

When will it be released?Ĭurrently unknown. See the full cast (when available) on IMDB.

(She’s also executive producing.) King expressed her excitement for the movie in an Instagram story: Joey King will lead the cast in the Uglies adaptation, most likely as Tally Youngblood, the book’s protagonist. The adaptation is currently early in development, but it’s optioned and there’s a streaming platform (Netflix), a writer and a lead actress attached, so that’s very good news for fans who have been waiting over a decade to see this series on the big screen. What’s the status of the Uglies adaptation? The rights to the novel have been acquired a few times since the book’s publication in 2005, but the Netflix project is definitely the most promising attempt at an adaptation and seems to have gotten further already than past attempts.

Krista Vernoff, known for her work on Charmed and Grey’s Anatomy, is set to pen the script. Joey King, who is set to star in the adaptation, will executive produce as well. Netflix is producing the adaptation of Uglies. It’s planned as a feature movie, to be streamed on Netflix. What format will it be? Will the Uglies adaptation be a Movie or a Series? Uglies was published in 2005, and it’s the first book in the Uglies series. As a result, Tally rebels against their societal standards and enforced conformity. Tally Youngblood is a 15-year-old who learns some disquieting things about the procedure after her friends Shay and David before she’s scheduled to go under the knife. It’s set in a futuristic world where anyone who is considered an “ugly,” must be subject to extreme cosmetic surgery in order to be turned “Pretty” before the age of 16.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel. For all the details on the Uglies adaptation and its jump to film, here’s what the know about the Uglies Netflix Movie: What’s it about? What’s the plot? Uglies, a dystopian sci-fi novel by Scott Westerfeld, is finally getting a Netflix movie adaptation. By Jennifer Marie Lin on Oct 1st, 2020 (Last Updated Apr 30th, 2021)
