Ever since appearing as Eleven in the first season of the Netflix science-fiction love letter to everything '80s, Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown has come a long way and become a bonafide star with acting skills that go beyond her age. With each subsequent performance, she has proven that she can adapt to pretty much anything thrown at her and constantly finds a way to be absolutely electric in anything she does.
With the 2024 Netflix movie, The Electric State, a highly-anticipated return to Hawkins, Indiana on Stranger Things, and several other promising projects in the works, we're going to be seeing a lot more of Millie Bobby Brown in the very near future. Here are those exciting projects she has in the works, including the upcoming Stranger Things Season 5.
The Electric State (Post-Production) - 2024
Millie Bobby Brown, along with Chris Pratt, will lead The Electric State cast when the long-in–the-works Russo Brothers’ project makes its way to Netflix at some point later in 2024. Based on Simon Stålenhag’s 2018 graphic novel of the same name, the movie will follow a girl named Michelle (Brown) who is sent by a robot to look for her missing brother in a retro-futuristic American wasteland.
Though more details concerning The Electric State and how the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation will differ from (or follow) the source material haven’t been announced as of late, the movie is something the Russos have been trying to get made for quite some time, a project that saw them reteam with the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. A release date has not yet been announced, but Variety has reported that the movie is slated to make its Netflix debut at some point in 2024.
Stranger Things Season 5 (In Production) - 2025
Like the rest of the show’s young cast members, Stranger Things turned Millie Bobby Brown into an instant star upon its release back in July 2016. And now, nearly a decade later, we’re preparing to say our goodbyes to Eleven and the rest of the heroes of Hawkins, Indiana. But before we do just that, we’ll be treated to the highly-anticipated Stranger Things Season 5. Though the Duffer Brothers have been mum about what’s going to happen in the fifth and final season, producer and director Shawn Levy has teased the scale and heart of the concluding chapter, which has us excited.
Production on Stranger Things Season 5 got underway in January 2024, as shown in a series of tweets by the official Netflix Twitter account. And as of March 2024, cameras were still rolling on the much-talked-about return of everyone’s favorite Netflix show. And though we don’t know how much shooting is left before production wraps, Deadline has reported that the show will come back at some point in 2025.
Enola Holmes 3 (In Development) - TBD
Millie Bobby Brown has become one of the biggest Netflix stars over the years thanks to her role on Stranger Things and appearances in movies like Damsel and the Enola Holmes franchise. And while we don’t yet know if her 2024 fantasy adventure film will get a sequel at this point, it looks like Brown might not be finished playing Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister just yet. In November 2023, Collider reported that Enola Holmes 3 was in development at the streamer after Scott Stuber, the head of Netflix Film, revealed that a screenplay was being worked on to keep the series going.
There haven’t been any updates since then, but with the first two movies being received well by critics, as seen in our 3.5/5 Enola Holmes review and even better 4/5 Enola Holmes 2 review, seeing Brown play the young detective at least one more time doesn’t seem all that far-fetched.
The Girls I've Been (In Development) - TBD
Millie Bobby Brown will continue working with Netflix for the foreseeable future as the Enola Holmes star is attached to the film adaptation of Tess Sharpe's 2021 novel, The Girls I've Been. In July 2020, Deadline reported that Brown would be bringing the book's main character, Nora O'Malley, to life on the streaming service at some point. In the book, Nora is portrayed as a successful con artist (which appears to be the family business) who must use her experience and skills in persuasion and impersonation to find a way out of a hostage situation alongside her girlfriend and ex-boyfriend.
There is no word on who will be appearing alongside Millie Bobby Brown in The Girls I've Been, but Jason Bateman, and his Aggregate Films production company, are set to produce the Netflix film. Brown, who served as a producer on the first two Enola Holmes films, will make the crime thriller her latest production through her PCMA Productions. Outside of Brown's casting and the announcement that she and Bateman will serve as producers, there's not a lot of other information about The Girls I've Been in the nearly four years since the film was first announced.
The Thing About Jellyfish (In Development) - TBD
The Girls I've Been isn't the only book adaptation that's coming down the pike for Millie Bobby Brown, as the Stranger Things star is also set to appear in an upcoming movie based on the critically acclaimed 2015 young adult novel The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin. The casting was revealed by The Hollywood Reporter back in March 2019 when it was also announced that Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu would be sitting in the director's chair. According to that report, Brown will be playing the book's main character, Suzy, a young girl heartbroken by the drowning of her best friend who seeks out to prove that the death was caused by a rare jellyfish sting. By diving into a personal world built by her own imagination, Suzy explores life, death, hope, and friendship.
The adaptation of The Thing About Jellyfish has been in the works since around the time of the book's 2015 release and is being produced by a group that includes Reese Witherspoon for a release through Universal Pictures. There hasn't been much in the way of updates about the production over the years, but there’s also been no confirmation if it has actually been canceled either.
The future remains bright for Millie Bobby Brown as she looks to continue her momentum and continue to churn out great movies and television shows for Netflix. If you don't feel like waiting until those new episodes of Stranger Things at some point in 2025, now would be a good time to check out the 2024 TV schedule as well as the 2024 movie calendar for all the latest on the titles coming your way.
