By now, you’ve heard us likely talk about Sony’s upcoming romantic Southern Gothic thriller “Where the Crawdads Sing.” The book was a huge sensation in the Oprah Bookclub world, Reese Witherspoon is a producer who is actively championing the movie and promoting it (see the new featurette below) and it stars up and coming actor Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”) and Harris Dickinson (“The King’s Man”). The studio is high and confident in the film releasing it in the heart of the summer, seemingly strong counter-programming to comic book movies and blockbusters. The film tells the story of a woman (Edgar-Jones) who raised herself in the marshes of the deep South and becomes a suspect in the murder of a man she was once involved with.
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Here’s the official synopsis:
From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Singtells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.
“Where the Crawdads Sing” stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) as “Kya Clark,” Taylor John Smith (Sharp Objects) as “Tate Walker,” Harris Dickinson (The King’s Man) as “Chase Andrews,” Michael Hyatt (Snowfall) as “Mabel,” Sterling Macer, Jr. (Double Down) as “Jumpin’,” and David Strathairn (Nomadland) as “Tom Milton.” Olivia Newman (“First Match”) directs the screenplay by Lucy Alibar (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”) based upon the novel by Delia Owens. The 3000 Pictures film is being produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter.
“Where the Crawdads Sing” is set for a July 15, 2022 release. A new trailer has been released featuring a new song Taylor Swift wrote for the movie (titled “Carolina”)—yeah, she’s a big fan of the book and is going to champion it too— plus a new featurette featuring Reese Witherspoon and evincing her enthusiasm for the material. Watch below.