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Where The Crawdads Sing Trivia | 37 facts about the new film

“Where The Crawdads Sing” is a new film based on the best-selling book of the same name by Delia Owens.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2022 American mystery drama film
It is based on the novel of the same name by Delia Owens
It is directed by Olivia Newman
From a screenplay written by Lucy Alibar
And produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter
The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer, Jr., and David Strathairn
Where the Crawdads Sing was released in the United States on July 15, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing
It received mixed reviews from critics
Catherine “Kya” Clark is an endlessly resourceful young girl who grows up in a North Carolina marsh
Abandoned by her parents and older siblings in the early 1950s, Kya learns to survive on her own
She is taught to read and write by her friend Tate Walker and falls for him, but is left behind once again when he goes to college.
Chase Andrews is a quarterback who draws Kya into a tryst with promises of marriage that never materialize
After Kya ends their relationship, Chase attempts to rape her and she narrowly escapes
Then, while she is away, Chase is found dead and Kya is engulfed in a murder trial
With the evidence against her seeming insurmountable
On January 25, 2021, it was announced that Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson would be joining Daisy Edgar-Jones in a film adaptation produced by Hello Sunshine and 3000 Pictures for Sony Pictures, based on Delia Owens’ best-selling novel Where the Crawdads Sing
The film will be directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Lucy Alibar
On March 17, 2021, David Strathairn joined the cast of the film
On March 30, 2021, Jayson Warner Smith joined the cast of the film
In April 2021, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Hyatt, Ahna O’Reilly, Sterling Macer Jr., and Jojo Regina joined the cast
In June 2021, Eric Ladin joined the cast of the film
Principal photography took place from March 30 to June 28, 2021, in New Orleans and Houma, Louisiana
Mychael Danna composed the film’s musical scor
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift wrote and performed the original song “Carolina” for the film
When the film’s promotional trailer was first released, she said that she “got absolutely lost in [the book] when I read it years ago” and “wanted to create something haunting and ethereal”
It was previously scheduled to be released on June 24, 2022
Before being delayed to July 22, 2022
And then being moved up by a week to July 15
In the United States and Canada, Where the Crawdads Sing was released alongside Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
It is projected to gross around $10 million from 3,626 theaters in its opening weekend
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 34% rating
Based on 65 critics’ reviews
With an average rating of 5/10
The website’s consensus reads, “Daisy Edgar-Jones gives it her all, but Where the Crawdads Sing is ultimately unable to distill its source material into a tonally coherent drama”
On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100
Based on 27 critics
Indicating “mixed or average reviews”