Do Sony Pictures have something on their hands that none of us know about? Because Sony has dated a non-franchise crime drama for summer 2022: an adaptation of Delia Owens‘ celebrated first novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” now scheduled for a June 24, 2022 release. What makes ‘Crawdads’ so special that makes Sony bullish enough to take on Paramount Pictures’ untitled “Transformers” project starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback?

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Daisy Edgar-Jones is quickly becoming a star to keep an eye on, with a breakout performance in this year’s “Normal People,” as well as roles in “Cold Feet” and the “War of the Worlds” miniseries. Now, Edgar-Jones is getting the lead role in a Hollywood feature film she deserves in the upcoming adaptation of “Where The Crawdads Sing.”

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The Hollywood Reporter has the news on “Where The Crawdads Sing,” which Sony Pictures will adapt from Delia Owens‘ debut novel with the same title.

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The latest family-friendly adventure from Amazon, “Troop Zero,” is as charming as its heroine. Christmas (McKenna Grace) is a real-life Buzz Lightyear, an adorably precocious and endlessly vivacious nine year old who reaches for the stars and pulls her own strings. The only thing she can’t control in life is wetting the bed, which makes her the weirdo at school. But she’s fine with being friendless–reading up on astronomy is her hobby anyways– until her stepmom (Viola Davis) gives her a talking to.

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'Beasts Of The Southern Wild' Writer Lucy Alibar On Turning The Play Into A Film, Visions Of The Apocalypse & More

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