Millie Bobby Brown talks weddings on GMA Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is adding another feather to her cap by partnering up with Netflix to turn her debut novel Nineteen Steps into a feature film for the streaming platform. The actress released the novel in 2023, with the plot being inspired by her own family. It followed a teenager in 1940s Britain as they attempted to navigate wartime life and adolescence.
To add to the exciting news, Millie is reportedly set to also star in the film and produce it, according to Deadline. The publication also states that four-time Oscar nominee Anthony McCarten will adapt the screenplay, Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback and Nick Reynolds will executive produce for the company. She previously opened up about wanting to adapt the novel with her own production company PCMA and admitted that was her plan all along.
Millie expressed: "Yes, definitely [I would adapt it]. That was the intention behind it. Naturally, I just want to create more, so, yes, this is a great foundation.
"My nan told me the stories when I couldn't sleep at night and I think, for a while, and maybe until I was eight, I didn't think they were real," she said of her inspiration for the novel. READ MORE: BBC Kin and Fool Me Once star's new Channel 5 crime drama shares first look [LATEST] Millie Bobby Brown's debut novel is being adapted into a film (Image: Getty) "Then I slowly realised that these were things that happened to her in her childhood, during World War Two. "It's [Bethnal Green] where my grandmother lived and I went there very frequently for summers and I bought that the other day [sic].
It was amazing just to go back and to reminisce on all that nostalgia, but it's a really important place to her and to our whole family. "I’m very gravitated towards things that mean something to me and just more of a woman-centric role. I’m very, very committed to moving people with what I do," she expressed.
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Read our Privacy Policy Millie is clearly a woman in demand as she is all set to reprise her role as Eleven in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things which is set to arrive on Netflix next year. As well as this, she's also headlining upcoming science fiction adventure film, The Electric State, which will also debut on the streaming platform. It boasts an exciting ensemble cast, including Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman and Martin Klebba.
The first four seasons of Stranger Things are available to stream on Netflix now. The fifth season airs in 2025..
