{"id":20302,"date":"2024-03-11T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-the-crow-girl\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:10:01","slug":"production-begins-on-the-crow-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-the-crow-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on The Crow Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"
Buccaneer Media has begun production on The Crow Girl<\/em>, a screen adaptation of Erik Axl Sund\u2019s trilogy, for Paramount+ UK & Ireland.<\/p>\n The psychological thriller begins with the discovery of a teenage boy\u2019s body, discarded in plain sight. DCI Jeanette Kilburn teams up with a psychotherapist despite opposition from her superiors, and they uncover a chain of shocking events that have gone overlooked for decades, as well as evidence of police corruption.<\/p>\n As the body count rises and the two women are dragged deeper into the darkness of the case, an intimacy forms between them and a complex, twisted love story takes place.<\/p>\n Eve Myles (Hijack<\/em>, Broadchurch<\/em>, A Very English Scandal<\/em>) stars as DCI Jeanette Kilburn opposite Katherine Kelly (Mr Bates vs the Post Office<\/em>, Liar<\/em>, Inside No.9<\/em>) as psychotherapist Sophia Craven. Dougray Scott (Irvine Welsh\u2019s Crime<\/em>, Vigil<\/em>) plays DI Lou Stanley.<\/p>\n The cast also includes Clara Rugaard (I am Mother<\/em>, Press Play<\/em>, The Rising<\/em>), Victoria Hamilton (COBRA<\/em>, The Crown<\/em>, Life<\/em>), Elliot Edusah (Django<\/em>, 1917<\/em>, Pirates<\/em>), Chloe Sweetlove (My Husband\u2019s Double Life<\/em>, Tutankhamun<\/em>, Our Fathers<\/em>) and Lee Boardman (Enola Holmes 2<\/em>, Andor<\/em>, Outlander<\/em>).<\/p>\n Milly Thomas adapted the series for the screen. Charles Martin and Rebecca Rycroft are both directors of the series. ITV Studios will distribute The Crow Girl<\/em> internationally.<\/p>\n \u201cJeanette is such a compelling character,\u201d Myles said. \u201cAs soon as I read the script, I knew I wanted to explore her story in more detail. It\u2019s been a really terrific first few weeks on set working alongside a team of such incredible talented people!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m delighted to get started on this absorbing story filming in beautiful Bristol,\u201d Kelly commented. \u201cThe book is thrilling and Milly Thomas\u2019s scripts are even better, and I am excited to start unpicking the character of Sophia as events in the series unfold.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott added, \u201cI am thrilled to get started on The Crow Girl<\/em>, and I am really looking forward to working with all of the extremely talented people on this production.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to be working with Buccaneer again on the adaptation of this gripping novel,\u201d said Sebastian Cardwell, deputy chief content officer for the U.K. at Paramount+. \u201cEve, Katherine and Dougray are the perfect leads for this series, and I can\u2019t wait to see them bring these characters to life.\u201d<\/p>\n Tony Wood, executive producer and CEO of Buccaneer, commented, \u201cWe are delighted to bring the best-selling work of Erik Axl Sund to life on screen with The Crow Girl<\/em> for Paramount+. The first few weeks of filming in Bristol have been great with the excellent cast and crew.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been aching to dive into this story ever since I got my paws on the strange, twisty beast of a novel, and to be making this show alongside the fierce talents of Paramount+ and Buccaneer is a real joy,\u201d added screenwriter Thomas. \u201cSeeing Eve, Katherine, Dougray and the rest of our incredible cast at work is so exhilarating, and I can\u2019t wait to finally share it with audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buccaneer Media has begun production on The Crow Girl, a screen adaptation of Erik Axl Sund\u2019s trilogy, for Paramount+ UK & Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":20303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[873,5477,8675,8676,119,7658,8677,8678,5680,8679,8466],"class_list":["post-20302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-buccaneer-media","tag-dougray-scott","tag-erik-axl-sund","tag-eve-myles","tag-itv-studios","tag-katherine-kelly","tag-milly-thomas","tag-paramount-uk-ireland","tag-sebastian-cardwell","tag-the-crow-girl","tag-tony-wood","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n