Shawn Levy (“Free Guy”) will direct and executive produce the four-part limited series “All the Light” based on Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II novel “All the Light We Cannot See”.
Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) will adapt the 2014 bestseller about a blind teen and a German soldier whose paths cross in occupied France as they try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Netflix is doing a worldwide casting search for the lead role of Marie-Laure, who is blind, and so are encouraging blind or low-vision actresses to apply.
Levy, Knight, Dan Levine and Josh Barry all executive produce.
Source: THR