Actor Idris Elba will follow his directorial debut Yardie with an adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, with the story being set in modern times. In addition to directing, Elba will star in the film and also produce, with Michael Mitnick updating a screenplay adaptation, which will be coming to Netflix.
In the story, the hunchback Quasimodo is relegated to living in a chapel as his disfigurements have caused society to shun him.