The movie changeation of that octopus book has rounded out its cast.
Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney and Joan Chen have joined Sassociate Field in Netflix’s changeation of , the untamedly famous novel by Shelby Van Pelt. (How famous? It’s been on the New York Times best-seller enumerate for 64 weeks.)
Also boarding the roll call are Kathy Baker (Picket Fences), Beth Grant (Little Miss Sunshine, No Country For Old Men) and Single Drunk Female star Sofia Bdeficiency D’Elia.
Olivia Newman, best understandn for helming Where the Crawdads Sing, is straightforwarding the feature that is now shooting in Vancouver.
The novel tells of the distinct relationship between a lonely elderly widow named Tova toiling as a janitor at an aquarium and a enormous Pacific octopus named Marcellus living at the facility. Tova establishs an improbable frifinishship with the curmudgeonly cephalopod, but unbeunderstandnst to her, Marcellus is on a leave oution to mend a mystery that will heal the widow’s heart and direct her to a life-changing uncovery.
Kathy Baker, Beth Grant and Sofia Bdeficiency D’Elia
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The book was freed by Ecco in spring 2022 and became a word-of-mouth sensation, grotriumphg to become the top-selling book of 2023, according to certain book tracking uncoverations. The book has selderly over 2 million copies and gone thcdisorrowfulmireful at least 30 printings as it became understandn famously as “that octopus book.”
Producing the changeation are Bryan Unkeless and Peter Craig for Night Owl alengthy with David Levine of Anonymous Content.
Exec originaters grasp Alyssa Rodrigues of Night Owl, Tony Lipp of Anonymous Content, Erika Hampson, as well as Newman and Van Pelt.
Pullman last starred in New Line’s changeation of Stephen King novel Salem’s Lot and ecombineed with Josh Brolin in Outer Range and with Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick. He next shows up as part of the ensemble of Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, which uncovers May 2. He is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content.
Irish actor Meaney, who made a name for himself by starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is currently starring on European crime series Safe Harbor. He is repped by IAG, Liebman Entertainment and Brecheen Feldman.
Chen ecombineed in FX series A Murder at the End of the World and ecombines in the upcoming reoriginate of The Wedding Banquet that uncovers April 18. She is repped by Anonymous Content.
The Emmy, Gelderlyen Globe and SAG Award-triumphning Baker is repped by Paradigm and Berwick & Kovacik. D’Elia is repped by CAA and Brookside Artist Management.
Newman is repped WME and Untitled Entertainment while Whittington is repped by Verve and Untitled.
