Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine will produce a film adaptation of Delia Owens's bestselling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing, for Fox 2000, which acquired the rights. Variety reported that "Witherspoon's involvement is not a great surprise. The Oscar winner has been a champion of the book, selecting it for inclusion in her Reese's Book Club.... Fox 2000 is also a natural home. Under the leadership of Elizabeth Gabler, the label has developed a knack for turning literary properties into movies, developing the likes of The Fault in Our Stars and The Devil Wears Prada into hit movies."
"With a jaw-dropping mystery, stunning Southern setting, and endlessly fascinating female heroine at its center, I loved this book the moment I read it and am so excited to join forces with Elizabeth and her team to bring Delia's truly moving page-turner to the screen," Witherspoon said.
Gabler commented: "I knew and loved Delia's writing so when I saw that Reese's Book Club was recommending her new book, I started reading it right away. It is absolutely exquisite, so I immediately reached out to Reese and Lauren and said I wanted to bring it to life on film alongside them. We at Fox 2000 have an incredible synergy with Reese, Lauren and their team at Hello Sunshine, and I am elated that we can once again be partners in the creation of yet another extraordinary film from an outstanding literary property." Gabler and Erin Siminoff will oversee production for Fox 2000.