James Norton and Bill Nighy star in new Netflix movie Joy - watch trailer here

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18 Mar 2024, 14:24

Happy Valley’s James Norton is teaming up with Love Actually’s Bill Nighy and Thomasin McKenzie from Last Night in Soho for a new Netflix movie. 

And to give us an idea of what to expect, the first trailer for the film, called Joy, has just landed.

The narrative focuses on the true story of Louise Joy Brown, who was the first person to be born through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). She was born at Oldham General Hospital in 1978.

In the film - which is set in the 1960s and 1970s -  Norton plays scientist Robert Edwards, while Nighy plays surgeon Patrick Steptoe and Kiwi actor McKenzie plays embryologist Jean Purdy. In their ten-year journey to create the world’s first “test tube” baby, the three British pioneers deal with various technical and practical problems, as well as opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, who don't agree with what they are doing.

“What we’re doing, it matters,” Nighy’s character says in the trailer, which was released today (18th March).

Have a look at the trailer here: 

The movie also stars Charlie Murphy, also from Happy Valley, as well as Peaky Blinders. Rish Shah, Eoin Duffy and Douggie McMeekin also feature.

Joy is directed by Ben Taylor, who has previously helmed episodes of Sex Education, while Enola Holmes writer Jack Thorne and his wife Rachel Mason penned the script.

At this stage, no release date for the new Netflix film has been announced, but the streaming service promises that in the trailer that it will be “soon”.

Thomasin McKenzie, who has also starred in the like of JoJo Rabbit and Leave No Trace, took to Instagram to write: “Proud doesn’t nearly cover how I feel to be a part of JOY. This story and these people changed the world. Coming soon ❤️”

Joy will stream on Netflix.