Dropped on Wednesday, the trailer revolves around the life of Cillian’s troubled head teacher at an all-boys reform school. Steve (Cillian Murphy), who fights to bring righteousness to the institute, struggles to cope with his own mental health challenges.

Cillian Murphy is stepping into the lead role in Steve, a new film based on Max Porter’s bestselling novel Shy. The movie follows a head teacher named Steve and one of his students, Shy, as they both face their own struggles at a reform school on the brink of closure.

Netflix has released the trailer for “Steve,” starring Oscar winner Cillian Murphy. Based on Max Porter’s 2023 novel “Shy,” the film “follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher Steve (Murphy) and his students at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them.