Benedict Cumberbatch to start in 39 Steps Series for Netflix

Benedict Cumberbatch will star in The 39 Steps, a Netflix limited series based on the same novel as Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 movie of the same name, according to Deadline.

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The series will reportedly consist of six hour-long episodes, following an ordinary man, Richard Hannay (Cumberbatch), who becomes an unwitting pawn in a vast, global conspiracy to reset the world order – 39 Steps that will change the world as we know it, with only Hannay standing in the way.