Overview
- Netflix released the full trailer and set a May 8 Netflix premiere for the film adaptation of the bestselling novel.
- The story follows Tova, a widow who cleans at a small-town aquarium, as she bonds with a Giant Pacific Octopus and a drifting young man while they pursue a life-changing mystery.
- Sally Field leads as Tova, Lewis Pullman plays Cameron, and Alfred Molina voices Marcellus the octopus, whose wry narration drives the trailer.
- Director Olivia Newman, who adapted Where the Crawdads Sing, co-wrote the screenplay with John Whittington in a bid to keep the book’s character-first tone.
- The cast also features Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Beth Grant, and Sofia Black-D’Elia, signaling a warm, ensemble-driven release aimed at readers of the novel and broad streaming audiences.