Mark Ruffalo & Hugh Laurie Join ‘All The Light We Cannot See’ Netflix Limited Series Adaptation
deadline.comMark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie are set as leads opposite Mia Loberti in Netflix’s All The Light We Cannot See, a four-part limited series adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight.Newcomer Loberti, who is blind, plays Marie-Laure, the blind teenager at the heart of the story, whose path collides with Werner, a German soldier, as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II in occupied France.Ruffalo will play Daniel LeBlanc, the principal locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Caring and clever, he’s determined to give his blind daughter Marie as much independence as he can while also protecting her – and the secret gem they carry – from Nazi occupation.Laurie will portray Etienne LeBlanc, an eccentric and reclusive World War I hero suffering from PTSD.
Etienne is a nervous shut-in who records clandestine radio broadcasts as part of the French Resistance.Stranger Things producer Levy has been developing the project for a couple of years through his company 21 Laps Entertainment at Netflix, where he has an overall deal.
Peaky Blinders creator Knight is writing the adaptation, and Levy is directing all four episodes.All the Light We Cannot See was published in 2014 and received wide critical acclaim as well as a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction the same year.
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