Steve (upcoming film)

Steve is an upcoming drama film directed by Tim Mielants and written by Max Porter. It is an adaptation by Max Porter of his own 2011 novella Shy. It stars Cillian Murphy and Jay Lycurgo.

Premise
Steve (Murphy) is a headteacher in charge of a school for boys with societal and behavioural difficulties.

Cast

 * Cillian Murphy as Steve
 * Jay Lycurgo as Shy

Production
The project was announced for Netflix in February 2024 as being produced by Cillian Murphy's production company, Big Things Films, with his collaborator Alan Moloney also a producer. Tim Mielants is directing, and Max Porter has adapted his own novel Shy for the film. Murphy and Porter previously collaborated on the stage adaptation of Porter's Grief is the Thing with Feathers and on the short film All of This Unreal Time. Porter gave Murphy a copy of Shy in a proof edition before it was completed and Murphy was quoted as saying "it just broke my heart. They're the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer". Jay Lycurgo also joined the cast.

Filming
Principal photography began on May 24, 2024, and wrapped on July 5 in the UK. Filming locations included Bath, Somerset.