The Crow Girl

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The Crow Girl
GenreCrime thriller
Based onThe Crow Girl
by Erik Axl Sund
Screenplay byMilly Thomas
Directed by Charles Martin
Rebecca Rycroft
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Tony Wood
  • Richard Tulk-Hart
  • Slash
  • Milly Thomas
  • Federico Ambrosini
  • Niclas Salomonsson
  • Erik Axl Sund
ProducerAndy Mosse
Production companies
Original release
Network Paramount+

The Crow Girl is a 2025 television series based on the Crow Girl book series by Erik Axl Sund, adapted by Milly Thomas for Paramount+. All episodes released on 16 January 2025. [1]

Contents

Premise

A series of connected murders are investigated. [2]

Cast and characters

Production

Development

The book series by Erik Axl Sund, the pen name of Swedish author duo Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Sundquist, was optioned by ITV Studios and Tomorrow Studios in 2014. [3]

In 2023, an adaptation by E.V. Crowe for Paramount+ with executive producers Tony Wood and Richard Tulk-Hart, under the banner of Buccaneer Media began to move forward. [4] Milly Thomas adapted the book for the series. Charles Martin and Rebecca Rycroft are directors with Andy Mosse serving as producer. [5]

In March 2024, Katherine Kelly, Dougray Scott and Eve Myles were cast in lead roles. [6] The cast also includes Lee Boardman, Victoria Hamilton and Clara Rugaard. Filming began in Bristol in March 2024. [7] Filming locations include the city's Castle Park and Wine Street. [8] Filming also took place in Brean, Somerset. [9]

In April 2024, guitarist Slash, a huge fan of the original novel who helped bring it to Buccaneer Media for the adaptation, joined the series as an executive producer and a contributor to the series' soundtrack alongside composer Adam Price. [10]

Release

The series became available on Paramount+ from 16 January 2025. [11]

Reception

Vicky Jessop for the Evening Standard gave the show four stars and praised the performance of Myles who found "levity in a show that often feels mired in darkness, but never fails to be anything less than compelling". [12]

Lucy Mangan in The Guardian also gave the show four stars and described it as "a very well-made, pacy drama" with an "overall confidence, style and authenticity". [13]

Ed Power in The Independent also gave the series four stars and praised the performance of Myles and the soundtrack which he described as "understated and spooky" and "the perfect accompaniment to a thriller illuminated by the reliably likeable Myles but not afraid to get much darker than the average streaming whodunit." [14]

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