'Steve' Photo: Cillian Murphy Stars in 'Shy' Adaptation
- Netflix announced on June 24, 2025, the release of Steve, a film starring Cillian Murphy that follows a pivotal day at a last-chance reform school.
- The film adapts Max Porter's 2023 novella Shy and reimagines its story set in the mid-1990s, focusing on a headteacher's struggle amid the school's closure.
- Steve works to preserve the school's future while managing his own mental health challenges, alongside troubled student Shy, who struggles to come to terms with his violent past and inner turmoil.
- Steve will have a limited theatrical run in September 2025 before streaming on Netflix beginning October 3, 2025, with first-look images showing Steve deep in thought.
- The release suggests continued collaboration between Murphy, director Tim Mielants, and Max Porter, highlighting themes of hardship and resilience in education.
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Cillian Murphy Plays a Reform School Teacher Grappling with His Mental Health in First Look at Netflix's 'Steve'
The Oscar winner, who is the son of two educators in real life, will also star in an upcoming 'Peaky Blinders' movieRobert Viglasky/Neflix Cillian Murphy in Netflix's Steve (2025)NEED TO KNOWCillian Murphy stars in the first look at Steve, as a teacher who "fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure" while "grappling with his own mental health"Based on Max Porter's 2023 novella Shy, the upcoming drama costars Jay Lycurgoa as …
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