Mystery… has met its match.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Movie Storyline. 16-year-old sleuth Nancy Drew and her father Carson relocate from Chicago to rural River Heights following her mother’s death. Following a number of incidents, the latest being an online prank on a jock after he humiliates one of Nancy’s friends, she is sentenced to community service. Nancy soon comes to the aid of an elderly woman needing help with a supernatural presence.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is a 2019 American teen mystery film directed by Katt Shea with a screenplay by Nina Fiore and John Herrera, based on the book of the same name by Carolyn Keene which was earlier adapted for a 1939 film. The film stars Sophia Lillis in the titular role of Nancy Drew, as she investigates a haunted house. The film was released on March 15, 2019. It received moderately positive reviews from critics.
On April 20, 2018, it was reported that Sophia Lillis would star in the film adaptation of Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, which would be produced by Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, and Chip Diggins for Warner Bros. Pictures. In June 2018, other cast was announced which included Zoe Renee as George, Mackenzie Graham as Bess, Laura Slade Wiggins as Helen, Sam Trammell as Carson, Linda Lavin as Flora, and Andrea Anders as Hannah, along with Jay DeVon Johnson, Andrew Matthew Welch, Jon Briddell, Josh Daugherty, Evan Castelloe, and Jesse C. Boyd.
Principal photography on the film took place in June 2018 in Monroe, Georgia. On January 18, 2019, DeGeneres announced exclusively that the film would be released in theaters on March 15; she also debuted a trailer. On February 19, 2019 Warner Bros. Pictures released a short clip from the movie.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
Directed by: Katt Shea
Starring: Sophia Lillis, Zoe Renee, Mackenzie Graham, Andrea Anders, Laura Wiggins, Sam Trammell, Linda Lavin, Andrew Matthew Welch, Jon Briddell, Jesse C. Boyd, Ayanna Wardlow
Screenplay by: Nina Fiore, John Herrera
Production Design by: John Collins
Cinematography by: Edd Lukas
Film Editing by: Richard Nord
Costume Design by: Peggy Stamper
Music by: Sherri Chung
MPAA Rating: PG for peril, suggestive material, thematic elements and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Visits: 80
