With the recent addition of Angela Bassett as Lady Bayford, Term reports that Emmy nominee Robin Wright (princess bride, House of cards), Nick Robinson (With love, Simon), Ray Winston (Black Widow), Brooke Carter (Alienist) and Oscar nominee Shore Aghdashloo (House of sand and fog) have been cast in Netflix’s new coming-of-age fantasy film. girl. They will officially join previously announced lead star Millie Bobby Brown as Princess Elodie.
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girl The film will be directed by Oscar-nominated Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and adapted from a screenplay written by Wrath of the Titans scribe Dan Mazo. In addition to starring, Brown is also expected to executive produce through his PCMA Productions banner alongside Zach Roth, Chris Castaldi and Mazo. Joe Roth and Jeff Kirshenbaum also joined the project as producers.
“The plot will center around a young princess with a strong warrior spirit named Princess Elodie, who finds herself in an arranged marriage with Prince Henry from their rival kingdom,” reads the synopsis. “However, her situation gets complicated when she learns that their rival kingdom has a despicable harvest season tradition of sacrificing their princess to a hungry dragon. Now Elodie must fight off the dragon in order to survive.»
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Millie Bobby Brown has received worldwide recognition for her prominent role as Eleven in the hit sci-fi series Netflix. very strange things, which earned the young actress her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She will reprise her role in the highly anticipated final two seasons.
