Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in Limited Series THE 39 STEPS at Netflix
Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to star in the limited series The 39 Steps at Netflix. The streamer has ordered the limited series based on the 1915 John Buchan novel with Edward Berger directing and Mark L. Smith writing.
The series will reunite Cumberbatch and Berger, who last worked on Showtime’s Patrick Melrose together. The at least six-hour series will be produced by Anonymous Content, Chapter One Pictures, and SunnyMarch.
The adventure novel is the first of the five novels featuring Richard Hannay, “an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of tricky situations.”
I am excited to see Cumberbatch star in this role. It sounds like a perfect and fun project for the brilliant actor.