Last week there was a short piece in MTV News’s Hollywood Crush last week about the Uglies movie. Let me quote it:
Industry sources have confirmed to MTV News exclusively that Screen Gems, in the wake of the success of its current release “Dear John,” is developing — and in fact, fast tracking (!) — a film version of “The Uglies” series.
While there haven’t been any decisions made regarding things like casting yet, we can tell you that our source said production of the movie is planned for later this year. That means we will all hopefully know soon enough who could be playing the beloved teen Tally Youngblood in the futuristic, meaningful tale about a dystopian society that places an incredible emphasis on looks.
Emphasis theirs. Here’s the rest.
In the words of my Hollywood agent, fast-tracking means, “it’s on the list of projects that they are hoping to make vs. the ones that will never see the light of day.” In other words, this is not a done deal. But it’s a lot better than being in that other, not-so-fast-tracked pile.
Now, some of you are no doubt asking about casting at this point. STOP! I’m the wrong person to ask. Trust me, if I hear anything I will tell you here on this blog, on FB, and on the Twitter machine. But in the meantime, I have nothing to do with casting movies.
If it were up to me, you would all get to play Tally for exactly three seconds of screen time. (And this would be why it’s not up to me.)
Plus, I doubt it’s as far along as this article makes it sound. Like, the casting isn’t going on right now. Probably.
Watch this space for more.
In other news!
If you live in Sydney, you can catch me at the launch for Foz Meadow’s debut novel, Solace and Grief.
It’s about a girl named Solace who has grown up in foster care her whole life, and who’s always realize that’s she’s kind of . . . different. She doesn’t like the sun, she’s wicked strong, and if she concentrates really hard, she can hear a conversation two blocks over. Then someone starts invading Solace’s dreams, and things get really complicated from there.
It looks like this:
Here’s the launch deets:
Sunday, March 7
12:30PM
Kinokuniya Bookstore
Level 2, Galeries Victoria
500 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
I’ll be giving a wee speech about how cool this book is. Of course, I’ll be more than happy to see you guys there and say hi. But please remember that this is Foz’s party, not mine, so buy her book!
It comes out in Australia on March 1. When it finds a US publisher, I’ll let you know.
And finally!
Sorry that I missed the latest Forum Meet-Up. It was scheduled for early Sunday morning, Sydney time, and I woke up ill. Too ill to type!
But I hope you all had fun. I’ll try to check out the questions you left me, and answer some of them here on the blog.
My apologies again.
February 18th, 2010 08:36
First comment!
That’s reallyyyyyy exciting news, but I don’t like this part: “a film version of “The Uglies” series.”
I very much hope that they don’t plan on squishing the whole series into one movie. They had better not….
February 18th, 2010 08:37
Kool I need a new book
February 18th, 2010 08:40
cool. third. um YES!!!!!IK SOOO HAPPY!!!!!!UGLIES MOVIE BABY!
February 18th, 2010 08:40
….i just wanna be shay so much >_>….
February 18th, 2010 08:53
Uglies the movie!? Awesome! (though I do hope that they do it justice and don’t try to shove four books worth of material into one movie…that would just be sad)*
*this is of course providing that the movie leaves the fast-track pile for the “being made” pile…
February 18th, 2010 08:55
Man, Uglies will be such an awesome movie! I need to draw you some fan art, Scott.
February 18th, 2010 08:55
Oh my goodness!!! I hope it’s going to be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha and yesh top ten comments!!!
Uglies is awesome!
February 18th, 2010 08:57
Third!
I heard the movie is going to be released in 2011. I can’t wait! I hope they make a movie for every book. Hmm… I wonder if it’s going to be in 3D.
February 18th, 2010 09:08
sweet-major!
::wonders about casting calls::
February 18th, 2010 09:17
Thats soo exciting im almost done with Pretties!!
<3
February 18th, 2010 09:20
I think a movie would be awesome, but at the same time, movies/shows based on books usually destroy my image of the characters in my head. I’m already frightened of what they’ll do with The Hunger Games.
I’m hoping that if they are going to start production that they pick actors/actresses that actually look like the characters description in the series and can act.
And I strongly hope they aren’t planning on squeezing three books into one movie.
February 18th, 2010 09:31
So excited about the news for Uglies Scott. Congrats! And I will most definitely be there on Sunday to check out the book. Can’t wait!!!
February 18th, 2010 09:34
Uglies the movie!?!?!?!? I SO want to be in it, even with only one line in once scene..or as part of the antagonists…or even just an extra!! I can’t wait for more info!
February 18th, 2010 09:49
I’ve also been thinking…Scott-la, your books are so PURE. As cool as a movie would be, all of your fans are strictly book fans, and we worship the characters the way we see them in our heads, versus people liking the movies and the actors. Same with the Hunger Games series and others…they are so purely BOOKS, a huge fan community and respect and love and everything just for the BOOKS, that I can’t help but think that a movie would most likely ruin all that.
February 18th, 2010 10:04
I hope they make a movie…but if the mess it up…I’ll have to slap someone in Hollywood……..and by that I don’t mean go for a drive and slap a person when I get to the city, but actually slap the people responsible for the blasphemy of ruining another good book with a crappy movie…..unfortunately though…they would so slap me with a law suit -.- SO let’s hope it gets done right the first time!
February 18th, 2010 18:51
If they make this movie they better do it right! The story is 100% Perfect on it’s own, you don’t need crazy hollywood people messing it up
Good luck 
February 18th, 2010 20:58
don’t think it would be possible to get the movie ‘right’
was thinking that if people want to know these stories – read the books!
just thinking about all the changes that Tally goes through, physically, i’d almost want to see 3 completely different actors for her role
maybe if it was animated???
February 18th, 2010 22:04
Even those little words got me happy, just PLEASE don’t let them ruin it…. I still can’t get over L.J smith & Vampire Diaries =(
And that book sounds cool, I’d love to read it =)
OMG, PLEASE let their be no changes!!
Hope it all goes well, & to an Awesome Uglies Movie!!!
February 19th, 2010 00:32
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG They better freaking make it into a movie already. I’m dying waiting. I’m already planning who I want to play who in the movies. I’m trying to think of who I want for Tally, but I can’t. They need a fresh new face for Tally. And I want Mariah Buzolin for Shay!!! She looks how I pictures Shay so I think that would be awesome if they casted her. I don’t get why everyone wants a blonde for Shay. I mean, HELLO, in the book it says she has dark hair. Grow a brain people. And also I don’t get why everyone wants like really older actors/actresses to play 15/16 year olds. Geez. Oh and when/if they make the movie. They better not cram all of the books into one. Because that just wouldn’t work unless they made the movie like 10 hours long. OMG i’m so excited now, they better do it right. Uglies was just a fantastic book series. I hope they can make the movie almost as good as the book!!! Anyway, I can’t wait if it does come out. UGLIES FAN FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :] The longest “WOOO” ever goes out to Uglies being made into a good movie. Ready? Okay! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
UGLIES ROCKS!!! KBYE
February 19th, 2010 00:36
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG They better freaking make it into a movie already. I’m dying waiting. I’m already planning who I want to play who in the movies. I’m trying to think of who I want for Tally, but I can’t. They need a fresh new face for Tally. And I want Mariah Buzolin for Shay!!! She looks how I pictures Shay so I think that would be awesome if they casted her. I don’t get why everyone wants a blonde for Shay. I mean, HELLO, in the book it says she has dark hair. Grow a brain people. And also I don’t get why everyone wants like really older actors/actresses to play 15/16 year olds. Geez. Oh and when/if they make the movie. They better not cram all of the books into one. Because that just wouldn’t work unless they made the movie like 10 hours long. OMG i’m so excited now, they better do it right. Uglies was just a fantastic book series. I hope they can make the movie almost as good as the book!!! Anyway, I can’t wait if it does come out. UGLIES FAN FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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February 19th, 2010 01:56
OMG!!!
movie.
good.
OMIGOSH!!!
BUT…
hopefully this DOES NOT turn into some stupid Team David, Team Zane thing. That’ll mess the whole movie up.
February 19th, 2010 02:31
Movie could be cool if done right. and if they need some extras, i would be happy to help.
Love the books. Some of my fav’s!!! Yay for Uglies!!
February 19th, 2010 03:02
i like the idea of us playin tally for three seconds. it sound like a lot of fun.
February 19th, 2010 04:00
Probably!?!? PROBABLY!?!?! SCOTT DAVID WESTERFELD!!! YOU ARE KILLING ME!!!! PROBABLY!?!?!?! PROBABLY ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH!!!!! Please. The moment they ask you–No–don’t wait. March right up there and tell them what you want! PLEASE!!!! Really. Try your hardest to make them give us a chance. We love you, bro.
February 19th, 2010 04:06
*ahem.* Very sorry about that, Scott. Anyways.
Please. Do try your best. They want to make changes? Pull a Haymitch and yell at them until they promise to compromise. (Sorry, couldn’t help it 
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Thanks for the update and hopefully the next won’t make me make another scene. Sorry dude
February 19th, 2010 04:11
Oh my gosh! Wicked strong? I thought only New Englanders said that :- )
And that’s great news about Uglies, I hope they do it justice when/if it comes out!
February 19th, 2010 06:25
SWEET!!!!!!!!! i so want an uglies movie! that would be like the coolest thing ever!
its right up there with going to germany and getting the job of my dreams!
February 19th, 2010 06:47
What a happy-making post! Turns this crap day around, that’s for sure.
News on the movie is fantastic, regardless of how close it means they are to casting and producing and making your book a movie. It’d be very exciting to see it on screen! Kudos to you, Scott.
Also, Solace and Grief sounds like another book I’d really like (I love it when you recommend books!), so I’ll probably check it out. Very cool.
Thanks for the update on everything! Hope you’re feeling better!
February 19th, 2010 06:48
Also, Kailey-wa, I agree with you a bit. A movie is fabulous-making, but I hope it doesn’t ruin the magic of what Uglies means to me.
February 19th, 2010 06:54
I hope they keep the script very close to the books! They really don’t need to change it much, do they? This can be amazing
They had better pick an AMAZING actress for Tally. The series is really all about her psychology and how she grows/changes in her mind, so if they pick a lousy actress then it kind of ruins the whole thing. So I really hope they pick someone good 
February 19th, 2010 08:58
WOOP! partyy!!
i just hope that when they start casting, they pick regular teenagers instead of picking these ‘perfect’ looking actresses and actors, otherwise the change into pretties will be lame.
February 19th, 2010 10:22
Uglies!!!!! I can’t wait for it to become a movie!!! When they start casting, I want them to pick kind of uglier teens than really super beautiful ones. That way it will look more like the movie. Also I think Uglies should be shot in Portland,OR and Seattle,WA because that’s where Uglies takes place according to the Bogus to Bubbly guide. UGLIES!!!!!!!
February 19th, 2010 11:32
Congratulations Scott! So cool about the movie deal. Uglies is one of my favorite books so I’m excited–for you especially. At the same time, I’m a little sad–Hollywood always manages to eff-up my most beloved books. Which, really, I don’t know how it’s possible when they’ve already got these stories written for them–to perfection, might I add–and all they have to do is edit these books down to fit a movie script. But, for whatever reason, they decide to add crap that never happened–stuff that doesn’t even add anything to the storyline–while taking out important scenes that actually DO add to the original storyline. And they omit characters that are important to the story, or whatever–totally pisses me off.
I’m almost frightened to find out who they’ll cast as Tally, but based on recent casting trends I’d be shocked if it wasn’t Demi Lovato or any other craptastic Disney-fied ‘tween idol (I’ll totally lose it if they cast Miley Cyrus as Tally). And they’ll ugly her up by slapping some glasses on her OBVIOUSLY PRETTY FACE, maybe even put her hair up in a messy ponytail. Because: glasses + ponytail = ugly and frumpy.
Sorry, but Hollywood and I are not on good terms as of late (have you noticed how many truly terrible films have been released in the last few years?).
But, all my complaining aside, I actually can’t wait to see David in the flesh.
Anyway, Scott, I’m glad that the movie will (most likely?) be made since it will get more people to read the Uglies series and/or your other books. Because, unlike a lot of YA fiction being published these days, your books are actually good. You really are a talented author (not that you need anyone to tell you that, since you’re books are selling and all. I’m just saying).
Case in point: “What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
*swoon*
That is probably the most romantic thing a guy could say to a girl.
So, yeah, thanks for writing.
P.S. I just re-read what I typed and I’m feeling a need to apologize for ranting on and on (and on) about how much I despise Hollywood. Sorry.
P.P.S It’s late. I’m tired. I tend to be more cynical and/or hostile when I’m tired. So sorry.
P.P.P.S. I really loved Peeps.
February 20th, 2010 00:47
More news about the Uglies movie!
Yes!
February 20th, 2010 02:19
Aw i hope you are feeling better Scott-la
February 20th, 2010 03:15
YAY !!!
FYI i hope it will be released during the Summer season in North America so more people will see it !!!
February 20th, 2010 07:45
As much as I would be afraid of the Uglies movie, I’d probably go see it the second it came out XD.
February 20th, 2010 08:41
thx for answering my question scott-la!
i would like the movie and it would not exactly “scar me for life”. I love seeing the movie version of books and as long as they decide to keep to the same plot line then they should be fine! oh and they need reasonable actors!
February 20th, 2010 09:41
I like your idea for casting Tally, Scott-la. Then again, the credits could get rather lengthy.
February 20th, 2010 19:46
HUZZAH!!!!!
this is fantastic news!
February 20th, 2010 20:49
Like OMGZ I have been waiting for this for like a year when I saw it on imbd! This is so amazing. These books have litteraly changed my life and made me see the world in a new light telling me that you need to be diffrent and thenm making a movie is the most amazing thing on earth.I Love it so much and I almost cryied from joy…SO HAPPY!
February 20th, 2010 21:26
OMFG.
sweet.
You just made my day.
Seriously.
Anyhow,
nevermind I still cant get over this.
I’m screaming my head off right now. In so glad there’s more news about the movie!!!!!
EEEEEEE!!!
February 20th, 2010 21:50
Oh wow, I’ve been waiting for a movie for so long. I really can’t wait till the movie comes out. I just hope its not one of those movies where they don’t stick with the book at all because I’m sure a lot of people would be disappointed if that happened. So good luck with the making the movie Scott Westerfeld. :]
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February 21st, 2010 00:07
SCOOOOTTTTT.
What did Andrea-la and I tell you about making a movie?
They’ll kill it. It’s physically IMPOSSIBLE to do a book justice, especially one like Uglies. Hollywood can’t make people into Pretties and Specials – remember, even the supermodels in our magazines were considered Ugly. I swear, people can’t just leave books alone. They all have to be movies, thus killing them…
Such disappointment.
February 21st, 2010 01:02
it would be totally AWESOME if the Uglies trilogy were shot in 3-D !!! Imagine the hoverboarding scenes in the Smoke !!!!
February 21st, 2010 02:14
yes! finally! i have been waiting so long for an update on the movie!
and yea! you guys are right! itll be totally icy-making if it ws in 3-D.
the only way that the movie cant be messed up is if they use the book just as the script. cant modify it or anything. leave it be! and work with the book!
anyways, thats all i have to say about the movie. hopefully itll turn out good!
February 21st, 2010 04:54
I’m fine with the movie as long as they don’t do an Eragon or a Percy Jackson. Oh, and the characters can’t be the most beautiful person on the planet and HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACT!!!!
February 21st, 2010 12:28
I just saw Percy Jackson today
I liked it….that boy it gorgeous…..mind you, I havnt read the book
so I have nothing to compare it to…..I liked it.
February 21st, 2010 16:40
I’m sitting here with this huge, soppy smile on my face.
I. can’t. wait.
But pleeeeease don’t let them ruin it. Cause that would only make me more upest.
I still haven’t fully forgiven you for (spoiler) killing Zane.
Speaking of Zane, I totally call dibs on all marriage rights to the actor who plays him.
For casting you should get an unknown, normal, pretty looking person and then use
special effects for the pretty-making. Like they did with voldemort in HP
And 3-D. Yes please.
And thats my 5 cents
February 21st, 2010 22:04
Ping to Keira-la: I’m cool with that. As long as I get rights to David
February 22nd, 2010 00:09
ping to Jessie-wa:
I’m reading percy Jackson right now! And I’m maybe seeing the movie next week. So far I think the books more on the funny side while the movies more on the action side. But I mean Thad judgin from the trailer…
Ping to Kristina-la:
you should read the book. :]
ping to keria-la:
I haven’t completely forgvin Scott either.
but mannnn I can’t wait to see what actor plays Zane! And he better be hot. :]
anyways yeah I totally agree that it should be in 3-D!! Cause that would be mind-bendinly cool.
February 22nd, 2010 00:57
Ping to Beli-wa: Do you have a scottwesterfeld forum account? If so find me, i’m Jessie-wa121. And make sure you don’t count on the characters in the movie to be like the book. It kind of ruins them.
Ping to Christina!~wa: THANK YOU! If the producers mess this up I might stop forgiving scott-la for zane
February 22nd, 2010 01:26
Yay! I’m thrilled. =)
They better be accurate… And I really don’t mind if the girls theycast are pretty, as long as while they’re uglies they don’t go to extremes to make them especially beautiful or especially ugly. Aka: the girls would not be concerned with makeup, straightening or curling hair, etc. because they know they’ll be beautiful eventually. They think it’s hopeless so they’re not worried about making themselves look good. Conversely, they shouldn’t make their hair super-frizzy or give them warts or in any way make them look especially ugly. They just need to look NORMAL. Like the average teenage girl off the street, minus makeup. Am I making sense?
And also I really reeeally want shay to have olive skin and dark hair like it’s described in the book. Otherwise I would be very sad. Oooh! And with pigtails! Shay has pigtails! But that’s a personal preference…
I sort of want an unknown cast for Tally… anyone with me on this? Actually, I think all major characters, like Shay, Tally, and David should be unknowns… it will help people form their own opinions. I don’t mind smaller parts (for example Dr. Cable) being well-known, as long as she isn’t given a bunch of extra screen time just because she’s famous.
But all in all, I’m excited! I don’t mind waiting if that’s what it takes to make it awesome. =D
February 22nd, 2010 01:39
Yeah no sorry kay-la I’m pretty sure I can’t let you have him. and to the rest of you Zane always annoyed me, I picture him like one of those super skinny kids who drinks and has like 20 ear/nose/lip piercings and dies his hair black and wears eye liner and such, but whatever not the point.
The point is there might be a movie coming out!! Now I agree with most people about how movies usually suck and are nowhere near as good as the books and such. BUT I think they might be able to pull this one off, Scott just has to be firm and tell the producers that if they don’t keep to the books he’ll take their heads off!
Also let’s for once have an actor who is the same age as the character they are playing, so since the filming probably won’t start until 2011 late 2010 they actors should probably be no older than a 1994 birthday. If they want to keep to the script! WHICH IF THEY DONT WE’LL HAVE PROBLEMS!!!
but those are just my thoughts…
February 22nd, 2010 01:46
imigaine the roller coaster scene from the Rusy Ruins if it were shot in 3-D !!! and in I-MAX !!!
ohhhhh yeahhhhhh !!!
February 22nd, 2010 02:34
Ping to Ann-la: I agree
Drak hair. Olive skin. Done 
Hahaha 
Ping to Abby: I called him first!
Hahaha. But you can have Fausto or Peris, mkay??
February 22nd, 2010 03:40
Thats so cool!! It’s been, like, FOREVER since you posted something about the movie. This totally made my day!!
February 22nd, 2010 07:00
ping to: Jessie-wa
well thats how i really feel and thats how they ALWAYS ruin the good books (when turning them into a movie)
February 22nd, 2010 08:45
Thank God! I was going mad wondering what was going to happen to this. I just hope that who ever they choose for Tally is the right one. And like many others have said, I hope they make a good movie, and not just decide to cramp all the books up into just one movie. Trust me I have seen that before, not very happy-making. I would hate to see soemthing like that happen to such an amazing story. And I trust that they will keep you in mind for every decision they make and keep you posted, so that then you can keep us posted on what is going on with it.
February 22nd, 2010 21:13
Ping to Alexa-wa: Nicely put
February 23rd, 2010 05:34
!!!:D!!!! I can’t wait!!!! I LOVEEEEEEEEEE THESE BOOKS SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!! I wasn’t much of a reader until my reading teacher pointed these books out! Amazing! Its the reason I read(: I can’t wait!!(My mother is even reading the books, hehe)
February 23rd, 2010 06:55
A lot of people have been saying that unknowns should play the major characters (Tally, Shay, David, etc.), and while that does hold a lot of merit, I’m not sure if it’s necessary. I mean, sure, it would allow people to form their own opinions of it, but I don’t think they have to be actors NO ONE has ever heard of. Maybe just not the A-list type. Sure, it would bring a lot of new fans to the movie, but…I don’t know, I guess it would take something away from the book’s purity. It’s truely like another world.
February 23rd, 2010 10:39
I seriously don’t care who plays who but I’m just trying to figure out how they’ll make all the props realistic enough. like if they’re just swinging a black thing from the ceiling, nobody will know it’s moggle. they need to have a moggle-point-of-view and they need to be able to make hoverboarding realistic. if Tally’s like “oh my gosh! I’m actually hoverboarding!!!” It’ll just be dumb; she needs to be a natural. and whoever’s making the movie needs to read the books first so it actually seems like the book. not they just heard what the books are about so they made a movie about it. I hope you help them, Scott-la.
February 23rd, 2010 10:47
oh also I found out that the uglies series is taking over my mind. I find myself thinking “that’d be so happy-making” “this is a really sad-making movie” and such. and I think about the books-no joke-atleast 30% of the day.
oh! and no matter how good they make the movie, someone will always be unhappy with it so you’d better not complain.
February 23rd, 2010 11:07
Ping to Lydia-wa : Both your post are true, I’m so hoping they don’t kill Tally’s character, like they did Bella of Twilight. I read the books back then, and they were ok, but the movies are just dumb and they killed Bella’s character O.o
Hoping also that the movie effects and props come out cool and not fake or dumb looking.
ALSO, Please Scott-la make sure you have some SAY in what happens for the movies, and don’t give your rights away like ’some’ people. =)
February 23rd, 2010 11:08
Is no one else excited for Scott at Kinokuniya? I LOVEEE that store. I swear if I don’t go I might just faint.
I love living in Sydney
February 24th, 2010 04:58
Scott – have you ever heard the song “Brand New Colony” by The Postal Service? It fits your book almost precisely, at least from my reader’s point of view. I was wondering if you felt the same way. Every time I hear it I think it should be in the credits of the movie (it’s too current to be IN the movie, I think).
Let me know what you think, if you get a chance!
February 24th, 2010 05:53
Elena-la:
Bella has character?
Haha sorry, couldn’t resist.
February 24th, 2010 06:53
I imagined Tally with dark brown hair and intense blue eyes. I really think that they should make this movie in I-Max 3D. It would be so icy!
February 24th, 2010 07:17
How bubbly!! I hope they dont make Tally too pretty, she’s supposed to be average and that’s how she should be (: IMAX does sound amazing. wow, this is so bubbly-making!!! would they make it all one movie ore more than one?
LONG LIVE THE SMOKE!
February 24th, 2010 13:03
Ping @ Haley Rae:
Lol, I know, I thought the books were brain candy… What I mean Bella was sarcastic in the books, for the movies, one word; UGH. Hate. hate..everything twilight
February 24th, 2010 20:50
Ping @ Elena-la: HAHAHAHAH! You’re funny ^_^
February 25th, 2010 02:40
I just wanna say that a lot of people just want to pick normal people instead of actresses for Tally, Shay and David. I don’t really agree there. I want unknowns, but they should still know how to act. If they just pick random people, or if they just pick people because they are the biggest fans, well, if they can’t act then it kind of defeats everything. Pick people who can act, but not people who are ultra-famous and all. Unknowns would be best by far, but then again… it’s Hollywood, so it’s doubtful. But don’t make the Uglies especially ugly, and don’t make them gorgeous. I’d say to choose someone nice looking, but not insanely beautiful, that way if they decide to do Pretties, they can exaggerate the prettiness. (And I agree, Bella has no character at all whatsoever. Worst. Protagonist. Ever.)
IMAX? That’d be awesome! Hoverboarding in IMAX would be sweet! And there’s riding over the water… and the roller coaster… and Tally jumping off the building… so awesome.
February 25th, 2010 03:37
ping to: Haley Rae
to me the song down by jay sean fits this series almost perfectly!
February 25th, 2010 05:57
I could definitely see “down” as being a song that fits well, but from the title to the last lyric, “Brand New Colony” by the Postal Service is just INCREDIBLY accurate about what Uglies is all about – creating a new colony.
You can hear it here, if you like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcqQDM-qOG0
For example, a few of the lyrics that really emphasize the book…
“I’ll be the platform shoes and undo what heredity’s done to you…”
“I want to take you far from the cynics in this town
And kiss you on the mouth
We’ll cut out bodies free from the tethers of this scene,
Start a brand new colony
Where everything will change
We’ll give ourselves new names (identities erased)
The sun will heat the grounds
Under our bare feet in this brand new colony”
I feel like it was WRITTEN for uglies lol. its just so specific to it.
February 25th, 2010 05:59
also, @Michal-wa, I always imagined Tally as the girl on the front cover on Uglies. I know I shouldn’t, because its just a model, but the smoldered eyes and light brown, somewhat wild hair seemed so perfect for Tally – she just looked a little too old to be her. Take away a few years, and you have Tally.
February 25th, 2010 07:21
ping to: Haley Rae
I think that “Brand New Colony” fits so well! Regarding Tally, at first I also imagined her as the girl on the cover of the book, but I did not imagine Tally as the girl on the cover of specials. I didn’t like that her eyes went from blue to brown. I wasn’t sure if I should base Tally of off the covers. I just hope that they pick someone who can actually act.
February 25th, 2010 07:49
ping to Michal-Wa:
I always wondered who the girl on the Specials cover was suppose to be, I thought it was another character besides Tally… But then if it was Tally I wondered why he eyes changed as well.
Just please, Don’t let Disney get their money-hungry hands anywhere NEAR Uglies!!!!
February 26th, 2010 01:37
Ping to Haley Rae: Those lyrics….Gosh. Wow…Have you heard “City” by Hollywood Undead? Holy crap, Specials ON THE NOSE.
February 26th, 2010 01:47
HEY EVERYONE IM TALLY YOUNGBLOOD!!!!!!!!!1111111 IS ME!!!!!!!! WE GOONA SHOOT THE MOVIE DURING SPRING SO IT CAN CUM OUT OVER THE SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!1 GUYS ITS REALLY ME TALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
I HOPE U ALL INJOY THE MOVIES AS WE GONA MAK THEM
CANT WAIT FOR 4 U ALL TO SEE THEM!1
BYE-BYE ITS ME TALLY
February 26th, 2010 03:16
^^ ……?
February 26th, 2010 03:19
ermmhhh…..okay…
February 26th, 2010 06:04
Back @Michal-Wa: I think that each cover portrays Tally interestingly, actually. And I think the “eye color” change on the Specials cover is just because all Specials have jet-black eyes – you can only see the brown of the model’s true eye color because of the contacts and lighting, I think. Plus, you have to look pretty close to see it. And absolutely, they need someone who can act.
Ping @ Kay-la: Oh man. City really IS Specials. So that should be in the credits of Specials, and Brand New Colony in the credits of Uglies
@Tally-wa: Lol.
February 26th, 2010 08:58
Ping @ Tally-wa
what up with all the 1’s and miss spelling O.o lol
February 26th, 2010 13:57
Firstly, a HUGE congratulations to you Scott!
Despite all the doubts and stuff, it’s incredibly exciting to have the possibility of an Uglies movie, to begin with and have an even larger group of people being exposed to its awesomeness! Honestly, no matter how much I’m ‘enhh’ about Hollywood and/or other cinematic companies, it’d be absolutely amazing to see my favourite series on the big screen and I’m sure it will be for all your fans and yourself! So best of luck with the entire process!
But, being a fan, I do admit I’d really love for the ‘purity’ of Uglies – the spirit behind it – to be preserved, which seems to get harder when Hollywood or Disney or the big commercial companies have gotten a hold on anything ):
Either way, I hope they don’t rush the movie(s?
?) and really take the time to understand the magic behind Uglies. Best of luck and please please PLEASE keep us posted 
!
February 26th, 2010 20:38
Hmm… I always thought the girl on the cover of Specials was supposed to be Shay.
February 26th, 2010 20:52
@Rose-la: I thought that once too, then I drew Shay (based off the cover of Specials, but not by a lot) and I thought that resembled her more. I always pictured Shay with dark hair, though. Real dark.
February 27th, 2010 00:07
Ping @ Haley Rae & Rose-la :
Thats exactly what I thought, since the other covers had models that looked more like you imagine Tally looking.
February 27th, 2010 01:05
Ping to Haley Rae: Loving it, loving it!
Bubbly by Colbie Caliatt (sp? lol) For Pretties! LMAO!! Jkjkjjkj 
February 27th, 2010 04:35
a movie??????? it will either be totally awesome or totally bomb.
February 27th, 2010 05:12
ping at Tally-wa:
not cool. tsk tsk…
February 27th, 2010 07:01
They just have to do it right…. I mean if they get it all wrong…seriouly man it wouldn’t be right. Anyways….I’d love to play Tally or Shay although I doupt it. To young…
-No stupid addiations/subtractions to the movie. NO ONE LIKES MATH!
-No making it all you know…. Team Zane, Team David
-Fresh faces. These people need to be described as in the book. No huge globs of makeup on the uglies! Goregous actresses/actors for te pretties. Makeup is nessecary for specials and even pretties.
-Stay on book please. Twilight (the book) was great! (except for sparkling…)But the movie…..bleck.
-Good efects but not terrific. Avatar had amazing effects but the story line was crap.
-Just be smart and have fun with the movie, because if this movie isn’t good…. Tally Youngblood will have to be called in to keep us Ugly fans under control!
Anyway….. love the books Scott…. Keep up the good work and I’m really looking foreward to this movie.
February 27th, 2010 07:05
Ahhhh forgot something.
-QUOTES! QUOTES! QUOTES! QUOTES! QUOTES!!!!!!!!!!!! For the love of anything good in this world save the epicness of the quotes! “I’m Tally Youngblood, make me pretty.”; “Face-it Tally-wa, your Special” And I can’t think of others but yeah…..
February 27th, 2010 07:28
Contacted the books-
What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.” -David, Uglies
“I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.” -Shay, Uglies
“Of course, a hoverboard. What is it about those things and miscreants?” -Dr. Cable, Uglies
“So wait. You have jewels in your eyes? And they tell time? And they go backwards? Isn’t that maybe one thing too many, Shay?” -Tally, Pretties
“I thought that food of the gods would be . . . better, somehow.”
“Hey, this is dehydrated food of the gods, okay?” -Andrew and Tally, Pretties
“Freedom has a way of destroying things.” -Tally, Specials
“It doesn’t take much convincing to make someone believe they’re better than everyone else.” -Tally, Specials
“I’m not trying to be mysterious. It’s just working out that way.” -Aya, Extras
“I know what it’s like to be manipulated, Aya-la. And I know what it’s like to be in danger. While your city was building you mansions to live in, my friends and I have been protecting this planet. We’ve spilled more blood than you have flowing in your veins. So don’t try to make me feel guilty!” -Tally, Extras
February 27th, 2010 08:31
Ping @ Jaeda-la:
What about: “My little gang of psychotic sixteen year olds is worse!” – Dr. Cable, Specials
That is THE BEST quote! (Although I love them all…)
February 27th, 2010 18:05
I am so angry! MTV WROTE THE BOOK NAME WRONG!!!!!!!!
ITS. UGLIES. NOT. THE. UGLIES.
U-G-L-FREAKING-I-E-S!
NO T-H-E IN FRONT!!!!!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry, sometimes i cant control myself.
February 27th, 2010 23:55
speaking of quotes, the ending letters of Specials has to be exactly the same.
February 28th, 2010 00:06
*have to be.
bleh
February 28th, 2010 01:02
Ping @ Jaeda- La
I love those quotes, also I didn’t get the sparkling thing either… I thought it was dumb O.o
Also, as much as I would love to play Tally, by looks it would be Shay. I just hope they do the movie right; without taking away so much or re-doing so many things, taking away characters or adding new ones, or changing characters to try to get everyone liking the movie. The story is good as it is, there is no, I repeat NO need for changes when there is so many fans already.
By when you think about it, It all goes down to the Author… their the ones who give away rights so easy (Note L.j Smith) or keep a say (Note J.K Rowling, who said no to about who they had gotten first for the role of Harry Potter, after that they got Daniel R. to play the role)
Please Scott-la, have a say in what happens =)
February 28th, 2010 02:42
well looking through the old comments… the song that reminds me of Uglies and Pretties is Umbrella Beach by Owl City, but the song that reminds me of all 4 is called Meteor Shower,also by Owl City. Here are some of the lyrics to Meteor Shower.
Well, the whole song. It’s only 2 minutes and 14 seconds.
February 28th, 2010 02:52
RRRRAAAAAGH! IT DID IT AGAIN! I HATE KEYBOARDS!!!
Well, here are the lyrics.
I can finally see
That your’e right here beside me.
I am not my own
For I have been made new
Please don’t let me go
I desperately need you
I am not my own
For I have been made new
Please don’t let me go
I desperately need you
Well, that’s it! See all the references? Tally was made new in Uglies (”Make me Pretty”), Pretties (”Blurry Tally is No More”), and Specials (This is just… duh). Tally was probably thinking ‘please don’t let me go, i desperately need you’ when Zane died. Aya was probably thinking this most of the time, especially when thinking about the old times with her brother.
February 28th, 2010 05:33
Just for the record…..I think that person who plays Dr. Brennen in Bones should play Dr. Cable.
February 28th, 2010 05:34
Oh and make the producers and actors, ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE MOVIE, read the books. Wouldn’t THAT be easier?
February 28th, 2010 05:58
I think that Angelina Jolie should play Dr. Cable. She has the sharp cheekbones and she’s gorgeous. In my opinion tilda swinton is too old and not be mean, but I think that she’s not that pretty.
February 28th, 2010 06:36
I want Nicole Kidman as Dr.C
I just really dont want Angelina Jolie in Uglies
she’s not right for it
February 28th, 2010 20:34
ok im not sure how i feel about Emily Deschanel (dr. brennen in bones) playing Dr.Cable, but its interesting! and I think the least of our worries should be about the special affects, look how manny fans Uglies has, this will not be a low budget movie, and even if it was going to be the film industry has good technology for this kinda stuff. our problem is messing up the story-line (hemph harry potter 6 hemph!!!)
February 28th, 2010 20:42
I think those people look more like pretties than Dr. C. I mean, they all look so focused on being pretty-looking, and Dr. Cable doesn’t even think about that at all. Does that make sense?
February 28th, 2010 20:43
With a lot of makeup Tilda Swinton might work, I don’t know…
February 28th, 2010 22:48
I LOVE Angelina as Cable, but honestly speaking; I doubt we could afford her. Maybe if we were Harry Potter or some other already established multi-million dollar thing, but just starting out, I dunno if we could get her. Am I making sense?
March 1st, 2010 01:46
This is so exciting! Defintely the special effects have to be perfect (think Harry Potter, instead of Twilight) and the actors should be unknowns, but good. Open auditions must be held! Or else how will you find the right unknown, and then everyone will have a chance. For the pretties and specials there has to be special effects like they did for Voldemort in Harry Potter. And Scott, you absolutely HAVE to be involved with every single part of everything that goes on about this! Also the settings have to be fantastic. The rusty ruins and the city must be perfect!
And the most important thing is that it HAS to be 4 movies. If it was all 4 books squished into one movie, we’d miss out on way too much!
Please keep us updated! This is so great!
March 1st, 2010 03:22
Ping at Anna-wa:
i thought meteor shower was supposed to be for God or something. I mean I heard that Adam young is catholic but don’t quote me. Cause I’m not sure anyways I think umbrella beach is PERFECT for pretties!!!!
Ping at michal-wa and anyone else who thinks angelna jolie should he dr. C:
dr. C isn’t supposed to be pretty!!!!!! She’s supposed to be scary!
Oh and I think Zoey deschanel should totally be tally as a pretty!! She’s the girl who was in 500 days of summer. Ithink she could maybeee pull of 16 but inno.
Emily deschanel could pull off dr. C in my opinion just look at the picture of her on wikipedia!! But i mean she could go for pretty too I guess…
March 1st, 2010 03:33
Ping to Beli-Wa:
Well, in the books it repeatedly said how specials are pretty. They are just scary pretty. Angelina has the cheek bones to pull off scary.
About Zoey deschanel, I think that she has the perfect coloring for tally but I DO NOT want a 30 year old to play a 16 year old. I want someone born around 1994 to play Tally and Shay.
Maybe someone younger who looks like Zoey. I like the whole dark brown hair blue eyes thing for Tally.
I also want the same person for ugly, pretty, and special Tally and Shay. They could pull of one person. Remember princess diaries, they made Ann Hathaway ugly and then made her pretty.
March 1st, 2010 03:50
Wait–No pings?? AH!
March 1st, 2010 05:16
Ping at Michal-wa:
ok well with the right make up MAYBE dr. C… inno. I’m still iffy about that. Anyways zooey deschanel does have a young face you gotta admit but like you said she’s too old. So yea maybe someone younger who looks like her…
Your right about the Ann Hathaway thing… And yea It would be better if they had the same actress playing ugly pretty and special tally cause then we would have a physical representation about how under that pretty/special it’s still Tally. Because well let’s remember that the other people that’s gonna watch the movie too, aren’t all gonna read the books…
Ping to Kay-la:
when I said ping to everyone who thinks Angelina Jolie should be dr. C I meant you too :]
(I know there’s alotta people who think the same thing. I personnally don’t.)
March 1st, 2010 06:18
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
March 1st, 2010 09:10
and no matter what, make sure David Yates has nothing to do with it at all
March 2nd, 2010 02:07
No David Yates? Oh. Haha
March 2nd, 2010 02:30
Yes unknown actresses and actors for people such as Tally, Shay, David, Croy, etc. And although I can’t be Tall/Shay I’d like to be An or Sussy for the Smoke Lives! Or the random uglies when Shay and Tally get in a fight at the library. Anyway…. For someone such as Dr. Cable needs to be someone famous. Special Efects. Need. To. Be. SPECTACULAR! They need to be what the awsome LP’r Chuggaconroy calls, Fan-freaking-tastic! Anyways…. I dunno…..I guess just….
March 2nd, 2010 06:45
YAYA! Finally we get some news! I’m so looking forward to this. Scott…. umm Mr. Scott………. Mr. Westerfeld (I’m trying to sound a little professional so you will consider this)…………… PLEASE TELL US ANYTHING IF EVEN A SPECK OF DUST HAPPENS SO WE WON’T BE LEFT HANGING FOR A BILLION YEARS EVEN IF IT HAS TO BE “Sorry, no news yet” BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HECKS GOING ON PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! %)
*Breathes for a really long time* Thanks!
March 2nd, 2010 06:56
Oh yeah,I just wanted to mention some more things;
46 Christina~wa nailed it by saying that they should use the book as a script (i think I mentioned it in another post) because then the only thing that they can change then is how they /interpret/ the book, and lets face it, no two people will read a book the same way.
Also, just a note, you should probably have a link to all the Uglies Movie links together in the same place for easy access.
jus fyi
March 2nd, 2010 08:13
Caitlin-la!
That is how I live my life!
When I see a movie-book, I’m like “They made this up! USE THE FREAKING BOOK!”
And today I was playing MASH at play practice (I wasn’t in the scene) and I wrote Zane as a choice for my husband. I put hearts around his name and people were like “Who’s Zane?” and I kept saying “My boyfriend!”
Well, he got crossed off, so I said, “Well, He’s dead anyway.. so….” All my friends FREAKED out!
I ended up marrying a snail!!!
Ping @ Beli-Wa- I think he’s Christian… That song kinda seems like it would be, cause u do feel different when you are saved… I am! Christian and PROUD!!!
OOOOH! and i started Leviathan. REALLY GOOOD!
March 2nd, 2010 12:27
What about that girl from the Alice in wonderland movie, the girl who plays Alice… I saw the add and was thinking about her with straight hair… I don’t know, just wondering cause there is NO ONE OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT!!!
No one who could play Tally, Shay, or Zane at all O.o
March 3rd, 2010 03:56
ping to Caitlin-la (120)-
well that is really how they just screwed up ALL other movies based off of other books (BLEH!) I just wish that the directors/producers of those movies actually remembered to follow the book instead of letting their imaginations go wild (when its really the author’s)!
March 3rd, 2010 04:00
P.S. my birthday’s on the third!!! 3.3.10(: im so happy!
March 3rd, 2010 19:35
I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am for this. I imagined Uglies as a movie even as I first read it, years ago.
I totally agree with most of you that the main characters like Tally, Shay, and David need to be unknowns, but more minor characters like Dr. Cable, Maddy, and Az should be famous. Also, I totally pictured Tally the whole way through as the girls on the covers (even if she does have brown eyes) it would be perfect if they could act. How come everyone keeps saying that Angelina Jolie should be Cable? I kind of think she’s hideous, and the person should be beautiful but scary. I know they’ll ruin her anyway, so it doesn’t matter. But I wonder how old she is actually supposed to be…(she’s my favorite character.)
P.S. I’m offended by the person who said that glasses and a ponytail is ugly lol
March 3rd, 2010 21:13
Ping at Fanna-wa:
Just because you think that she is hideous does not mean everyone thinks that. I personally think that she is beautiful.
March 5th, 2010 03:50
Whoa, why are we talking about Zane already? We want them to do Uglies as one movie, right? We don’t want them sticking all the books into one movie (think Series of Unfortunate Events). What they’ll do is they’ll only work out the first movie, and IF they make enough money on it they’ll do Pretties. But we gotta get Uglies done first!! Also, they had better keep to the books!!
(But just so you know, IF they were to do Pretties, I hope they pick Logan Lerman as Zane! Unknowns for Tally, Shay and David, obviously. Also, Dr. Cable shouldn’t be hideous or anything, she should be beautifully cruel. Famous person could work, as long as it’s a famous person who can actually act.)
March 5th, 2010 20:42
@ Fanna-wa:
Sorry. I didn’t mean to offend anyone with the whole “ponytails + glasses = ugly” thing. I was trying to be ironic. Obviously I failed.
But yeah, what I meant was in most movies the “ugly” girl–before the amazing makeover, that is–is actually your regular run-of-the-mill pretty girl, and, in order to “fug-ify” her they just slap a pair of glasses on her face or put her hair in a “frumpy” ponytail. Sometimes both. (see: She’s All That, The Princess Diaries, Miss Congeniality, Grease, The House Bunny, Love Potion #9, and any other chick-flick that deals with makeovers).
@ Michael-Wa:
Because of your latest comment, I’m thinking I want to see Alessandra Torresani of Caprica fame be Tally. Or, someone that looks an awful lot like her.
March 5th, 2010 20:46
@ Michael-Wa:
My bad, I was talking about your ping that mentioned Zooey Deschanel.
March 5th, 2010 21:02
Ping to EVERYONE: Just curious, am I the only one who remotely cares about David? I mean, what’s all this talk about Zane? Zane didn’t even exist in Uglies. It was DAVID–David was the guy we all fell in love with in Uglies, amirite? He’s the boy who was raised to appreciate inner-beauty and all that good stuff.
Okay, so to be honest, I’m probably one of the few that never really cared all that much about Zane. I mean, he was a nice guy, and I was sad when he died and all. But yeah, the Zane/Tally ’ship wasn’t my favorite.
All this talk is causing me to get excited about this whole Uglies movie thing.
March 5th, 2010 23:01
@ Penny:
David’s cool and all, sweet yes, sort of the boy of today…
For me I thought he was ok, but then Zane came, and I fell in love with his character.
I was heartbroken when he died =(
March 6th, 2010 04:52
I think Cory Monteith of Glee could play David, but maybe he’s too old…? But that’s sort of how I always pictured him.
March 6th, 2010 07:33
omg! i <3 this series! im so excited for it to come out and for scott westerfield thank you, i would never have stopped rereading twilight without your book and you inspired me to write my own book (not published) and i so think taylor luatner should be david although he "pretty" material i would not stand him as zane bc im TEAM DAVID!! ALL THE WAY!!!!
March 6th, 2010 07:34
and to EVERYONE post of your team zane or david and tell why!
March 6th, 2010 07:37
and i know i have like six psots now but Penny i so agree i read spoilers (i know it bad) and found out Zane died and was like “YES!” i <3 david almost more than jacob from twilight (WHICH YOU SHOULD ALL READ) and i totally agreee with Maddy-la except i dont think he can be serious like david
GO TEAM DAVID AND JACOB YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE GIRL BUT SADLY DIDNT
March 6th, 2010 07:46
and once angain im posting but, i didnt care about Zane either (if that wastn obvious) he and tally feel for each other bc they were pretty minded and at the end of pretties zane says something like “altho we were pretty minded we still picked each other out of everyone” NO YOU DIDNT! you met from crims so you didnt pick from anyone bc tally only hung out w crims!!! ZANE: GO AWAY AND LEAVE TALLY AND DAVID BE!!!!
March 7th, 2010 05:33
Ping to Penny:
YOU READ MY MIIIIINNNNDDDD! Thank you! I wonder if were related in real life somehow, you might be a cousin!
March 7th, 2010 06:03
I would love to see the uglies series on the big screen but I just don’t think it will be possible to do without actually surging people, like full on pretty-making surge, or a hell and a half of CG. My friend emily and I ADORE the series and get many a funny look from our occasional outbreaks of pretty talk!
Good luck with it all! I hope they don’t mess it up like they have done with too many good books (and a fair few bad ones)
March 8th, 2010 00:24
I found this picture and thought this girl would be good for Tally.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48156988@N03/4414791404/
Like some other people have said, I think that it would be better to get someone pretty and then make them ugly. I also think this movie would be awesome in Imax-3D.
We should also have who ever was the make up artist for Benjamin Button to be the make up artist for Uglies. I’m really against the idea of three different people for pretty, ugly, and special Tally and Shay.
March 8th, 2010 03:07
Ping at Penny:
There’s another Penny here? Niiiiiiice! Seems like you might have been here first so I’ll be Penny 2, or Penny Jr., or The Commenter Formerly Known as Penny, or Nickel–you know, so others can differentiate the two of us.
March 8th, 2010 05:21
wow, i wonder what the movie will be like! (: make sure you get some fresh faces in it so it isn’t too mainstream. but otherwise, if there’s a pretties, specials, and extras movie too, then just keep those actors, but give them different looks.
and ping at Penny: you can call each other penny-wa and penny-la. (:
March 9th, 2010 03:07
hey does anyone have any book suggestions I have already read all Judy Blume books twilight series and all if Scott westerfeilds books but iwanna get into abother cool series any ideas?
ping to rye-la:
omg I TOTALLY agree with every word you said!!!!!!! I LOVE David he’s the best!!!
March 9th, 2010 03:09
and please excuse my grammar and spellin my itouch does that stupid auto correct thing!!>:{
March 9th, 2010 03:47
We could do the whole Penny-La and Penny-Wa thing. BUT, if I remember correctly, if the name ends in a vowel, you go with -La. Otherwise you go with -Wa. I guess Penny could go either way since Y is only considered a vowel some of the time.
March 9th, 2010 05:33
I also though Angela from Bones would be a good Dr. Cable.
March 9th, 2010 10:55
OMG!!! i cantwait til the Uglies movie comes out! its gonna b awsome!! i read all 4 books and they are just soo cool!!!!!!!!!!! i hope the movie will be just as great as the book i meani hope they dont ruin it. i luv ur books Scott there just amazing i can imagine the characters and all the action great
March 9th, 2010 10:57
ping @ rileigh-wa
Depending on if your over 15 (dont answer your age, I’m just saying), House if night by P.c Cast is a good vampire seires I prefer, as well as anything by L.j smith
March 11th, 2010 05:51
That’s soooo awesome! we did a group book report on the uglies a litttle while ago and my group and I are soooo excited that it’s going to be made into a movie!
March 11th, 2010 08:07
OMG.
MOVIE.
OMG!.
YAY
FIA-LA
March 11th, 2010 08:07
YAY
March 12th, 2010 04:21
Zane was okay for me. I’m a total David girl, though. Inner beauty > physical beauty to me. Zane felt more like a teenage romance relationship. David felt like true love lasting forever <3
March 14th, 2010 01:21
Zane for me
love him, David’s just…ok
I dunno… maybe its just my taste in guys O.o
March 14th, 2010 11:36
They were both awesome, but I like Zane – he was so intense, and passionate about everything. David was really cool too, though. I loved his point of view.
March 15th, 2010 01:49
I haven’t read all the comments yet, but I will now act like I did when I went to Books-A-Million today, saw “The Dead Tossed Waves” by Carrie Ryan after forgeting the books release: OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THIS IS SOOOO GREAT THANK YOU SOO MUCH I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS THIS IS SO GREAT OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I continued to read it for 2 hours. Eventually I went home after reading 140 something pages. I kept forgetting it was Sunday and the fact the internets existed but after I saw this it was TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!!! I will now read you, the fellow Uglies obbsessed fans, comments!
(spazes out from sheer uglies related happiness)
March 15th, 2010 01:57
Ping to Kay-la: Ha ha. Pull a Haymitch. Just don’t get drunk Scott, or else you’ll never be taken seriously in Hollywood as the smart, talented, creative guy we all know you are. Kissing up won’t make the movie come faster will it? Cause there’s plenty more where that came from! ^_^
March 15th, 2010 02:29
Ping to the Pennys: I’m a Rachel. Hence the user name!
Good luck with the nicknames you two!
Ping to the girl that needs a new book series: OMG FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH BY CARRIE RYAN!!!! It’s about zombies. I actually got it from an old post from Scott-la. Look up “Zombies” in the search the site box. Then again I suppose there’s always google. THE STUPID BUM RAG INTERNET WORLD TAKE OVERERS!!!!!
And that’s why I love the website so much. Sorry. I’m lacking sense aren’t I?
March 15th, 2010 03:45
I’m defininitely a team David. I thought that David was her true love, and then when the whole Zane thing started, I was like WHAAAAAAAT???? She just forgot about David because of her brain damage. I wasn’t even sad when Zane died, even though I knew I was supposed to be. The ending of Extras made me so happy. It seemed like the series was finally tied up.
March 15th, 2010 07:28
thanks everyone for the requests but I’m hooked on a new series: Papers Towns, funny as crap and my family says it’s AMAZING!!!
ping to team David girls:
who should play David? I personally think some unknown person so I’m by watching the movie and saying (fr instance in star trek sylar played Spock) “don’t trust him hs gonna kill you for your powers!”
March 15th, 2010 07:29
ugh and sry again for any messed up words my itouch has this auto word thing
March 16th, 2010 03:19
I hope they pick a good Tally, Shay, David, and Zane.
And i hope they stick real close with the books storyline.
(too bad they couldn’t pick completely new actresses and actors to play the characters) I don’t know why but it would make the movie more legit or something…more bubbly.
i not gonna lie here but i’d love to play Tally…so would a million other fans of Uglies.
Good Luck with everything!
March 16th, 2010 07:14
ping to Kathryn-la
I totally agree and I mean,yea every uglies fan girl wants to play her, it’s too bad you can’t just send an email saying I want to play tally I can audition whenever, you know?
March 17th, 2010 19:19
@ The OTHER Tally Youngblood: EXACTLY!
I LOVE Haymitch 
And Team David. Zane’s a man-whore
March 17th, 2010 19:21
@ Rileigh-wa: I don’t wanna be Tally xD I NEEEEEEEEED to be Shay
Hahaha. But yeah, you guys make sense.
March 17th, 2010 20:46
i love both characters, i just cant seem to choose just one. for david, he has been there for her and saw what no one else saw… but zane, he struggled and kept trying to be with tally…idk they are both equal to me.
March 18th, 2010 22:05
I would love to play Tally, I love her character… but I also love Shay…. and I look more like how Shay is said to.
As for the whole Zane/David thing, already said love ‘em both however I love Zane more
March 19th, 2010 09:52
A MOVIE?!?!?!?! Well, if they are going to make a movie of uglies, then Pretties will soon follow…. then EXTRAS! I’m not to crazy about the rest of the series though. But if the movie ends up happening, I will be there to critisize all the parts they messed up on!
March 20th, 2010 20:16
I really do hope they make more than one movie. Or that they make one for each book. You get the point. But I’m totally looking forward to it anyway. All of the books are awesome.
March 20th, 2010 23:48
O M G :O I AM SOOOOO EXCITED
are there going to be auditions?
March 22nd, 2010 23:34
ok so to whoever said that the actors need to look right like they do in the books, no. i mean the whole point of uglies is that they are changing and idk about you but i know that i never take in the charictar discriptions and think up my own charicter. so really everybody has their own ideas about what they should look like so the looks really dont matter its how they portray the charictar. if shay and tally are all happy go lucky the whole time its not going to work… at all the actors need to be good actors and such. your not going to find actors that look like the discriptions in the book and can act. only really important things matter, like tallys nose and shay being skinny. other than that it really doesnt matter.
March 23rd, 2010 00:28
@ Gabby: …..Tally’s nose? lmao. *confused*
March 25th, 2010 06:23
So incredibly excited! I loved this series and I hope that the movie does it justice! If Scott will be on the team, I have no doubt it will be the best portrayal possible
. Can’t wait to hear about ‘auditions’, if they decide to have an open casting call, that is. I hope they do! 
March 26th, 2010 06:23
my life would be made if this actually happened. |:
…
WHY CAN I NOT FORSAKE THE UNREALISTIC FANTASY THAT I WILL GET TO PLAY TALLY.
/sob
March 27th, 2010 02:24
Hello! I am a fan of Scott Westerfeld. I love he!! ok! right, I am a fan of Argentina so my English is not good, is really bad. This is the first time I decided to comment here. I am sad because, here in Argentina not even went on sale “Pretties” his book. I hope it comes out soon, or else, would have to go to Spain to raise, and I would do it if necessary. I love Uglies, Pretties and Specials. I read Uglies and Pretties in Spanish but I read Specials in English because not yet released in Spain. My favorite book is Specials, but I cry a lot when Zane died; I love David too, but Zane is … special and fantastic!!! Love Zane …
No more … I really love the Uglies series …
(More Specials)
Thanks for letting me comment. And, Tally Younglood is the best!!!
Kises
March 27th, 2010 05:14
Okay, Scott, sorry to bother ya dude, but here’s an idea that probably won’t get a second glance anyways. Haha. Optimism is the best policy
So, as I was saying, here’s my idea. There’s a thing in Michigan for film-making grants that has something to do with lowering the cost of the production by having it in Grand Rapids. Same stuff besides the location–Just cheaper venue. Just letting you know 
*wink, wink* Hahaha. Plus, it’d take the HOLLYWOOD out of it. No chance they’d ruin it over here like they would out West. So if you have any say in it, Scott, you may wanna bring it up 
March 28th, 2010 21:12
Hola ping to my peoples: Well, suprisingly, there’s really not much I have to say considering the fact that I haven’t been on here in a week. Oh yeah, if anyone cares, I’m finially writing a book! Not technically, but still, I’ve finially come up with an idea that might actually work! *excited* well, anyway, guess I’ll see you guys either later today or next week!
March 28th, 2010 23:56
I really loved the Uglies trilogy (made a lot of my friends read the book since it was so good:D) and I have always wanted it to get famous by someone making a great movie out of it, but now that I’ve read the comments above I’m not so sure about wanting it so much anymore since I hate how they make some movies according to books (for example The Golden Compass or Angels and Demons are now in my head even though there are tons of movies that were totally ruined by movies), but anyway it’s really great that someone has finally decided to make a movie out of it. To comment on some of the above comments – I think Shay should be brown haired just as in the novel and the characters should be some new people with sharp features. Does anyone know where can I find some more info about the Uglies movie? Oh and were any of the other novels made into movies, for example I just finished Leviathan, or Peeps..?
March 31st, 2010 09:17
ok, i love acting so much, and ever since i read this book earlier this year (awesome book btw), ive been thinking about how much i would love to play tally. i look just like how she is described in the book (ok i feel silly now). but really. it would be my dream to be in this movie (now i feel like a steriotype). the thing is…. im a little bit too young. lol. but i look old for my age. ive had people think i was 16. anyway, if anyone knows *anything* about auditions, please please please let me know!
oh, and in response to the “team david” girls, no. just…. no. do you want this to turn into twilight? the books arent about zane vs. david. they are both amazing, and i think the right thing happened. because all through the beginning of pretties, i was like “no! shes supposed to be with david!” but then i started seeing how awesome zane was and i still thought she should be with david, but she couldnt just abandon zane. i think zane dying was the only way…. i almost cried when he did though….
speaking of which…. lol. doing a book project on specials right now. i made a skit out of the scene where zane died, and filmed it with some of my friends. it was really fun, but it came out pretty (ok, really) bad due to lack of time. lol.
oh, and does the book really say shay has dark hair? huh. i always pictured her with blonde/dirty blonde hair. that might just be because as soon as it said she was extremely skinny, i pictured her like one of my blonde friends. lol.
wow i just typed alot. lol. ok, so yeah. any info on auditions, please tell me. thanks!
April 1st, 2010 10:50
GOSH DANGGIT I want to be cast in this movie SO bad. What does a girl have to do around here to get an audition. PLEASE PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP …CASTING AGENTS I AM HERE!!!
April 3rd, 2010 02:02
omg omg omg! i want this 2 be a movie soooooo bad! i just hope they dont screw it up by enrolling some crap-ish director! i mean wen they do that they end up messing up an AMAZING book. like twilight, percy jackson ect. either way i still want ‘uglies’ 2 b a movie (even if it does suck ill still c it) LONG LIVE THE SMOKE!!1!1
April 3rd, 2010 12:42
I am actually an actor.
I go to a performing arts highschool.
I was born in 1994 and my sixteenth birthday is in two days.
I have brown hair and blue eyes.
I could be Tally as an ugly.
My problem?
I live in Australia.
( but at least i get the spagbol reference)
I would so audition for this role, even to just be an extra ugly in the film would be amazing for me.
damn country difference.
I understand what you all mean about having actors and randoms for the roles of Tally and Shay as uglies. You all must understand that sometimes the best actors are not pretty enough to get a part.
I hope this will be an opportunity for one of them, like it would be for me if I was in the right country, to show their talent.
Agreed with the “team” thing although for the record, I was never really a fan of david, even in the first book. he just seemed to different for Tally, unsuited. I think he would have been much better off with some one else. Zane was one of my favourite characters I cried when I read about his death…
April 5th, 2010 03:17
Ping to Ally-wa: On the plus side–Aussies are billions of times better than Americans
Hahha.
April 9th, 2010 18:32
Has any1 considered instead of making a movie about the uglies, if they made almost like a reality show, kind of like the show scrubs, then they’d b able to fit more details in without having to squish important details out of the movie… There soucl b a different sason for each movie.. Season 1: Uglies, Season 2: Pretties….ect. I like this idea but I don’t know how to make it matter, sum1 should help get this idea circulated and maybe the show could happen…
April 10th, 2010 03:23
Pretties at last came to Argentina! I’m really very, very happy! thank you very much Scott!!!!
:) I am really happy …
I LOVE PRETTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 10th, 2010 11:11
Burn this City by Cartel. Perfect song for the movie.
April 13th, 2010 23:41
OMG OMG OMG , i love this book/ series i was wishing/ hoping and pleeding on have it made as one and it’s finaly happening , (i know i’m alittle late on this whole thing.Sorry for that :S)
ps: i love every book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 17th, 2010 23:10
Ping @ actressgirl:
yes, Shay has dark hair. I pretty much know every detail about how the characters look b/c there’s so few lol & I was always looking 4 clues about how they looked…but I also loved that b/c then I could make it up myself!
April 21st, 2010 00:31
Wonder if Mr Westerfeld actually reads those here comments, lol
but hey. Anyways, here I am, 30 yrs old, have read Midnighters several times and now re-reading UgliesPrettiesSpecials saga… Just a quick word, I’m really really impressed with all the books by Mr Westerfeld that I read, used to work in Ottakar’s/Waterstone’s bookshop in UK, and was WHOLEHEARTEDLY recommending all of them to customers, many many customers
)
Anyways, I was just thinking about this movie, actually while re-reading Midnighters, how absolutely frickin cool it would be to make them into movies… Cos they’re SUCH great books, unlike anything I’ve ever read before, and I have read a lot.
Midnighters, I probably have a softer spot for, cos they were my first books by Scott, but UgliesPrettiesSpecials saga is way better. (sorry, Extras turned out my least fav…)
So yea, much excited about the news, can’t wait now. Congrats, Mr Westerfeld!! You rock btw
April 23rd, 2010 00:01
Congrats! You must feel extreme pride to know your books have hit hard enough to be transformed into a movie. I can’t wait to hear more about it’s development, and hopefully they are able to do justice to the book.
Wonderful job!
April 28th, 2010 04:00
Heres what i think: (the number stands for what book they are in)
DR.Cable- meryl streep (1,2,3)
Aya fuse- Brenda song (3)
Frizz mizuno- Justin Chong(3)
Hiro fuse- shin Koyamada (3)
shay- Mariah Buzolin (1,2,3)
david – Nathan cress??(1)
zane- ?undecided
tally- ?undecided
April 28th, 2010 04:02
shayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy izzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz awsomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
shay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 28th, 2010 04:03
LOL im bored
April 28th, 2010 04:04
OK ILL STOP NOW
(SECRETLY I FELL) 
April 28th, 2010 04:05
I MEANT TYPING
April 28th, 2010 04:05
BYE
April 29th, 2010 04:35
YAy!!!! A movie! This time i achually know the story before it becomes a movie!
That happens to me alot! Like with twilight, harry potter.. Anyway, im SOO excited!!!
April 29th, 2010 04:36
anyone here???
April 29th, 2010 04:38
Everyday im always getting my friends to read the series. It’s too bad that their too lazy, it would really help with their reading!
April 30th, 2010 01:59
I AM SOOOHAPPY ABOUT THE MOVIE!!!! I JUST FINISHED THE SERIES IT WAS REALLY GOOD!! YOU SHOULD SO MAKE ANOTHER BOOK!!!!
May 1st, 2010 03:37
love this series
May 3rd, 2010 14:02
My question is how will they cast? I have not read the entire series yet, but a friend told me that Tally lives Asia. Someone mentioned the actors not looking like the characters in the reader’s mind. I wonder, if there is no description of national background, how is Hollywood going to depict what is ugly?
May 5th, 2010 02:40
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH scotty-wa i loves you and your spiffy mind.
i just cannot wait to see this brought to life!!!
i’m writing a transcendental essay about Uglies right now actually…i should get back to that…ugh. it’s bored-making.
May 6th, 2010 00:47
AAAH!! I cannot wait! I would LOVE to play the role of Shay, but unfortunatly, I’m way too young. UGH! maybe I could play Sussy or something. unlikely, but that would be fun!
I think Cate Banchett would make the perfect Dr. Cable (the creepy Russian lady from Indiana Jones.
and QUIT the whole team David team Zane thing! do you want this to be a second twighlight?
May 6th, 2010 03:00
oops. I ment Blanchett. and I can’t see Meryl Streep being evil. plus she’s a little too old. srryShayla!
May 10th, 2010 00:36
OMG =) i love the books, these are teh only book series i actually finished and loved, can’t wait to see if there will be a movie, lovve TALLY
May 11th, 2010 03:15
OMG A movie??? that would be so awsome! i started crying when Zane died it was so sad! sorry if im a spoiler. I want to read more of scotts books i just got levithian but i don’t think it will be as awsome as the uglies series
i wonder how the movie will be i hope they only have things from uglies other wise i would be sad. Luv Ya!!!
May 14th, 2010 07:59
ZOMG! UGLIES MOVIE?!?! IMPOSSIBLE! I CAN”T WAIT!
XD if it goes through. ( please, please, please!)
i could not believe someone could write a book this awesome. Me and my friends love it! I wanna be a movie/book reviewer! It seems so awesome. XD
May 14th, 2010 09:17
i’m from argentina and I LOOVEEEE the books!!! i’m waiting for specials because it’s not here yet!!!! please please i die for see the movie…:)
May 16th, 2010 05:01
i am so excited!!!!
May 17th, 2010 03:57
i was wondering if the idea got scraped or somthing? i can’t find anything but fan made trailers ( like a million that ALL copy each other and ALL are really bad) so what is the scoop of ice cream on that?
May 19th, 2010 19:55
Oh holy hell, there are 209 comments of movie ecstatic readers.. My two cents involve the possibility of Specials as a movie – in particular the kiss sequence between Tally and Zane on the cliff – a fitting song for this moment or shortly afterwards with the nausea etc has been playing in my mind for days now. “I’ve got friends” by Manchester Orchestra, seems perfect for a Tally / Zane / Shay / Dr Cable montage.
PS I can’t believe I missed you at Kinokuniya Sydney, my most favourite place to be in (almost) the entire world. Perhaps I’ll catch you next summer. Meanwhile, the Sydney winter comforts me well.
May 20th, 2010 06:15
I wonder how the hoverboards will be like in the movie. If there were such things as hoverboards… that would be so COOL.
May 25th, 2010 04:17
ommgg! i can’t wait! i just finished Uglies and it was AMAZING! i’m of course planning on reading the other books. this idea better not be canceled, and if it does, well, who know what will happen?? i just hope it doesn’t get like Twilight and stuff and get into teams. it’ll just mess it up.
May 29th, 2010 05:27
OMG! i am soooo excited about this movie! I really hope they go through with it and i hope they make a movie for each book in the series. Also, I can’t find any REAl movie trailers or ANYTHING on the movie! are they really going to go through with it? AND it would be really cool to see all the hoverboards and stuff, i’m sure they could do it somehow with all the “movie magic” and special effects…
May 30th, 2010 07:04
ping to Flo76 They don’t live in asia, they live in America. The fourth book’s main character lives in asia.
and I CAN’T WAIT TILL THE MOVIE COMES OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They better stick to the book’s plot! The worst is when they delete important things/characters that happened!
And about the character’s looks and all, even tho ppl say in the book, Shay has dark hair, for some reason, I’ve always imagined her as blonde. “Shay” just sounds like a blonde! lol And for Tally, it should be brown hair and brown/blue eyes.
June 2nd, 2010 00:24
ping Keiko-chan
I actually have a friend whose name is Shay and is blonde,but in the book they described her as really skinny, with dark hair and pigtails, and it’d kinda screw it up (Ithink) if they don’t keep it that close to the book.
June 2nd, 2010 00:26
p.s. oops I forgot,
alot of people want it 3-d, and thats cool, and all, but so many movies are 3-d now, and I think this should just be a MOVIE without anything to make it distracting. but they HAVE to get it right!
June 2nd, 2010 00:28
oh, and I doubt Scott reads these, but in case he does, make sure htey don’t screw it up! they don’t need to add anything that wasn’t in the books, so they can fit things in that were in the books
June 5th, 2010 23:48
oh my god i LOVE the books i just told my friend and she freaked (we are very slow with news)
June 6th, 2010 03:47
I just found out, i know i know im a little slow with the news but thats ok. I cant wait i love the books, i hope they put the movie in 3-D, i think that would be so cool.
I wish i could be in the movie that would be great, but i am way to shy ask anyone who knows me.
But they have to get the right people for the movie.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im just so excited.
Thank you so much Scott for writing these book!!!!
June 6th, 2010 03:50
OH Ya, they cant fit all the books into one movie that would not be good, they have to make them all into there own movies!!!!!!!!!
June 8th, 2010 09:28
i really do hope they make an uglies movie it will be my dream come true i love the series personally keep this a secret but i think this series is better then twilight
June 9th, 2010 18:55
Oh my god! I looooooove uglies!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH!!! i cant wait for the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!….this is the most amazing moment of my life!!!!…aaaaand reading the series, oh my gosh!..
i cant breathe….
June 9th, 2010 18:56
oh my gosh heck yeah!!! this series is waaaaayyyy better then twilight!!!! totally agree.
June 9th, 2010 19:50
i agree this is sooo much better then twilight, i have read both book series and i LOVE the uglies much much much much much more, its the best books i have ever read!!!!
June 24th, 2010 02:51
Hey, dang the 225th post I hope Scott will get this. I LOVE the Uglie series and I am a big fan. I hate a film version of “The Uglies” series, that just SUCKS!!!! Anyway I’m ten turning eleven in October, I live in Colorado and well if the movie comes out in 2012 I’ll be 12!!
June 26th, 2010 07:51
ping @ ashley: that’s an amazing idea (: like the show will go into detail about how tally& the others live their lives as they go from uglies, pretties, and specials.
June 26th, 2010 08:33
Uglies movie? This will be interesting. It’s exciting, but also kinda sad, because tons of peopel will see the movie before they read the book. Even if it will suck I’ll see it anyway. (Just like with the Twilight Movies and the Harry Potter Movies.) Uglies Movie: Two possibilties, Awesomeness and Suckiness.
July 4th, 2010 01:53
SO EXCITED NOW!!!!! I WOULD BE A GREAT TALLY
July 4th, 2010 01:54
NO WAIT SHAY I WOULD BE A BETTER SHAY
July 5th, 2010 08:00
O. M. G.
They better make this movie totally awesome-making and bubbly, otherwise I’m not going to very happy-making. And if they make Uglies good, I can’t wait for pretties to come out. Can’t wait to see those pretty-making flash tattoos
July 6th, 2010 07:54
omg, they better not botch this book!
like they just did the last airbender – from the TV series. I mean, Twilight was an okay version of the book. So’s Harry Potter. But if they mess up Uglies like they did Airbender, then it means war!
July 8th, 2010 06:37
i hope they would have auditions for the movie like in toronto ontario i know that its not forsure but i wish i would be able to audition (:
July 9th, 2010 10:05
They better not make all the books into one movie!! I would be so mad!! They have to make a movie for each book!! That would make it so good. The books will always be the best though. I have read them 4 times!!
July 10th, 2010 13:05
WUHOO!!! Can’t wait for the movie
. I hope it doesn’t turn out to be a complete flip out :/. It’s going to b e hard if they’re going to make the whole series into one though…. o.O
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I love the series and I have been hoping they make the movie!!!
sooooo excited
July 14th, 2010 02:17
thank you scott-la for your books. i use bubbly talk all the time and it annoys the heck out my my brother ben-la. anyway i’m really excited for the movie i just forsed my mom to read the books like two days ago and she loves them any way good luck on the movies
why shay is the real hero of uglies
July 14th, 2010 07:29
holy nipples!! uglies will rock my nips!! cant wait! im even gonna even shave my nips for this whoohoo!!
July 21st, 2010 20:49
thanks soooooooooooooo much scott for writing these books, they are my favorit!! I cant wait for the movie, as long as its just like the book. GO UGLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!