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Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch will star in Netflix’s The 39 Steps, a contemporary remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1935 thriller based on the 1915 adventure novel by John Buchan.
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The actor is reuniting with Patrick Melrose director Edward Berger for the series, which will be written by The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith. Cumberbatch won a BAFTA for his role in the acclaimed Sky Atlantic drama based on the series of novels by award-wining author Edward St. Aubyn, while Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar for The Revenant.
Berger also recently directed episodes of Bryan Cranston’s Showtime and Sky Atlantic drama Your Honor, and Smith scripted Netflix’s George Clooney-directed film The Midnight Sky.
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Netflix series ‘The 39 Steps’
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April 10, 2021 15:38 IST
The six-episode show is based on the 1915 John Buchan novel that has previously been adapted several times
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The six-episode show is based on the 1915 John Buchan novel that has previously been adapted several times
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.
Benedict Cumberbatch to Reunite With Patrick Melrose Director for The 39 Steps
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With Edward Berger serving behind the lens, the Doctor Strange star will tackle an updated version of John Buchan s thriller novel in a limited series for Netflix. Apr 10, 2021
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Benedict Cumberbatch is reuniting with director Edward Berger for a TV adaptation of thriller novel The Thirty-Nine Steps .
The
Doctor Strange star will tackle an updated version of the John Buchan book in a limited series for Netflix, with his
Patrick Melrose director Berger behind the camera.
The 44-year-old actor and the German helmer will also team up to executive produce the series. The two takes on the duty alongside the former s SunnyMarch partner Adam Ackland, Chapter One Pictures Sophie Gardiner, Syndicate Entertainment s Cliff Roberts and Anonymous Content s Keith Redmon.
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