The Wonder on Netflix: Bringing the Classic Tale to Life is a new series that takes the original book by R.J. Palacio and brings the story to life in the form of a compelling drama with heart, humour, and emotional depth. The show stars Millie Bobby Brown as August Pullman, the ten-year-old boy born with facial differences who enters fifth grade after being homeschooled for years alongside his little sister and three friends.
Release date:
In 2022.
Cast and characters:
– Michael Peña is the supportive father of a new friend Mia.
-Dermot Mulroney is the warmhearted principal at the children’s elementary school, the one tasked with the difficult job of educating the whole child.
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-Izabela Vidovic is Olivia Pullman, the daughter of August, who has to deal with her peers bullying and picking on him.
-Auli’i Cravalho plays Lilette, the daughter of a self-made millionaire, and his immigrant wife, the new girl in school from Hawaii, with a natural talent for singing that means she becomes Olivia’s first (and only) friend.
Plot details:
The story of the boy who was born with the wrong gender. The wonder on Netflix is the coming-of-age story that follows young August Pullman as his family, friends, and community rally around him when he enters middle school.
The Wonder on Netflix tells the story of a young boy who is born with the wrong gender. The child, August Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), has a brain that’s all-male and a body that’s all-female. It follows his journey as he enters middle school for the first time in fifth grade. August gets bullied at the school; his classmates refuse to call him by the name he wants them to use.
