Actress Millie Bobby Brown has become a real Netflix darling – after her breakthrough with ‘Stranger Things’, the streaming service with the red N continues to rely on the now 19-year-old. And so she not only has the crime sequel ‘Enola Holmes 3’ and the science fiction film ‘The Electric State’ in the pipeline for Netflix, but also an epic fantasy adventure: “Lady“.
After originally slated for a 2023 release, the film was pushed back to 2024 as part of a major scheduling change at Netflix. And now we finally know the specific one Release date noted on a brand new poster for the fantasy actor: “Damsel” debuts on Netflix on March 8, 2024.
In “Damsel” the typical fairy tale story of a beautiful girl who is eaten by a dragon is turned upside down, Because Princess Elodie, played by Millie Bobby Brown, has no intention of letting the monster eat her.
The parents of her prince husband Nick Robinson (“Maid”) want her to believe that this is absolutely necessary for the good of the country – but Elodie does not believe in this outdated tradition at all and does not believe that only she can kill the dragon. at bay and destroy the country. Without further ado, she takes up the sword to save herself and find another solution to her kingdom’s problems.
“Young Lady”: the book that accompanies the film
If you want to know how the story ends, you can read it, because a novel about ‘Damsel’ has already been published. And no, the Netflix film is not an adaptation of this book, this time it’s the other way around: Based on the screenplay for the feature film “Damsel” by Dan Mazeau (“Wrath of the Titans”), “The Crown’s Game” author Evelyn Sky has written a novel of the same name in collaboration with Netflix.
“Damsel” was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (“28 Weeks Later”) and stars Robin Wright (“Wonder Woman”) and Ray Winstone (“Black Widow”) as Princess Elodie’s food-loving in-laws. Also at the start: “Black Panther” queen Angela Bassett, “The Expanse” star Shohreh Aghdashloo. You can watch the German trailer for “Damsel” here: