Stranger Things is wrapping up later this year, which means Millie Bobby Brown is about to retire the Hawkins buzzcut and move on. She already has her next big swing lined up: a gymnastics biopic with a very familiar 1996 ending.
Millie Bobby Brown is circling Perfect
According to Deadline, Brown is in final negotiations to play Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug in Perfect, which Gia Coppola is set to direct. The deal is not closed yet, but the project is expected to land at Netflix if everything locks in.
Inside baseball for the curious: Coppola is directing from a script by Ronnie Sandahl, and Brown is also producing under her PMCA banner. She is joined by Nik Bower for Riverstone Pictures and Thomas Benski for Magna Studios. Translation: this isn’t a small one-off — it has real backing and a streamer likely waiting at the finish line.
Why Kerri Strug still resonates
If you were alive and vaguely aware of sports in the summer of 1996, you know the moment. Strug, part of the U.S. women’s team nicknamed the Magnificent Seven, sealed the team gold by sticking a vault on an injured ankle. One photo of her landing became as viral as anything could be pre-social media — think front pages, nightly news, the works. The image of her coach carrying her off the mat is burned into the same collective memory. It’s the kind of made-for-cinema finale you don’t have to punch up.
Brown’s slate is already packed
Before she flips into Perfect, Brown has been busy lining up the rest of her post-Hawkins life:
- Enola Holmes 3: Recently wrapped. Brown returns with Henry Cavill and Helena Bonham Carter for another cozy mystery that’s being teased as Enola’s most dangerous case yet.
- The Girls I’ve Been: Heading into pre-production. Based on Tess Sharpe’s story, it follows Nora, a con artist who leans on persuasion and impersonation to get herself and her friends out of trouble.
- Just Picture It: Also in pre-production. A comedic romance about two carefree college students whose phones start showing them photos from ten years in the future. Mildly terrifying, potentially adorable.
A quick reality check
This isn’t locked yet, so it could shift. But if Brown does sign on to play Strug, I’m curious where they land on the training-versus-doubles balance. Olympic-level vaults are not exactly something you pick up between table reads. Either way, the story’s built-in drama is undeniable. File this one under: obvious play with a high degree of difficulty.