By Ryan Louis Mantilla
Millie Bobby Brown Talks New Book, '19 Steps' on GMA
Stranger Things and Damsel star Millie Bobby Brown is developing a film adaptation of her bestselling debut novel Nineteen Steps. The actress will produce the film for Netflix under her PCMA banner, with plans to star.
Oscar nominee Anthony McCarten — known for his work on The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour and The Two Popes — will adapt the screenplay. Jonathan Eirich will produce, with Nick Reynolds serving as executive producer.
Co-written by Brown and Kathleen McGurl, Nineteen Steps is heavily influenced by Brown’s family history during World War II, particularly Ruth—her grandmother—who experienced the Bethnal Green tube station disaster in the 1940s. The novel was published by William Morrow in 2023.
