Overview

• Netflix released the first trailer and first-look images on August 13 and 14 to preview the film’s world premiere in TIFF’s Platform strand.
• The adaptation reimagines Max Porter’s 2023 novella Shy by shifting the narrative focus from the troubled teen to headteacher Steve, with Porter adapting his own work and executive producing.
• Cillian Murphy stars as Steve and produces under his Big Things Films banner alongside Alan Moloney and Tina Pawlik, with Tim Mielants directing and Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow scoring the film.
• Steve opens in select theaters on September 19, 2025, and will stream globally on Netflix starting October 3, 2025.
• Murphy has called the role one of his most exposing and terrifying, drawing on his family’s teaching background to explore institutional failure and a teacher’s mental health crisis.