Netflix’s Upcoming Movie Based On A Bestselling Book Features The Most Meta Casting

2026-03-12 01:03
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Netflix finally announced who will play Marcellus the Octopus in Remarkably Bright Things, and the casting is both perfect and hilariously meta.

Netflix'sRemarkably Bright Creatures brings a bestselling book to life, and it officially features the most meta casting. Many novels are being brought to the screen this year, but one book adaptation you cannot miss is Remarkably Bright Creatures. The story has been affectionately nicknamed “That Octopus Book” because it’s told from the perspective of a Great Pacific Octopus, combining magical realism and literary fiction.