Kerry Condon’s star power has been growing over the last few years.
She really smashed into Hollywood in The Banshees of Inisherin back in 2022, which was an awards season darling.
She also recently appeared in the F1 film alongside Brad Pitt and Oscar nominated flick, Train Dreams.
Now her next project has been revealed.
She will star in an adaptation of the best-selling novel, The God of the Woods.
The book by Liz Moore has been a favourite of book clubs around the globe. So it makes sense that Netflix has snapped up the rights for the adaptation of the novel.
The synopsis of the book reads: “In a remote part of the Adirondack Mountains, the wealthy Van Laar family gains control of an extensive parcel of forested land. The Van Laars use their influence to put in place strict rules forbidding development, with the exception of a palatial vacation home for the family and a summer camp for children.
“When a paper mill is closed down, the local job market collapses. People in a nearby town have few choices beyond working for the rich family, creating tension between the classes.
“A child disappears from the property, but someone is wrongly accused for the disappearance. Years later, another child disappears. State police launch an investigation. Aided by the efforts of an inexperienced female investigator, long-standing secrets are revealed.”
According to Deadline, Kerry will play Alice Van Laar, “a character hardened by the grief of a past family tragedy and trapped in a contemptuous marriage, who is forced to face the unimaginable when her 13-year-old daughter goes missing”.
She will appear alongside Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, who is the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke.
Maya will play the role of Judy Luptack, “the first female investigator in the male-dominated Bureau of Criminal Investigation, who is assigned to unravel the girl’s disappearance”.
