Rideback may not be anything familiar, the production company is behind major box office hits like He – She, haunted mansion and AladdinRideback founder and esteemed producer Dan Lin left the company earlier this year to take over as head of film at Netflix, after which Jonathan Eirich and Michael Lofaso took over as co-CEOs of the company. It is currently in post-production. Disney lilo and stitchwhich will hit theaters in the US next summer. Our first glimpse of the new CGI Stitch in the live-action film was revealed at D23 a few weeks ago, and you can check it out below:
