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Stranger Things‘ signature father-daughter duo is back! Netflix has fixed a straight-to-series bid to a father-daughter espionage thriller starring Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour from Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne, A24 and studio-based shaper Joe Hipps.
With nan high-profile task featuring cardinal auspices of 2 of Netflix’s biggest bid ever — ranking arsenic No.2 (Adolescence) and No.3 and No. 4 (Stranger Things 4 and 5) connected nan streamer’s Most Popular English Series database — it was earmarked from nan get-go for Netflix which stepped up pinch a bid order.
In summation to nan Emmy-nominated Stranger Things duo of Brown and Harbour, nan untitled series, loosely inspired by Paul Warner’s debut caller A Spy In nan Blood, besides reunites Brown and Thorne, nan prima and writer of Netflix’s Enola Holmes movie franchise, which Brown produces. Its upcoming 3rd installment is being released July 1.
In nan series, disgraced FBI supplier turned information master Matt Wolfe (Harbour) is drawn backmost into nan world he near down erstwhile his estranged daughter, Rebecca (Brown) — now an FBI supplier wished to travel successful his footsteps — vanishes connected a mission, forcing him backmost into a section that has evolved beyond him.
“We are delighted to bring this spy play to life pinch an bonzer group of talent we’ve been fortunate to collaborate pinch before,” Netflix Head of Scripted Series, US and Canada, said. “Jack Thorne’s expertise to find nan profoundly quality communicative wrong a thriller is unmatched, and watching Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour reunite — this clip arsenic estranged begetter and girl connected other sides of a situation — is thing audiences are going to love. A24 is nan cleanable partner to bring this communicative to our members astir nan world.”
Brown teased nan task connected nan Happy Sad Confused podcast this week, giving Harbour props for re-teaming them.
“Father-daughter is wherever we live, but Netflix will ever beryllium our home,” she said. “The David Harbour task is sooner than expected, and it’s David’s idea, truthful kudos to him.”
Harbour besides hinted astatine nan collaboration successful a caller question and reply pinch Variety. “You’ll spot much of maine and Millie. 10 years wasn’t enough,” Harbour said, referring to nan clip nan Stranger Things formed spent together filming nan 5 seasons. “There is simply a typical enslaved there. I emotion her, she loves me.”
After immoderate behind-the-scene clash on Stranger Things, which Harbour and Brown person some acknowledged without elaborating connected details, nan 2 look to person patched things up. Over nan past 8 months, they person publically supported each other, they walked nan Stranger Things Season 5 premiere together and Harbour attended Brown’s 22nd day earlier this year.
Thorne executive produces alongside Joe Hipps and Patrick McDonald of Cut To; Brown, Jake Bongiovi and Robert Brown for PCMA; arsenic good arsenic Harbour and KC Wenson for Bravo Axolotl.
A homegrown Netflix talent who roseate to fame pinch her domiciled arsenic Eleven connected Stranger Things, Brown has been a Netflix mainstay, starring successful respective movies, including Damsel, The Electric State and nan Enola Holmes franchise. Also coming up for Brown is romanticist feature Just Picture It, which she produces and stars in.
Harbour followed nan 5th and last play of Stranger Things, successful which he portrayed Eleven’s adoptive begetter Jim Hopper, pinch a starring domiciled other Jason Bateman and Linda Cardellini connected HBO’s constricted bid DTF St. Louis. His upcoming movies see Avengers: Doomsday, successful which he reprises his Red Guardian role, Violent Night 2 and John Rambo.
Thorne has been successful precocious request pursuing nan world occurrence of nan Emmy-winning Adolescence, which he co-created and executive produced pinch Stephen Graham. Netflix precocious acquired Thorne’s Lord of nan Flies constricted bid adaptation; he has a Claus Von Bülow constricted bid pending greenish ray astatine Apple TV, he co-wrote Sam Mendes’ upcoming The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event and has a mates of characteristic projects successful nan works.
For Hipps’s A24-based Cut To, which was launched successful precocious 2024, this is nan 3rd large package to onshore a straight-to-series order, following Discretion, starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning, which went to Paramount+, and Trigger Point, headlined by Joel Edgerton, which was won by Netflix.
