‘Where the Crawdads Sing:’ ‘Walking Dead’ Star Jayson Warner

Jayson Warner Smith, who performed Gavin on “The Walking Dead,” has joined the movie adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel “Where the Crawdads Sing,” TheWrap has realized completely.

Smith joins a forged that already contains Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith. He’ll play Deputy Joe Purdue within the movie, who suspects Edgar-Jones’ character of homicide and leads an investigation into her boyfriend’s dying.

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which is ready at Sony.

Set towards the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” facilities on a younger lady named Kya who, deserted by her household, raises herself on their lonesome within the marshes outdoors of her small city. However, when her former boyfriend is discovered lifeless, Kya is thrust into the highlight, immediately branded by the native townspeople and regulation enforcement because the prime suspect for his homicide. Equal components haunting crime thriller and transferring coming-of-age story, “Where the Crawdads Sing” explores our common craving for connection, formative first loves and finally, how robust and resilient every of us is, regardless of the obstacles standing in our approach.

Olivia Newman (“First Match”) is directing the movie, and Lucy Alibar, an Oscar nominee for “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” wrote the screenplay based mostly on Owens’ e book.

Hello Sunshine and 3000 Pictures are producing the movie. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, and Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the undertaking for 3000 Pictures.

Jayson Warner Smith is greatest identified for his stint on “The Walking Dead” and on the SundanceTV unique collection “Rectify.” His movie credit embody supporting roles in “The Book of Love” with Maisie Williams and Jason Sudeikis, “Christine” with Rebecca Hall and “American Made” with Tom Cruise. He’s represented by The Alexander White Agency.

“Where the Crawdads Sing” was printed by G.P. Putnam’s Son in August 2018 and spent 110 weeks on the Times bestseller record, promoting greater than 8.5 million copies worldwide.