Netflix has officially greenlit a limited series adaptation of Ira Levin's novel The Boys From Brazil, from creator Peter Morgan (The Crown). The five-part series will star Jeremy Strong (Succession) as Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann, with Gillian Anderson (The Crown) joining the cast as Frieda Steiner.
The series also features Daniel Brühl as Von Harteneck, August Diehl as Johann-Friedrich Meinhardt, Shira Haas as Anna Koehler, and Lizzy Caplan as Hannah Liebermann. Filming is set to begin next month in the UK, Germany, Bulgaria, and Spain.
Described as a historical thriller and moral reckoning, The Boys from Brazil spans three decades from the aftermath of World War II through the 1970s. It follows Liebermann's lifelong crusade to bring Nazi fugitives to justice, a mission that has cost him nearly everything. When a young protégée uncovers a shocking Nazi plan in Brazil, Liebermann races to expose the truth: Meinhardt, a sadistic Nazi scientist thought dead, is alive and orchestrating a plot to spark a Fourth Reich.
The series is executive produced by Suzanne Mackie for Orchid Pictures, Simon Heath for World Productions, and Alex Gabassi, who will also direct. Oona O Beirn and Andy Stebbing serve as producers. The 1978 film adaptation, starring Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck, received five Academy Award nominations.
