Julie Hensley's "Five Oaks," the movie

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It’s fun to think about how Five Oaks might play out on the screen. Olivia Newman would be a great director. She really captures the feel of southern landscapes and generational secrets in her adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing. She would find a way to tease out the slightly gothic elements.

In terms of the current temporal frame, I would cast it this way:

Sylvie Pritchard: Quin Copeland

Wren Pritchard: Ava Phillipe

Georgia (Mamaw) Stone: Sally Field

Byron (Papaw) Stone: Pierce...[read on]

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