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Netflix Orders Spy Thriller Starring Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour

6/27/2026

Summary

Story summary

Netflix ordered a straight-to-series spy thriller starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour.
Jack Thorne created series with A24, loosely adapting Paul Warner’s novel “A Spy in the Blood.”
Harbour plays Matt Wolfe, a disgraced ex-FBI agent whose estranged daughter Rebecca, played by Brown, vanishes.
Brown, Harbour, Thorne, Jake Bongiovi and Robert Brown are executive producers and say the producers resolved prior harassment rumors, sharing a special bond.

History

Historical Context

The BBC’s 1973 series The Prisoner introduced an Orwellian, paranoid take on espionage that drew a large UK audience, while the 1970 October Crisis saw Canada invoke the War Measures Act, detaining more than 450 people. These 1970s examples of state surveillance and high-stakes intrigue shape today’s 2024 streaming spy thrillers starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour.

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Story summary

Netflix ordered a straight-to-series spy thriller starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour.
Jack Thorne created series with A24, loosely adapting Paul Warner’s novel “A Spy in the Blood.”
Harbour plays Matt Wolfe, a disgraced ex-FBI agent whose estranged daughter Rebecca, played by Brown, vanishes.
Brown, Harbour, Thorne, Jake Bongiovi and Robert Brown are executive producers and say the producers resolved prior harassment rumors, sharing a special bond.

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