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[04/09/21 - 11:30 PM]
Development Update: Friday, April 9
Updates include: Justin Timberlake to play Chuck Barris for Apple; Benedict Cumberbatch to lead Netflix's "The 39 Steps"; and Darren Star details the "Younger" spin-off project.







39 STEPS, THE (NETFLIX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/9/21
STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
limited series based on the novel by John Buchan, in which an ordinary man, Richard Hannay, becomes an unwitting pawn in a vast, global conspiracy to reset the world order: 39 Steps that will change the world as we know it, with only Hannay standing in the way
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard Hannay
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Ackland as EP
· Benedict Cumberbatch as EP
· Cliff Roberts as EP
· Edward Berger as DIR/EP
· John Buchan as BOOK
· Keith Redmon as EP
· Mark L. Smith as CRTR/EP
· Sophie Gardiner as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Anonymous Content
· Chapter One Pictures
· SunnyMarch
· Syndicate Entertainment