The new drama series The God of the Woodswhich was announced by Netflix at the end of 2025, now finally seems to be on its way. At the beginning of April it was announced that Maya Hawke and Kerry Condon had been cast for the leading roles and a new casting call now makes it clear that filming will start very soon.
Recordings start in June
According to American media, the production is currently looking for actors from the Upstate New York region and the Adirondacks, with a special focus on people with a typical North Country accent. Both men and women between the ages of 20 and 69 can audition. Filming would take place between June and October in the Hudson Valley region of New York. The God of the Woods is created by Liz Hannah and writer Liz Moore. Hannah is known for, among other things Mindhunter (2017–2019).
Second child from family missing
The series is based on Moore’s bestseller of the same name, written in 2024, and tells the mysterious story of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar who disappears without a trace from a summer camp in the Adirondacks in 1975. The case is highly charged because her older brother also disappeared years earlier and was never found. Hawke, known from Stranger Things (2016–2025), plays Judy Luptack, a young investigator who tries to solve Barbara’s disappearance. Condon plays the role of Alice Van Laar, the mother of the missing girl, who has been scarred by grief and trauma for years.
Watch on Netflix • A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Liz Moore.
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