Published 14:25 IST, September 30th 2020
Joey King and Netflix to reunite for 'Uglies', a dystopian story obsessed with 'beauty'
Joey King has been signed to star and even executively produce Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s international bestselling novel Uglies.
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Joey King’s most recently released Netflix’s romantic comedy, Kissing Booth 2 (2020) was a complete success. w, Netflix and Joey King are all set to reunite for ir next project. actor has been signed to star and even executively produce Netflix’s upcoming aptation of Scott Westerfeld’s international bestseller dystopian fantasy vel Uglies. Re furr ahe to kw more about it.
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Joey King and Netflix to reunite for ir next project
Joey King will next be seen in Netflix’s upcoming aptation of Scott Westerfeld’s international bestseller dystopian fantasy vel Uglies. McG, who has recently worked a lot with Netflix over many projects, has been signed on to direct aptation. This will mark fourth movie that McG will be directing for platform, having previously helmed Babysitter, Rim of World, and Babysitter: Killer Queen. Joey King will also be executive producer of movie. Jamie King and Westerfield will also join as executive producers.
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story for aptation of Scott Westerfeld’s fantasy vel Uglies will be set in a world where a compulsory operation at 16 wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. According to reports from Deline, sources say that Joey King has been a huge fan of vel and it was she who brought story to Netflix. Joey King called people at Netflix, got m to re script and book, and n Joey King got Netflix to option it.
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Joey King has alrey h a big summer after release of Netflix’s sequel to her smash hit romantic comedy, Kissing Booth 2, as well as anuncing a third movie that is alrey shot and has Joey King returning to star as le character. Joey King is also coming off her Emmy-minated character of Gypsy in Hulu’s limited series Act and will also produce series for Hulu after striking a first-look deal with online streaming platform. Joey King is youngest artist to strike a deal with an online streaming network. Joey King has also signed on to co-star with Br Pitt in Sony’s Bullet Train.
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14:25 IST, September 30th 2020