Exclusive: As production is about to begin on 3000 pictures’ adaptation of Klara and the Sun directed by Oscar winner Taika Waititi, Natasha Lyonne and Simon Baker have rounded out the cast, with Jenna Ortega playing the titular character. Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams, Mia Tharia and Aran Murphy also star in the film.
Eying a fall theatrical release, the film is based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times best-selling novel, and is being produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman, Garrett Basch and Waititi. Ishiguro will also exec produce. Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought the project to Heyday. Drew Reed was instrumental in bringing the project to 3000 Pictures and Sony. Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Dahvi Waller-penned script.
The novel tells the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother...
Eying a fall theatrical release, the film is based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times best-selling novel, and is being produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman, Garrett Basch and Waititi. Ishiguro will also exec produce. Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought the project to Heyday. Drew Reed was instrumental in bringing the project to 3000 Pictures and Sony. Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Dahvi Waller-penned script.
The novel tells the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother...
- 2/21/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Newcomers Mia Tharia and Aran Murphy are the newest additions to the cast of Klara and the Sun, Taika Waititi’s feature adaptation of the New York Times bestseller by Kazuo Ishiguro for Sony’s 3000 Pictures. The pair joins the previously announced Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams.
Adapted by screenwriter Dahvi Waller, the film tells the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother (Adams) and a bright teen named Josie (Tharia) who adores her new robot companion, but suffers from a mysterious illness. This is the story of Klara’s quest to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak and how in the process Klara learns the power of human love. Murphy — the son of Oppenheimer Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy — makes his feature film debut as Rick, Josie’s best friend and next-door neighbor.
In its...
Adapted by screenwriter Dahvi Waller, the film tells the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother (Adams) and a bright teen named Josie (Tharia) who adores her new robot companion, but suffers from a mysterious illness. This is the story of Klara’s quest to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak and how in the process Klara learns the power of human love. Murphy — the son of Oppenheimer Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy — makes his feature film debut as Rick, Josie’s best friend and next-door neighbor.
In its...
- 2/7/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Amy Adams is in talks to lead another novel adaptation, this time coupled with director Taika Waititi and Jenna Ortega.
IndieWire can confirm that Adams is in negotiations to co-star alongside Ortega in “Klara and the Sun,” with Waititi directing. Based on executive producer Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling novel, “Klara and the Sun” follows an Artificial Friend named Klara (Ortega) who was designed to prevent loneliness. A mother (Adams) and her ill teenage daughter, Josie, purchase Klara, and the robot makes it her mission to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak. In the process, Klara learns the power of human love.
Deadline first reported Adams being in talks for casting. The film is being produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman, Garrett Basch, and Waititi and will be a Sony 3000 Pictures release. Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought the project to Heyday. Drew Reed was instrumental...
IndieWire can confirm that Adams is in negotiations to co-star alongside Ortega in “Klara and the Sun,” with Waititi directing. Based on executive producer Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling novel, “Klara and the Sun” follows an Artificial Friend named Klara (Ortega) who was designed to prevent loneliness. A mother (Adams) and her ill teenage daughter, Josie, purchase Klara, and the robot makes it her mission to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak. In the process, Klara learns the power of human love.
Deadline first reported Adams being in talks for casting. The film is being produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman, Garrett Basch, and Waititi and will be a Sony 3000 Pictures release. Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought the project to Heyday. Drew Reed was instrumental...
- 2/1/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Amy Adams is in negotiations to co-star alongside Jenna Ortega in Sony’s 3000 Pictures’ Klara and the Sun, which Taika Waititi is set to direct. Based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel, the film is being produced by Heyday Films’ David Heyman, Garrett Basch and Waititi. Ishiguro is an executive producer.
Klara and the Sun tells the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother (Adams) and a bright teen named Josie who adores her new robot companion but suffers from a mysterious illness. This is the story of Klara’s quest to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak and how in the process Klara learns the power of human love.
Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday. Drew Reed was instrumental in bringing the project to 3000 Pictures and Sony.
Klara and the Sun tells the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother (Adams) and a bright teen named Josie who adores her new robot companion but suffers from a mysterious illness. This is the story of Klara’s quest to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak and how in the process Klara learns the power of human love.
Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday. Drew Reed was instrumental in bringing the project to 3000 Pictures and Sony.
- 2/1/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Taika Waititi is in talks to direct Sony’s 3000 Pictures’ Klara and the Sun, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, with no deal yet closed, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
With the movie adaptation in development, Dahvi Waller (Mrs. America, Mad Men) wrote the original draft of the screenplay for the Jojo Rabbit director. David Heyman is producing the feature for Heyday Films.
The film will adapt the Nobel-prize-winning writer’s novel about Klara, a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely. The film portrays efforts to save a family of humans Klara lives with from heartbreak.
Garrett Basch and Waititi are in negotiations to share producer credits on the project. Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought the project to Heyday.
Columbia Pictures produced James Ivory’s adaptation of Ishiguro’s 1989 novel The Remains of the Day, which starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Ishiguro will executive produce...
With the movie adaptation in development, Dahvi Waller (Mrs. America, Mad Men) wrote the original draft of the screenplay for the Jojo Rabbit director. David Heyman is producing the feature for Heyday Films.
The film will adapt the Nobel-prize-winning writer’s novel about Klara, a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely. The film portrays efforts to save a family of humans Klara lives with from heartbreak.
Garrett Basch and Waititi are in negotiations to share producer credits on the project. Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought the project to Heyday.
Columbia Pictures produced James Ivory’s adaptation of Ishiguro’s 1989 novel The Remains of the Day, which starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Ishiguro will executive produce...
- 5/1/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Taika Waititi looks to have found his next project to direct: Sources tell Deadline that the Jojo Rabbit Oscar winner is in negotiations to direct Klara and the Sun, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel, for Sony’s 3000 Pictures. The project is in development, with Dahvi Waller penning the original draft of the screenplay.
Ishiguro’s novel follows Klara, a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely. This is the story of how she tries to save a family of humans she lives with from heartbreak. The role is certain to become one of the more sought-after parts for a actresses in their 20s given the awards pedigree Ishiguro adaptations have garnered.
David Heyman is producing the film for Heyday Films, and Garrett Basch and Waititi are in negotiations to produce. Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday.
Ishiguro’s novel follows Klara, a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely. This is the story of how she tries to save a family of humans she lives with from heartbreak. The role is certain to become one of the more sought-after parts for a actresses in their 20s given the awards pedigree Ishiguro adaptations have garnered.
David Heyman is producing the film for Heyday Films, and Garrett Basch and Waititi are in negotiations to produce. Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday.
- 5/1/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and Elizabeth Gabler are looking to reunite as Deadline is hearing Rosenbaum is coming on to direct an adaptation of of Jessica Anya Blau’s bestselling coming-of-age novel Mary Jane for Sony and Gabler’s 3000 Pictures. Rosenbaum and Gabler along with Erin Siminoff, who is also at 3000 Pictures, worked together on Aquamarine and Ramona and Beezus for Fox 2000. Blau will adapt the script.
The novel tells a coming-of-age story of an innocent teenager from a very conservative 1970’s Baltimore family, Mary Jane gets a summer job babysitting, only to find out that her employer is a progressive psychologist who’s secretly treating a rock star and his superstar wife for rehab at his home. As Mary Jane is welcomed into this eccentric household, and as she observes the two mega-stars’ tumultuous, but intensely passionate relationship, she becomes caught between the traditional lifestyle she’s always known,...
The novel tells a coming-of-age story of an innocent teenager from a very conservative 1970’s Baltimore family, Mary Jane gets a summer job babysitting, only to find out that her employer is a progressive psychologist who’s secretly treating a rock star and his superstar wife for rehab at his home. As Mary Jane is welcomed into this eccentric household, and as she observes the two mega-stars’ tumultuous, but intensely passionate relationship, she becomes caught between the traditional lifestyle she’s always known,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Sony’s 3000 Pictures has closed a deal for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks’ New York Times bestseller Horse. Based on the true story of the record-breaking racehorse Lexington and his enslaved groom, the novel tells the sweeping story that unfolds against the backdrop of modern-day race relations in America as an interracial couple embarks on a quest to uncover the mysteries of Lexington’s story.
Drew Reed, Sony’s head of Literary in New York, brought the novel into the studio and was instrumental in the deal. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for the studio. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, Horse became an instant bestseller when it was released on June 14.
Australia-born Brooks worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Mideast,...
Drew Reed, Sony’s head of Literary in New York, brought the novel into the studio and was instrumental in the deal. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for the studio. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, Horse became an instant bestseller when it was released on June 14.
Australia-born Brooks worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Mideast,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony’s literary-driven speciality film unit 3000 Pictures has closed a deal for the rights to bestselling author Soman Chainani’s “Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales,” with an eye to turn it into a limited series.
An overnight New York Times bestseller when it published with HarperCollins Children’s Books in September 2021, “Beasts and Beauty” has since sold in 13 territories around the world. The work is a collection of 12 fairy tales reimagined to reflect a new era, and spins the stories you know and love into thrilling adventures of mystery, magic and rebellious hearts.
Chainani is writing the pilot and is an executive producer on the project. Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum of Roth/Kirschenbaum Films are executive producing with Alyssa Altman as co-executive producer. Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing for 3000 Pictures.
Chainani is known for “The School for Good and Evil,” part of the EverNever world, a fairytale...
An overnight New York Times bestseller when it published with HarperCollins Children’s Books in September 2021, “Beasts and Beauty” has since sold in 13 territories around the world. The work is a collection of 12 fairy tales reimagined to reflect a new era, and spins the stories you know and love into thrilling adventures of mystery, magic and rebellious hearts.
Chainani is writing the pilot and is an executive producer on the project. Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum of Roth/Kirschenbaum Films are executive producing with Alyssa Altman as co-executive producer. Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing for 3000 Pictures.
Chainani is known for “The School for Good and Evil,” part of the EverNever world, a fairytale...
- 5/9/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures’ 3000 Pictures has acquired film adaptation rights to Lucy Foley’s new book, The Paris Apartment, which became an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller after its release last month by William Morrow, a U.S. imprint of HarperCollins.
The Paris Apartment follows aspiring journalist Ben, who lives in an old apartment block near the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. He’s moved to Paris for a fresh start and isn’t thrilled when his chaotic sister Jess asks if she can crash with him after leaving her job in London. But he didn’t say no, and surely everything looks better from Paris. However, Ben isn’t there when Jess arrives and doesn’t show up the next morning. Jess soon realizes that the block’s inhabitants are the only people that can help, but they are a dysfunctional,...
The Paris Apartment follows aspiring journalist Ben, who lives in an old apartment block near the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. He’s moved to Paris for a fresh start and isn’t thrilled when his chaotic sister Jess asks if she can crash with him after leaving her job in London. But he didn’t say no, and surely everything looks better from Paris. However, Ben isn’t there when Jess arrives and doesn’t show up the next morning. Jess soon realizes that the block’s inhabitants are the only people that can help, but they are a dysfunctional,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead), Michael Hyatt (Snowfall), Ahna O’Reilly (The Morning Show), Sterling Macer Jr. (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), and newcomer Jojo Regina have been added to the cast of Where The Crawdads Sing, the film adaptation based on Delia Owens’ Nyt best-selling novel from 3000 Pictures, Hello Sunshine, and Sony. Olivia Newman is attached to direct the pic from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lucy Alibar.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, the story centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the...
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, the story centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the...
- 4/14/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Jayson Warner Smith, who played Gavin on “The Walking Dead,” has joined the film adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel “Where the Crawdads Sing,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Smith joins a cast that already includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith. He’ll play Deputy Joe Purdue in the film, who suspects Edgar-Jones’ character of murder and leads an investigation into her boyfriend’s death.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which is set at Sony.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement...
Smith joins a cast that already includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith. He’ll play Deputy Joe Purdue in the film, who suspects Edgar-Jones’ character of murder and leads an investigation into her boyfriend’s death.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which is set at Sony.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement...
- 3/30/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar nominated actor David Strathairn will join Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of Where The Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ best-selling novel. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
The story takes place in Mid-20th Century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Selling nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide,...
The story takes place in Mid-20th Century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Selling nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony’s 3000 Pictures Sets ‘Mrs. America’s Dahvi Waller To Adapt Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara And The Sun’
Exclusive: Mrs. America and Mad Men writer Dahvi Waller has been set by Sony’s 3000 Pictures to adapt author Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel, Klara and the Sun.
The novel was published this month to raves by Alfred A. Knopf in the US and Faber in the UK — Ishiguro is the Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day, so his every book is a publishing industry event. Elizabeth Gabler’s Sony-based 3000 shingle acquired the screen rights at auction last summer.
David Heyman is producing through his Heyday Films.
Klara is a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely. This is the story of how she tries to save a family of humans she lives with from heartbreak. Ishiguro is exec producer.
Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday. Gabler, Drew Reed and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
The novel was published this month to raves by Alfred A. Knopf in the US and Faber in the UK — Ishiguro is the Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day, so his every book is a publishing industry event. Elizabeth Gabler’s Sony-based 3000 shingle acquired the screen rights at auction last summer.
David Heyman is producing through his Heyday Films.
Klara is a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely. This is the story of how she tries to save a family of humans she lives with from heartbreak. Ishiguro is exec producer.
Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday. Gabler, Drew Reed and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
- 3/12/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson are set to join Daisy Edgar-Jones in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of publishing phenomenon Where The Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ best-selling novel. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
Like Edgar-Jones, Smith and Dickinson were among a slew of talent vying for the male leads in the film, in what turned in to two of the more coveted roles among young rising stars.
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law...
Like Edgar-Jones, Smith and Dickinson were among a slew of talent vying for the male leads in the film, in what turned in to two of the more coveted roles among young rising stars.
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law...
- 1/25/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Daisy Edgar-Jones of “Normal People” has been cast in the role of Kya in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing.”
Olivia Newman will direct the film at Sony based on Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel from 2018 and a screenplay from Oscar nominee Lucy Alibar.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing the film. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, and Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement...
Olivia Newman will direct the film at Sony based on Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel from 2018 and a screenplay from Oscar nominee Lucy Alibar.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing the film. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, and Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement...
- 10/21/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Daisy Edgar-Jones landed the starring role of Kya in the 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine film adaptation of Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Edgar-Jones is one of the stars of the...
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Edgar-Jones is one of the stars of the...
- 10/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“Normal People” star Daisy Edgar-Jones has boarded the drama “Where the Crawdads Sing” with Reese Witherspoon producing through her Hello Sunshine banner.
The project is based on Delia Owens’ debut novel, which has sold nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide. The story is set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South and centers on a young woman named Kya, who is abandoned by her family and raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
The script is written by Academy Award-nominated writer Lucy Alibar with Olivia Newman directing. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Alibar received a Humantitas Prize and...
The project is based on Delia Owens’ debut novel, which has sold nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide. The story is set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South and centers on a young woman named Kya, who is abandoned by her family and raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
The script is written by Academy Award-nominated writer Lucy Alibar with Olivia Newman directing. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Alibar received a Humantitas Prize and...
- 10/21/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Newman will direct 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of Delia Owens’ New York Times crime thriller bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing which is setup at Sony, we can confirm. As Deadline previously first told you, Oscar nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild scribe Lucy Alibar is adapting.
Newman’s feature directorial debut, First Match, premiered at the 2018 SXSW, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Film in Competition and the Luna Gamechanger Award for Best Female Director of a first feature. She also directed episodes of Dare Me, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D and FBI and is an alum of the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs and the Sundance FilmTwo Intensive.
Where the Crawdads Sing is set in the mid-20th century South and follows Kya, a young woman, who is abandoned by her family and raisers herself all alone in the marshes outside her small town.
Newman’s feature directorial debut, First Match, premiered at the 2018 SXSW, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Film in Competition and the Luna Gamechanger Award for Best Female Director of a first feature. She also directed episodes of Dare Me, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D and FBI and is an alum of the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs and the Sundance FilmTwo Intensive.
Where the Crawdads Sing is set in the mid-20th century South and follows Kya, a young woman, who is abandoned by her family and raisers herself all alone in the marshes outside her small town.
- 7/21/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The movie adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing” in development at Sony has found a director, “First Match” filmmaker Olivia Newman, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Newman will direct the film at Sony based on Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel from 2018 and a screenplay from Oscar nominee Lucy Alibar.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing the film. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, and Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Also Read: Reese Witherspoon to Star in Pair of Netflix Rom-Coms
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight,...
Newman will direct the film at Sony based on Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel from 2018 and a screenplay from Oscar nominee Lucy Alibar.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing the film. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, and Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Also Read: Reese Witherspoon to Star in Pair of Netflix Rom-Coms
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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