Steve (upcoming film)

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Steve
Directed byTim Mielants
Screenplay by Max Porter
Based on Shy
by Max Porter
Produced by
Starring
Production
company
Big Things Films
Distributed by Netflix
Countries
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Steve is an upcoming drama film directed by Tim Mielants and written by Max Porter, based on his 2023 novella Shy . It stars Cillian Murphy and Jay Lycurgo.

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Premise

Steve (Murphy) is a headteacher in charge of a school for boys with societal and behavioural difficulties. [1]

Cast

Production

The project was announced for Netflix in February 2024 as being produced by Cillian Murphy's production company, Big Things Films, with his collaborator Alan Moloney also a producer. Tim Mielants is directing, and Max Porter has adapted his own novel Shy for the film. [2] Murphy and Porter previously collaborated on the stage adaptation of Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and on the short film All of This Unreal Time. Porter gave Murphy a copy of Shy in a proof edition before it was completed and Murphy was quoted as saying "it just broke my heart. They're the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer". [3] Jay Lycurgo also joined the cast. [4]

Filming

Principal photography began on May 24, 2024, and wrapped on July 5 in the UK. [5] Filming locations included Bath, Somerset. [6]

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