First Look at Cillian Murphy in Netflix Movie ‘Steve,’ a Reimagining of Max Porter’s Best-Seller ‘Shy’
- Cillian Murphy stars as a headteacher in the upcoming film Steve, set to release in October, which follows a day in the life at a last-chance reform school.
Netflix has released a first look at Cillian Murphy in Steve , adapted by Max Porter from his bestselling novella Shy .
Off the back of Porter's Berlinale debut The Thing With Feathers , Oscar-winning Murphy stars as a headteacher in the Tim Mielants-directed Steve . The image released Tuesday shows him holding a tennis ball while leant against a blackboard.
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The movie, set to release in October, follows a day in the life with Steve and his students at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them.
"As Steve fights to protect the school's integrity and impending closure," a plot synopsis reads, "we witness him grappling with his own mental health. In parallel to Steve's struggles, we meet Shy (Jay Lycurgo), a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse for self-destruction and violence."
Tracey Ullman ( The Tracey Ullman Show, Mrs. America ), Simbi Ajikawo ( Top Boy ) and Emily Watson ( Breaking the Waves, Small Things Like These ) have been revealed as supporting cast members.
Additional cast members include Douggie McMeekin, Youssef Kerkour, Luke Ayres, Joshua J Parker, Araloyin Oshunremi, Tut Nyuot, Tom Moya, Ahmed Ismail, Joshua Barry, Archie Fisher, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Priyanga Burford, George Fouracres, Marcus Garvey, Ruby Ashbourne-Serkis and Roger Allam.
Steve will release in select U.K. theaters and on Netflix on Oct. 3.
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