Scott Westerfeld's 'Uglies' in Pre-Production

Variety has reported that ‘Uglies’ is back on it’s way to theaters!

John Davis and the founders of Lola Visual Effects are financing, developing and producing a live-action feature based on Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 futuristic novel “Uglies.”

Westerfeld disclosed the “Uglies” project during his panel at Comic-Con on Sunday. The filmmakers have also acquired feature rights to Westerfeld’s “Pretties” and “Specials,” the second and third installments of the “Uglies” trilogy published by Simon Pulse with total sales of over 3 million copies.

“Uglies” will be produced by John Davis and Jordan Davis along with Colin and Greg Strause via their Hydraulx Entertainment banner. Lola’s Edson Williams and Thomas Nittmann will exec produce along with Adam Schroeder.

Jacob Forman (“All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”) will pen the screenplay.

What do you think? Exciting news eh?

REad More at Variety

Scott Westerfeld, author of The Uglies Series, guest at Comic-Con

Scott Westerfeld
Author, The Uglies series, Midnighters trilogy

Scott Westerfeld is the author of 12 novels for young adults, including the Uglies series and the Midnighters trilogy, and 5 for adults. His books have won the Philip K. Dick Special Citation, the Aurealis Award, the Locus Award, the Victorian Premier's Award, and his adult book The Risen Empire was named a NY Times Notable Book of the Year. He has contributed nonfiction to Nerve, BookForum, and the scientific journal Nature. His current series is Leviathan, a steampunk trilogy for teenagers set in an alternative World War I and illustrated by Keith Thompson. The third book in the Leviathan series, Goliath, will be published October 4, 2011