Netflix has set a March 8, 2024 premiere date for the dark fairy tale action film Damsel starring Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown. The premiere date announcement was accompanied by a new teaser poster featuring an up-close photo of Brown’s left eye reflecting a dragon soaring overhead. It appears Brown’s keeping an eye out for that particular creature.
“We were so lucky to have Millie,” said Oscar-nominated filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “She’s a very charismatic, sparkling personality. She has that quality that only stars have, which is you cannot take your eyes off her. She has the ability in this movie, in such a magical way, to bring the audience into her journey and take them into that kind of dark, intense, and thrilling adventure that she’s having. She’s the heart of the movie.”
The cast also includes Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. Discussing casting Bassett and Wright, Fresnadillo said, “When we knew that Robin and Angela would be [cast], we specifically took the time to create a very powerful face-off between the two.”
Dan Mazeau wrote the screenplay and Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Chris Castaldi serve as producers. Executive producers include Millie Bobby Brown, Mazeau, Sue Baden-Powel, Zack Roth, Robert Brown, and Mark Bomback.
“A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “Thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, she must rely on her wits and will to survive.”
