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Millie Bobby Brown to Star in Thriller ‘The Girls I’ve Been’

Millie Bobby Brown will play a con artist in a Netflix thriller referred to as “The Girls I’ve Been,” based mostly on an upcoming novel, and she or he’ll additionally produce, the streamer introduced Tuesday.

“The Girls I’ve Been” relies on an upcoming novel by writer Tess Sharpe a few con artist named Nora who should use her powers of persuasion and impersonation to get herself, her girlfriend and her ex-boyfriend free throughout a hostage state of affairs at a financial institution.

The teenage “Stranger Things” star will produce by means of her PCMA Productions, as will “Ozark” star Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan by means of Aggregate Films.

“The Girls I’ve Been” will probably be printed by Penguin Random House early subsequent 12 months, and the e book was introduced in by Aggregate Films’ Tracy Nyberg underneath the movie firm’s total cope with Netflix.

Brown is presently creating “A Time Lost” at Netflix, which relies on her personal unique story that she co-wrote together with her sister Paige Brown. She additionally stars in and produces one other Netflix movie referred to as “Enola Holmes,” which is able to debut on Netflix later this 12 months and is a detective story about Sherlock Holmes’ teenage sister.

Brown can even be seen within the fourth season of “Stranger Things,” which was nominated for an Emmy Tuesday morning, as was Bateman’s “Ozark.”

Deadline first reported the information of the challenge.

Emmy Nominations 2020: Snubs and Surprises, From Bob Odenkirk to Baby Yoda (Photos)

Between Elisabeth Moss and Bob Odenkirk getting pushed out of their respective classes and an surprising nomination for “What We Do in the Shadows,” Tuesday’s Emmy nominations announcement got here with greater than its share of surprises.
Surprise: “What We Do in the Shadows” FX’s sequence adaptation of the vampire mockumetary from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi solely secured two under the road nominations for its first season, but it surely’s second outing scored large with eight nominations, together with an Outstanding Comedy Series nod.

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Surprise: “The Mandalorian” Drama heavyweight “Game of Thrones” was out of the working this 12 months, leaving room for a brand new sequence to sneak in amongst a slew of previous nominees like “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Crown.” But as an alternative of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” voters went with a distinct new streaming service, nominated Disney+’s “The Mandalorian.”

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Snub: Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul” Odenkirk has been a perennial nominee within the lead actor class since 2015, however this 12 months the “Better Call Saul” star was missed in favor of a pair of actors from “Succession” and “The Morning Show” star Steve Carell.

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Snub: Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale” Moss gained the award for lead actress in a drama sequence in 2017 and has been nominated quite a few occasions prior to now, however, like “This Is Us” star Mandy Moore and “How to Get Away With Murder’s” Viola Davis, did not make the minimize for the newest season of “Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Surprise: Zendaya, “Euphoria” In a class comprised largely of returning gamers, darkish horse candidate Zendaya managed to sneak a lead actress nod for her position on the HBO drama “Euphoria,” slipping in alongside fellow class newcomer Jennifer Aniston of “The Morning Show.”

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Snub: “Big Little Lies” HBO’s Liane Moriarty adaptation was the belle of awards season in 2017, all however sweeping the restricted sequence classes with its roster of big-name stars together with Nicole Kidman and…