Millie Bobby Brown has quickly become one of Netflix’s most sought-after actresses, having appeared in Stranger Things and Enola Holmes, and the streaming service has yet another project in which she will star as the lead. Here’s what we know so far about Damsel, the upcoming fantasy film. Damsel, an upcoming fantasy film starring Brown, will subvert the “damsel in distress” trope by having her heroine slay the dragon herself rather than waiting for a knight to save her. Damsel will be directed by Oscar nominee Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who has previously worked on 28 Weeks Later and Intruders.
Dan Mazeau, who worked on Wrath of the Titans and several upcoming high-budget films, wrote the script for the film. Roth Kirschenbaum Films will be produced by Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum. Mazeau, Zack Roth, and Chris Castaldi are executive producers alongside Brown (under her PCMA banner). Orchid Productions Ltd is also listed among the project’s production companies. The project is expected to cost between $60 and $70 million. Everything else we know about Netflix’s Damsel is as follows:
What is Damsel’s plot?
The following summarises the Damsel on Netflix’s story:
A princess who believes she is marrying a prince is thrown into a pit where she is being sacrificed to a dragon in this suspenseful thriller. The character played by Brown, Elodie, is under pressure to be a good, obedient wife from her father, who needs the money her marriage will bring. Elodie is anxiously anticipating her wedding to Prince Henry. Elodie discovers after getting married to Henry that she was duped into becoming a sacrifice offering for a vicious dragon that wants to devour her. Elodie struggles to escape the dragon’s den before killing the dragon to save herself.
The screenplay has also been turned into a novel by New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye, which is scheduled to be released on March 14th, 2023. In October 2022, the book’s announcement was made. The author of The Hundred Loves of Juliet, Three Kisses, One Midnight, and The Crown’s Game is Skye.
Who is a Damsel cast member?
Only Millie Bobby Brown was the first and at the time only known actress to be a part of the Damsel cast as of October 2021. Brown will be portraying Princess Elodie in the lead role. The unfortunate damsel who believes she is marrying Prince Henry but learns she is actually being sacrificed to a dragon. Brown is best known for playing Eleven in the Netflix series Stranger Things, but she has since appeared in Enola Holmes and a number of other Netflix productions. The stepmother of Princess Elodie, Lady Bayford, will be portrayed by Angela Bassett (Black Panther). The remaining actors in the cast are:
Robin Wright (House of Cards, Beowulf)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse)
Nick Robinson (Jurassic World)
Ray Winstone (The Departed, Black Widow)
Brooke Carter (The Peripheral)
Mens-Sana Tamakloe (Inception) will play a Knight
Sonya Nisa (Red Rose)
Rui M Tomas (Lusitânia)
When will Damsel be available on Netflix?
According to Production Weekly issue 1265, Netflix’s Damsel was set to begin production in the first quarter of 2022. Millie recently finished filming the sequel to Enola Holmes, which was completed in early January 2022. We can now go one step further and say that filming will begin in February 2022 in London, England. According to reports, filming began on February 24th, 2022, and will conclude in July 2022.
Damsel has yet to be released by Netflix, but it will not be part of the 2022 lineup. Instead, it’s expected in 2023, and keep an eye on when the book comes out, as they sometimes coincide with Netflix releases.