One of the most popular murder mysteries of the last three years is coming to the big screen! Reese Witherspoon – goddess and champion of bringing women-created books, film, and TV to the masses – and her production company, Hello Sunshine, are making a film version of Where the Crawdads Sing. The movie is based on the September 2018 Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name by Delia Owens. Witherspoon has gushed, “I can’t even express how much I love this book! I didn’t want this story to end.” Now we get to experience Where the Crawdads Sing all over again in a new way. Based on Witherspoon’s’s previous book-to-screen adaptations like Big Little Lies, Wild, and Little Fires Everywhere, we know this new movie is going to be amazing. Read on to discover everything we know about the upcoming movie, then don’t be afraid to give Where the Crawdads Sing another reread or two (it’s that good!).
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What Is Where the Crawdads Sing About?
Where the Crawdads Sing is based on the New York Times bestselling book by Delia Owens. The story is set in late 1969 on the North Carolina coast, when Kya Clark (aka “Marsh Girl”) is suspected of murdering handsome local boy Chase Andrews. Kya grew up alone in the marsh, befriending gulls and becoming a sensitive and intelligent soul. She desires to be loved – which may have drastically changed her life for good.
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Who Is in the Cast of Where the Crawdads Sing?
Daisy Edgar-Jones is set to play Kya Clark in Where The Crawdads Sing. Edgar-Jones is best known for her role as Marianne on Normal People, another book-to-movie adaptation about two high-school kids from Ireland who form a secret bond and, later, fall in love when they go to the same college. Edgar-Jones also starred in the TV movie Albion and the show Cold Feet. Meanwhile, Taylor John Smith will take on the role of Tate Walker and Harris Dickinson will play Chase Andrews.
