Writer Porter's star is on the rise: An adaptation of his debut novel "Grief Is the Thing with Feathers" world premiered at Sundance in January 2025, retitled "The Thing with Feathers" and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a father raising his sons after the sudden death of his wife. Porter's novel "Shy" was a major bestseller in the U.K.

Cillian Murphy will return as an exasperated individual, after Oppenheimer, in the upcoming drama Steve. Murphy won his first Oscar for his performance in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Steve is directed by Tim Mielants,