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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is set to star in Netflix limited series The 39 Steps which is based on the 1915 John Buchan novel. The series will be helmed by Edward Berger and penned by Mark L. Smith.
According to Deadline, the series will have six or more hourlong episodes, most likely to shoot next year in Europe when schedules clear. The series marks the reunion of Cumberbatch and Berger, who last worked together on Showtime’s 2018 mini-series Patrick Melrose.
Deadline further reports, The 39 Steps is a provocative, action-packed conspiracy thriller series that updates the classic novel for relevance in contemporary times. An ordinary man, Richard Hannay, becomes an unwitting pawn in a vast, global conspiracy to reset the world order: 39 Steps that will change the world as we know it, with only Hannay standing in the way.
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Sherlock fame Benedict Cumberbatch to star in The 39 Steps series for Netflix
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The series will reunite Cumberbatch with Berger, who directed the Doctor Strange actor in Showtime s 2018 mini-series Patrick Melrose , reported Variety.
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LOS ANGELES: British star Benendict Cumberbatch is set to headline streamer Netflix s upcoming limited series The 39 Steps .
The series will reunite Cumberbatch with Berger, who directed the Doctor Strange actor in Showtime s 2018 mini-series Patrick Melrose , reported Variety.
The six-episode show is based on the 1915 John Buchan novel that has previously been adapted several times.
Legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock had a film on the book in 1935, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
Edward Berger, who previously teamed with
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Mark L. Smith will write the series for Netflix.
The 39 Steps is a provocative, action-packed conspiracy thriller series that updates the classic novel for relevance in contemporary times.
An ordinary man, Richard Hannay, becomes an unwitting pawn in a vast, global conspiracy to reset the world order: 39 Steps that will change the world as we know it, with only Hannay standing in the way.
Benedict will also executive produce the limited series with his producing partner Adam Ackland under their SunnyMarch production company.
Benedict Cumberbatch will star in Netflix s upcoming series, The 39 Steps.
The streaming platform has officially ordered the limited series, which is based on John Buchan s 1915 novel of the same name.
Written by Mark L. Smith and with Patrick Melrose director Edward Berger at the helm, it will mark the first time Cumberbatch, 44, and Berger have joined forces for a project since the 2018 Sky Atlantic show.
New gig: Benedict Cumberbatch, 44, will star in Netflix s upcoming series, The 39 Steps, which the steaming platform has greenlit
Cumberbatch will play Richard Hannay, an ordinary man who becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to reset the world order and is forced to go on the run.
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