First Look at IT Star Sophia Lillis as Nancy Drew in NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE
A couple months ago it was reported that Sophia Lillis, who played Beverly in the big screen adaptation of Stephen King's IT, was cast in the role of Nancy Drew in WB's upcoming film Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. Today we have our first look at the young actress in the role as production on the film has started.
The film focuses on Nancy Drew (Lillis), "a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, who stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community."
Lillis is a talented young actress and she's the perfect choice to take on the role of Nancy Drew! The film is being directed by Katt Shea (Poison Ivy) from a script written by Nina Fiore and John Herrera (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Vampire Diaries).
Lillis will be joined by Zoe Renee (The Quad) and Mackenzie Graham (Syfy’s The Purge) as Nancy Drew’s best friends, George and Bess, respectively. Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless) portrays Helen, a high school mean girl who reluctantly joins forces with Nancy to help solve the mystery. Sam Trammell (True Blood) plays Nancy’s father, Carson, with Linda Lavin (Alice) as Flora, the owner of the haunted house, and Andrea Anders (Joey, The Stepford Wives) starring as Nancy’s Aunt Hannah.
The Hidden Staircase was initially released in 1930 as the second volume in the Nancy Drew series, which was written by Mildred Wirt Benson and published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Here's the description from the book:
After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls. Could the house be haunted?
Just as soon as she hangs up the phone, a strange man visits Nancy's house to warn her and her father that they are in danger because of a case he is working on buying property for a railroad company. This warning leads Nancy and her father Carson to search for the missing Willie Wharton, a landowner, who can prove he signed away his land to the railroad and save the railroad from a lawsuit. Will Nancy be able to find the missing landowner and discover how these mysteries are related?
This will be the second film adaptation of the story. The first film was released in 1939. Ellen DeGeneres is producing the film alongside Jeff Kleeman (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and Chip Diggins (A Walk in the Woods), and Wendy S. Williams (The Fate of the Furious).