‘The God Of The Woods’ TV Series Cast Adds Five (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: Five have joined Netflix‘s drama series The God of the Woods, based on the New York Times bestseller by Liz Moore, as series regulars: Damon Gupton (The Big Door Prize), Susannah Perkins (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Benjamin Walker (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Nell Fisher (Stranger Things), and Autumn Molina (A Really Haunted Loud House).

Toplined by the previously announced Maya Hawke, Kerry Condon, and Ella Rubin, The God of the Woods is set in the Adirondacks, exploring the Van Laar family’s dark secrets, class tensions, and the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar from her family’s summer camp — in the wake of an earlier family tragedy that may be related. As the past and present collide, the Van Laars’ wealth and influence unravel, revealing the damaging consequences of privilege and the abuse of power.

Fisher is set to play Barbara Van Laar, the artistic and headstrong teen with a punk sensibility, whose disappearance is at the heart of the series. Barbara joins Camp Emerson seeking refuge from her fraught family unit and finds kinship with campers and counselors alike. While young, she has the maturity someone forced to make serious decisions much too early on in life.

Gupton plays Denny Hayes, a captain in the Bureau of Criminal Investigations. A well-intentioned investigator, Denny struggles with balancing his well-protected peace and his new colleague, Judy Luptack (Hawke).

Perkins plays TJ Hewitt, the quietly commanding director of Camp Emerson who quickly and confidently jumps into action when one of her campers goes missing.

Walker joins as the imposing, entitled and humorless Peter Van Laar III, the wealthy heir to the Van Laar estate, whose behavior is a struggle for both his wife, Alice, and 13-year-old daughter.

Molina joins as Tracy Jewell, a determined young camper at Emerson who makes it her mission to help find her missing bunkmate, even if it means endangering her own life.

Exec produced and co-showrun by Liz Hannah (The Girl from Plainville) and author Moore, The God of the Woods hails from Sony Pictures Television. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty are also exec producing for Original Film.

Gupton is represented by Harden Curtis Kirsten Riley Agency, SMS Talent, and Brookside Artist Management; Perkins by Gersh; Walker by Paradigm and Curtis Brown; Fisher by United Agents, CAA, and Untitled Entertainment; and Molina by Mitchell & Associates Talent and TalentWorks.