Netflix has given a straight-to-series order to an untitled spy drama reuniting "Stranger Things" co-stars Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour, the streaming platform announced. The project comes from independent studio A24 and "Adolescence" writer Jack Thorne.
Plot and Character Details
In the series, Harbour will play Matt Wolfe, a disgraced FBI agent turned security expert. His estranged daughter Rebecca, portrayed by Brown, is an FBI agent determined to follow in her father's footsteps. When Rebecca disappears during an FBI mission, Wolfe is forced back into the world he left behind to investigate a field that has changed significantly since his departure.
Creative Team and Executive Producers
Thorne will write and executive produce the series. Brown and Harbour will also serve as executive producers in addition to starring. Brown's husband Jake Bongiovi and Robert Brown will executive produce for PCMA Productions, alongside Joe Hipps and Patrick McDonald for Cut To and KC Wenson for Bravo Axolotl.
Netflix Executive's Statement
Jinny Howe, Netflix's Head of Scripted Series for the US and Canada, expressed excitement about the reunion. "We are delighted to bring this spy drama to life with an extraordinary group of talent we've been fortunate to collaborate with before. Jack Thorne's ability to find the deeply human story inside a thriller is unmatched, and watching Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour reunite -- this time as estranged father and daughter on opposite sides of a crisis -- is something audiences are going to love," Howe said.
Previous Collaboration and Thorne's Netflix Work
Brown and Harbour previously played Eleven and Jim Hopper, the adoptive father-daughter duo, in Netflix's hit sci-fi series "Stranger Things," which concluded with its fifth season in December last year. The new series marks Thorne's latest collaboration with Netflix following "Adolescence," which became one of the streamer's most-watched English-language series, and his adaptation of William Golding's classic novel "Lord of the Flies."
