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Maya Hawke to Lead Netflix’s ‘The God of the Woods’

Author Liz Moore will co-run the adaptation with Liz Hannah, with release timing plus additional roles still unannounced.

Overview

  • Netflix is adapting Liz Moore’s bestselling novel into a multi-generational drama set in the Adirondacks, focusing on the Van Laar family and a 13-year-old’s disappearance.
  • Hawke will play Judy Luptack, the first female investigator in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation assigned to the missing-child case at a summer camp.
  • Moore and Liz Hannah are co-writers and co-showrunners, with Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty executive producing for Original Film and Sony Pictures Television as the studio.
  • The novel has sold over 1 million copies worldwide and earned year-end accolades from outlets including the New York Times, People, and NPR.
  • Netflix has not announced a premiere date or additional casting, and the project extends Hawke’s ongoing relationship with the streamer after Stranger Things.