Eve Myles & Katherine Kelly to Lead Serial Killer Drama 'The Crow Girl'
Eve Myles in "We Hunt Together" // Katherine Kelly in "The Long Shadow"
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Strange things are afoot at Paramount+'s U.K. division. Besides the ongoing drama surrounding the potential (likely?) sale of its parent company, the international arm has been steadily cleaning house, slimming down its workforce, essentially abandoning much of its in-progress slate, and even going so far as removing multiple series from the U.K. version of the service. Many of these series, including The Killing Kind, The Serial Killer's Wife, The Castaways, and One Night, never even made it to American shores, and the ones that did were burned off on secondary streaming platforms like The Roku Channel (The Burning Girls) and Amazon Freevee (The Flatshare). So, it might surprise some folks to learn that, despite all this, the streamer is still somehow greenlighting new content, including the forthcoming Curfew starring Doctor Who alum Mandip Gill.
Paramount+ has also commissioned The Crow Girl from Buccaneer Media, a notable choice given that this is the same producer that saw its period thriller The Doll Factory canceled back in February. (No hard feelings, I guess?)
Based on the trilogy of novels by Erik Axl Sund (the pen name of Swedish writing duo Håkan Axlander Sundquist and Jerker Eriksson), the story follows a pair of women who join forces to investigate the murder of a teenage boy whose body is found discarded in plain sight.
Eve Myles (Hijack) will play DCI Jeanette Kilburn who, determined to discover who is responsible, seeks the help of psychotherapist Sophia Craven (Katherine Kelly) to hunt the killer, despite opposition from her superiors, including confidant DI Lou Stanley (Dougray Scott).
"Jeanette is such a compelling character. As soon as I read the script, I knew I wanted to explore her story in more detail," Myles said in a statement.
Alongside Myles, Kelly, and Scott, the series also stars Clara Rugaard (Black Mirror) as Victoria Burkeman, Victoria Hamilton (COBRA) as Superintendent Verity Pound, and Elliot Edusah (Django) as DC Mike Dilliston. Other members of the ensemble cast include Chloe Sweetlove (Our Fathers) as Madeleine Burkeman and Lee Boardman (Outlander) as David White.
The Crow Girl has been adapted for the screen by Milly Thomas (River City), with Charles Martin (His Dark Materials) and Rebecca Rycroft (We Hunt Together) directing. Thomas is also an executive producer on the series, alongside Tony Wood and Richard Tulk-Hart for Buccaneer. Andy Mosse is producer. The Crow Girl is produced in association with and distributed by ITV Studios.
“I’ve 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," Thomas said in a statement. "Seeing Eve, Katherine, Dougray and the rest of our incredible cast at work is so exhilarating and I can’t wait to finally share it with audiences.”
Filming on The Crow Girl is currently underway in Bristol.
