Netflix has finally announced the release date for Steve along with the first look photo. It stars Cillian Murphy and Jay Lycurgo and is based on Max Porter’s 2023 novella titled Shy. The Steve release date has been announced as October 3, 2025.
“Set in the mid-90s, Steve is a reimagining of Max Porter’s Sunday Times bestseller Shy. The film follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher Steve and his students at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them,” reads the official synopsis. “As Steve fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure, we witness him grappling with his own mental health. In parallel to Steve’s struggles, we meet Shy, a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse for self-destruction and violence.”
