Liz Moore's God of the Woods Is Becoming a Netflix Limited Series
Fans of the bestselling novel, get ready!
That’s right! The mystery-thriller of Summer ’24 is getting a Netflix adaptation! Liz Moore’s God of the Woods is going to become a limited series. As the kids say, I am so seated.
According to Netflix, Moore is going to be a co-showrunner of the project along with veteran writer-producer Liz Hannah (The Girl from Plainville, Mindhunter, The Post). There is no official release date yet, but the cast has just been announced! (The cast has also drawn attention for its inclusion of two Stranger Things actors: Maya Hawke and Nell Fisher).
Voilà:
Introducing the cast of THE GOD OF THE WOODS, the new series adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel by Liz Moore.
Starring Kerry Condon, Maya Hawke, Damon Gupton, Ella Rubin, Susannah Perkins, Benjamin Walker, Nell Fisher, and Autumn Molina. pic.twitter.com/OHLKiPj00C
— Netflix (@netflix) May 28, 2026
In its original review of the novel, The New Yorker said it “has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries” and well, I guess they were right!
Olivia Rutigliano
Olivia Rutigliano is an Editor at Lit Hub and CrimeReads. Her other work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham's Quarterly, AirMail, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, The Baffler, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Politics/Letters, The Toast, Truly Adventurous, and elsewhere. She has a PhD from the departments of English/comparative literature and theatre at Columbia University, where she was the Marion E. Ponsford fellow. She hosts the podcasst "Culture Schlock" at Lit Hub Radio. She is on instagram at @oldebean, twitter at @oldrutigliano, and bluesky at @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social.
