Joey King will not only act but also be the executive producer of a film which will be adapted from the novel Uglies. Netflix will stream it and it is actually an adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s novel, the story is set in a dystopian world where every 16 year old is subjected to a cosmetic operation that conforms them to ideal beauty standards.
With that info, Joey will presumably play protagonist Tally Youngblood, a teenager who dreams of the birthday that will bring her surgically-created beauty, and entry into the high society of wealthy, extravagant Pretties (which include her childhood best friend Peris). But then Tally meets Shay, a rebellious new friend who doesn’t believe she’s an Ugly, and who wants to join the resistance group of people opposed to the operation. The novel tracks Tally’s own growth as she goes on a search to find Shay and deliver her to the government — or face the consequences of never being made into a Pretty herself.
