Benedict Cumberbatch to star in ‘The 39 Steps’

By Express News Service
Benedict Cumberbatch is all set to star in Netflix’s upcoming thriller collection The 39 Steps. Based on John Buchan’s traditional thriller novel, the story, set in World War I, follows a person named Richard Hannay, who turns into embroiled in a global spy ring and should go on the run.

The novel’s most well-known adaptation is the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock which starred Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. According to Deadline, Benedict Cumberbatch’s restricted collection can be a recent retelling of the novel, following an atypical man, Richard Hannay, as he will get caught up in a world conspiracy.

The collection will comprise six or extra, hour-long episodes, with the filming prone to start subsequent yr in Europe. The spy thriller collection can be directed by Edward Berger, who beforehand teamed with Cumberbatch on Patrick Melrose, and can be penned by The Revenant author Mark L Smith.

The collection can be produced by Anonymous Content, Chapter One Pictures, and SunnyMarch. Cumberbatch can even govt produce the collection, alongside together with his producing accomplice Adam Ackland for SunnyMarch.

Smith and Berger can even govt produce the present, together with Sophie Gardiner for Chapter One Pictures, Cliff Roberts for Syndicate Entertainment, and Keith Redmon for Anonymous Content. Cumberbatch most lately appeared within the authorized drama The Mauritanian and The Courier, and can quickly reprise his Doctor Strange position in two upcoming MCU movies, this yr’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness in 2022