Where The Crawdads Sing Film Adaptation Lands Director Olivia Newman

‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Film Adaptation Lands Director Olivia Newman

By Chris Evangelista/July 22, 2020 2:30 pm EST

THR is reporting that Olivia Newman, director of Netflix’s First Match, has been hired to helm Where the Crawdads Sing, based on the novel by Delia Owens. Here’s a synopsis:

Beasts of the Southern Wild writer Lucy Alibar wrote the script for the film adaptation, but Newman is expected to handle a rewrite. Newman made her feature directorial debut with 2018 Netflix movie First Match. She’s also directed episodes of Chicago Fire and Chicago PD. There’s no casting in place for the Where the Crawdads Sing movie yet, but Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are set to produce via their production company Hello Sunshine for 3000 Pictures, which is  Sony’s label devoted to literary adaptations.