Earlier this year, the Peacock streaming service ordered an eight episode series based on the CryptTV shorts The Door in the Woods and its sequel The Girl in the Woods, with the series taking the title The Girl in the Woods. Now it has been announced that all eight episodes of The Girl in the Woods will be available to watch on Peacock starting October 21st, and a trailer has been released online to start building up the hype. You can check it out in the embed above.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, The Girl in the Woods follows
Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods. The series also touches on contemporary social issues like LGBTQ+ discrimination, the human cost of environmentalism and the consequences of inequality.
The show stars Stefanie Scott, Misha Osherovich, Sofia Bryant, Will Yun Lee, Kylie Liya Page, Reed Diamond, and Leonard Roberts.
Written and directed by Joey Greene, The Door in the Woods was released in 2018. The short starred Eric Prochnau, Carissa Bazler, Roman Dean George, Cameron Rico, Chance Keller, and Erica B. Marie Avila, and told the story of “the children of a rural cult family who find a door in the woods that has been carefully protected for many years.” Directed by Roxine Helberg from a script by Jasmine Johnson and Van B. Nguyen, the sequel The Girl in the Woods followed in 2020. Starring Kal Penn and Peyton List, that one was set “seven years after the attack on the colony, with Carrie training under a reclusive mentor to reclaim her power and defend herself against the monsters.”
Four episodes of the series adaptation The Girl in the Woods were directed by Krysten Ritter, and the other four were directed by Jacob Chase. Casey Modderno was head writer on the series and serves as co-executive producer alongside Ritter, Jasmine Johnson, and Jeremy Elliott. Chase is a producer, and Joey Greene and Cameron Fuller co-producers. The series is executive produced by CryptTV’s Jack Davis and Darren Brandl.