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After a very long wait , Netflix ’s adaptation of the YA sci - fi bookUgliesis finally on the way , and I ’m just as terrified as I am excited . The film is establish on the series of Quran by source Scott Westerfeld , which were ab initio unloose between 2005 and 2007 . A screen adaptation has been highly request ever since YA readers got their mitt on theUgliesseries , so the news show that Netflix was finally induce it happen was well - received . Filming wrapped back in 2021 , but Netflix has been frustratingly quiet about thedystopian sci - fiproject since . However , we finally have an official loss date .
The story inUgliesfollows Tally Youngblood , a 15 - twelvemonth - old who lives in a dystopian future in which all citizen undergo a surgery that makes them impossibly beautiful when they twist 16 . Of course , in traditional sci - fi mode , everything is n’t as it seems , and rather than becoming " Pretty " like everyone else , Tally gets swept up in a political mess . Tally ’s story persist in into several sequel , includingPretties , Specials , andExtras , as well as a spinoff book series , Imposters , which further explore this sci - fi world . It was my favorite YA book serial back in the day , and I ’m eager to see Tally brought to the covert .
Scott Westerfield ’s untested grownup novel Uglies has had its picture show adaptation in development since 2006 , so why has n’t the movie come up out yet ?
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Netflix Finally Gave Uglies An Official Release Date
Uglies Will Stream On September 13, 2024
While we knewUglieswas supposed to be released sometime in 2024 , there had been almost no update for the first one-half of the year , which had me implicated that the labor had remove some delays . Joey King , who plays Tally Youngblood and serve as an executive manufacturer , announced that filming had wrapped in 2021 . Of course , such a movie would require a powerful amount of CGI , so I knew we would have a bit of a wait . However , it seems this postponement is nearly over since author Scott Westerfeld announce onTwitterthatUgliesfinally has an official release date — September 13 , 2024 .
The Longer I’ve Waited, The More Worried I Am About The Uglies Movie
The Uglies Movie Has Been In Development Hell Since 2006
Netflix’sUgliesmovie was first announced in 2020 , but I ’ve been wait for a screen adjustment for much long than just this.20th Century Fox bought the celluloid rights for Westerfeld ’s sci - fi serial publication back in 2006 , and there have been various hope of a moving picture adaptation ever since then . My written matter of theUgliesbook even has the " soon to be a major movement picture " revenue stamp on the back , which I have looked at bitingly for nearly 20 class now . Something always seemed to fall through when it came to getting this story on a screen , and the deficiency of updates on Netflix’sUgliesmovie had be quake .
While an prescribed outlet date provide me to sigh a breathing spell of easing , it was n’t long before the anxiety set back in .
While an prescribed release date permit me to suspire a breath of relief , it was n’t long before the anxiousness set back in . After all these years of expect , I am terrified thatUglieswon’t populate up to the book serial publication I know and love . I admit , I ’m glad that the picture show was made in the 2020s rather than in 2006 since bring the heavily surged character ofUgliesto lifetime will require engineering that Hollywood only recently overcome . However , I ’m concerned that this will be another character of a wonderfully complex literary world condensed into a stand - alone cinema that simply does n’t cut it .
Based on the novel of the same name, Uglies is a sci-fi drama series released on Netflix in 2024. The series follows a young woman named Tally Youngblood who must face difficult choices in a world where turning sixteen means undergoing a mandatory operation that erases physical differences between people.
Netflix ’s Uglies comes after a tenner - long YA dystopian sci - fi craze . But unlike franchise that struggle , ugli fruit ' photographic film adaptation stands to do well .
I Don’t Know How Uglies Could Work As A Stand-Alone Movie
I’m Worried Netflix Has Already Ruined Uglies
Westerfeld ’s YAsci - fi seriesis now technically make up of eight books . The original serial publication includedUglies , Pretties , Special , andExtras , but the author has since continued the report withImposters(2018),Shatter City(2019),Mirror’sEdge(2021 ) , andYoungbloods(2022 ) . The newer novels pursue a new protagonist and are set X after the initialUgliesbooks , so I would n’t expect this story to be include in Netflix’sUgliesmovies . Still , it ’s inconceivable that even the first three books in Westerfel ’s sci - fi series could be covered by only one movie .
Netflix has say nothing about sequels , sowe can only wear thatUglieswill be the only film . This intend that either the contents of the first book will be neuter to work as a stand - alone film , or the events of the sequel will be contract and squeezed intoUglies . Neither is preferred . I would have been thrilled to see a TV series based on Westerfeld ’s books , but I would have sink for a movie trilogy . Of course , I can still queer my fingers that subsequence pic will be on the way . But , given the development hell on earth that was Netflix ’s singleUgliesmovie , I may just have to be happy with what we get .
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base on the novel of the same name , Uglies is a sci - fi drama serial publication release on Netflix in 2024 . The series follows a young woman name Tally Youngblood who must front difficult choice in a world where turning sixteen means undergo a compulsory operation that erases forcible differences between people .
Based on the novel of the same name, Uglies is a sci-fi drama series released on Netflix in 2024. The series follows a young woman named Tally Youngblood who must face difficult choices in a world where turning sixteen means undergoing a mandatory operation that erases physical differences between people.
