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Uglies Adaptation Happen at Netflix

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Joey King, a stan among stans. King will executive produce and star in the long-awaited adaptation of Scott Westerfeld's dystopian YA novel, Uglies, for Netflix.

According to Deadline, which first reported the news, King has been a longtime fan of the novel series and was "aggressive in pursuing the lead role once Netflix acquired the rights to the novel."McG, King's collaborator on Netflix's hit romcomThe Kissing Booth, will direct.

Krista Vernoff, the showrunner of Grey's Anatomy, will adapt the script. Westerfeld will join the project as an executive producer.

The novel, which debuted in 2005, expanded into a series with four original books, and Westerfeld has continued to add new titles to the Uglies series in recent years.

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