Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour to star in Netflix spy series
Netflix has ordered a new spy series from A24 and Jack Thorne starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour as an estranged father and daughter.
Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour to star in Netflix spy series
Netflix has issued a straight-to-series order for a new spy drama featuring the reunion of Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour. The production, which comes from A24 and creator Jack Thorne, will see the pair once again portraying a father and daughter, though their dynamic will shift toward an estranged relationship.
The series is loosely based on the debut novel A Spy In the Blood by Paul Warner. While the original book focuses on MI6 and locations across the pond, the Netflix adaptation will move the setting to the United States and the FBI.
Harbour will portray Matt Wolfe, a security expert and disgraced former FBI agent. The plot centers on Wolfe being pulled back into his former profession after his daughter, Rebecca, played by Brown, vanishes during a mission. Rebecca is depicted as an FBI agent determined to follow her father's footsteps, leaving Wolfe to navigate a field that has evolved since his departure.
The collaboration marks a reunion for Brown and Thorne, who wrote both Enola Holmes films and the upcoming third entry in that franchise. Thorne's other credits include the co-creation of Lord of the Flies and the Emmy-winning Adolescence.
Jinny Howe, Netflix’s head of scripted series for the U.S. And Canada, expressed enthusiasm for the partnership in a press release announced June 26.
Howe added that Thorne's skill in finding a"We are delighted to bring this spy drama to life with an extraordinary group of talent we’ve been fortunate to collaborate with before,"
Jinny Howe, Netflix head of scripted series, US and Canada, via press release
deeply human story inside a thrilleris unmatched and that the pairing of Brown and Harbour as estranged parents and children in a crisis is something audiences will love.
This professional reunion comes six months after the conclusion of Stranger Things, where Brown and Harbour played Eleven and Jim Hopper. The project follows a period of reported tension between the two actors. In November, reports emerged that Brown had filed a complaint with Netflix alleging that Harbour had bullied and harassed her prior to the filming of the fifth season of Stranger Things.
Harbour addressed these claims in a June 10 interview with Variety, describing a story in the U.K. Tabloid Daily Mail as false
and stating that it caused him to have a breakdown. He characterized the situation as a simple rupture-and-repair thing
and noted that arguments and disagreements are natural for people who work together for 10 years, particularly during a co-star's formative teenage years.
"You’ll see more of me and Millie—10 years wasn’t enough,"
David Harbour via Variety
Brown also spoke to Variety via email, noting that her relationship with Harbour became much more collaborative creatively
over the five seasons of Stranger Things and that she holds a lot of gratitude
for the experience.
The production involves a wide array of executive producers. Along with Thorne, Harbour, and Brown, the list includes Robert Brown and Jake Bongiovi for PCMA Productions, as well as Patrick McDonald and Joe Hipps for Cut To (based at A24) and KC Wenson for Bravo Axolotl.
