Netflix drops first look teaser of Joy

On Monday, Netflix unveiled the first look teaser of their upcoming docufilm, Joy. The film is set to trace the birth of IVF or In vitro fertilization.

"Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube- baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse, and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilization (IVF)," reads the official description of Joy.

Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy star in lead roles in the upcoming docufilm. Jack Thorne has penned the screenplay for Joy, the story for which comes from Thorne and Rachel Mason. Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey are backing the project for Wildgaze. A release date for Joy is yet to be announced.