‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Movie Adaptation Finds Its Director

Olivia Newman, who wrote and directed Netflix feature First Match, will helm Sony Pictures’ feature adaptation of the Delia Owens’ debut novel that has dominated the New York Times best-sellers list since it was published 2019. It was also the most-sold fiction book on Amazon for all of 2019.

”Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing via their banner Hello Sunshine for 3000 Pictures, Sony’s lit-minded feature label.
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Borys Kit and Mia Galuppo, “'Where the Crawdads Sing' Movie Adaptation Finds Its Director,” Hollywood Reporter, July 21, 2020.