Cillian Murphy to Star in and Produce Netflix Movie STEVE Based on Novel Titled SHY

Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Oppenheimer) has signed on to his next project, the first under his new production company Big Things Films with longtime collaborator Alan Moloney. The film, which is being developed at Netflix, is called Steve, and the story is an adaptation of Max Porter’s novel Shy. Porter wrote the screenplay for the film.

Steve is a reimagining of the original story, and it traces a pivotal 24 hours in the life of its eponymous character, a headteacher (Murphy) of a last-chance reform school who struggles to keep his students in line, while also grappling with his spiraling mental health.

Moloney and Murphy are producers. Small Things Like These director (and Peaky Blinders alum) Tim Mielants is helming the project.

With Big Things Films, Murphy is cementing himself as a producer after cutting his teeth as an executive producer on three seasons of Peaky Blinders and as producer of his next film, Small Things Like These. An independent, story-driven company, Big Things was initially created to produce Small Things Like These, and aims to collaborate with singular filmmakers, writers, actors and directors, both new and established, who have something to say and are passionate about what they do. Big Things will collaborate with like-minded financiers, studios, distributors and streamers in both film and television.

The company will seek material in which Murphy will act, but not exclusively. Steve is looking to start production this spring.

via: Deadline