Millie Bobby Brown is turning her book into a movie.
The 20-year-old Stranger Things star is developing her debut novel Nineteen Steps into a movie for Netflix, via Deadline.
She will reportedly produce under her PCMA banner, and is eying a starring role as well. Anthony McCarten is set to adapt the screenplay.
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The book, which was published in September 2023, went on to become a best-seller.
Here’s a plot summary: “The story follows Nellie Morris, an 18-year-old girl living in the East London neighborhood of Bethnal Green. Over the course of the book, Nellie navigates the challenges of wartime life, including the threat of bombings, rationing, and the emotional turmoil of being separated from loved ones, while charting a new romance with American airman Ray. At the historical core of the novel is the Bethnal Green Tube disaster, one of the worst civilian disasters in the UK during the war, where 173 people were killed in a crush as they sought shelter during an air raid.”
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