Trailer for the Netflix Film JOY About the Creation of IVF Starring Thomasin McKenzie and Bill Nighy
Netflix has released a great new trailer for the historical drama Joy, based on the pioneers who in 1978 created the process of IVF, In vitro fertilization, aka the first test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown.
The film stars Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton, and Bill Nighy, and is directed by Ben Taylor (Chevy, The Circuit, Our Ex-Wife, Raised by Wolves), from a screenplay written by Rachel Mason and Jack Thorne.
The synopsis reads: "Three British pioneers, one vision." Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first “test tube baby”, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible.
“Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
“The film celebrates the power of perseverance and the wonders of science as it follows this trio of visionaries who overcame tremendous odds & opposition to realize their dream, and in doing so allowed millions of people to dream with them.
This film looks like it will be such an interesting story, diving into the details that explain this historic time in the breakthrough of helping people reproduce.
Check out the trailer below, and watch Joy when it premieres on Netflix on November 22nd.