Stranger Issues and Damsel star Millie Bobby Brown is growing a movie adaptation of her bestselling debut novel Nineteen Steps. The actress will produce the function for Netflix underneath her PCMA banner, with plans to star.
Oscar-nominee Anthony McCarten — recognized for his works on The Idea of All the things, Darkest Hour, and The Two Popes — will adapt the screenplay. Jonathan Eirich will produce the movie, with Nick Reynolds government producing.
What’s Nineteen Steps about?
Nineteen Steps, co-written by Brown and Kathleen McGurl, is closely influenced by Brown’s household historical past throughout World Struggle II, notably Ruth — her grandmother — who lived by means of the Nineteen Forties Bethnal Inexperienced tube station catastrophe. The novel was revealed by William Morrow in 2023.
Per the novel’s synopsis (through Goodreads), Nineteen Steps follows 18-year-old Nellie Morris, who “counts every single day fortunate that she emerges from the underground shelters unhurt, her loving household nonetheless surrounding her. After an opportunity encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed close by, Nellie turns into enchanted with the thought of a broader world. Simply when Nellie begins to embrace an thrilling new life with Ray, a horrible incident happens throughout an air raid one night, tearing Nellie’s world is torn aside. However simply when it appears all hope is misplaced, Nellie finds that, towards all odds, love and happiness can triumph.”
Brown, whose early performing credit embody As soon as Upon a Time in Wonderland and Intruders, rose to prominence for starring as Eleven in Netflix’s hit sequence Stranger Things, which is ready to return for its fifth and remaining season someday in 2025. She additionally starred as Madison Russell in 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters and reprised the position in 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong.
Brown additionally starred in and produced the 2 Enola Holmes options. Most just lately, the actress performed Elodie at nighttime fantasy film Damsel, during which she additionally served as the manager producer.
(Supply: Deadline)
