Uglies Trailer — Official!

Posted on by scott

Back in the sepia-toned days of early 2005—before Twitter, T-Pain, or even Twilight—I published a book called Uglies. Of course, back in those days, we didn’t call them books. We called them codexes, but it was much the same object: a quantity of papyrus that told a story.

Anyway, back then, book trailers weren’t really a thing. Trailers were for movies (which we called flicker-shows) or sometimes for videogames (which were collectively known as Pong). So Uglies was unleashed into the world with only the whispers of a few score Simon & Schuster sales reps (or bookmongers, as we knew them) to guide its passage.

By the time my next big series, Leviathan, hit bookstores in 2009, trailers were all the rage. So this beautiful example was created, and has since been viewed over half a million times. And yet Uglies remained untrailered.

Many of you sought to correct this imbalance by creating your own Uglies trailers, like this one, this one, this one, or this one. All of which are pretty (heh) cool.

But the time has come for Uglies to have its own official trailer!

So here it is at last: Uglies, the trailer!

If you know any other unofficial Uglies trailers, please link to them in the comments!

183 thoughts on “Uglies Trailer — Official!”

  3. ahhh this actually happened! uglies trailer! eeeeee so aweosme! happy day!!! now…movie news please? we are eagerly awaiting!

  9. Very cool idea and well executed, but that is NOT Tally. That girl’s got huge lips and… just not Tally.

  10. WHOA. What is WITH trailers today? That was one of the best book trailers I’ve ever seen (but nothing can beat Leviathan). It’s sufficiently disturbing. 🙂

    Also, speaking of trailers….
    Has anyone seen a certain teaser trailer….
    ….that got released….
    ….that maybe involves a dragon….
    ….and me crawling over the counter to see my sister’s phone screen….
    ….and maybe there’s Dwarves too….
    …..and me hurling things across the backyard…..
    ….and perhaps some Elves that do freakish things that shouldn’t be physically possible but are still beautiful….
    ….and maybe me screaming/laughing/sobbing into my pillow….
    ….because of a certain Hobbit an his continued adventures….
    So….
    Desolation of Smaug, anyone?

  11. When I saw the title of this blog post I thought it was referring to a movie trailer and nearly fainted! Still it’s pretty cool!

    @Midshipman K, how amazing is that trailer?!?!?!?! I loved every single bit of it apart from two things:
    One, the white orc is back? I really hope they don’t continue the whole Thorin/White Orc motif throughout Desolation of Smaug like they did with the first movie! It was really good in The Hobbit but it’ll be very dull to watch it in another movie.

    Two, Smaug didn’t look very… amazing? I had really expected him to look like woah! Lets hope he looks better in the actual film, huh?

  12. When I read the title I thought it meant movie trailer and I almost cried. Hollywood has ruined about 98% of my books. PLEASE do not degrade your book to that.

  13. well….. that woman’s voice was weird. was she supposed to be a special? hopefully I’m reading too far into this trailer. I’m just glad it’s not the official one for the movie. The pretty version of the girl was all wrong.
    Scott-la, kindly fix this crime committed against your book by giving us movie news.

  16. Well, that was creepy. Props to the actress. Her creepy smirk made the trailer just that more disturbing.

  17. Scott-la! Are you freaking kidding me?! The trailer thinger is pretty kickin’ BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN UPDATE FOR THE UGLIES MOVIE! Now imma cry tears of hopeless desires T_T And I’m still not a big fan of the new Uglies covers, the only reason I even picked up Uglies and Pretties at my school Scholastic Books sale is BECAUSE of the original US covers — which to this day the Uglies series is still my absolute favorite! I desperately wanna read them again but my friend has my copies of Pretties, Specials and Extras and I’m too stubborn to go buy a third round of copy for these bubbly and icy books because of the covers :I (my first copies got so tattered from me carrying them around everywhere like a descendant of Jesus would carry the Bible).

  18. if only this were the trailer to the MOVIE and not the book… alas. anyway i loved it!
    @Midshipman K i saw the Desolation of Smaug trailer too and want to see the movie. now. tickets.

  19. I think that Uglies would best be visually displayed in animation form since this book is so heavily concerned with looks and appearance. I think that this would be the best way to not offend a lot of the loyal, and healthily-obsessed fans and also better express how the Author truly envisioned his characters. 🙂 Plus, depending on the animation form, it would give viewers some really cool-looking characters.

  20. @Ecclesia M. I agree with you! I think that when they become pretties and specials their faces should be made to look exactly like pretties (all the same pretty faces) and specials (really scary, but beautiful) by using CGI. This girl in the trailer really did nothing for me.
    What does everybody else think about this??

  24. eeee Hobbit trailer! excited!!! anyone else just super stoked to see Evangeline lily? whole time I’m just like KATIE KATIE! back to kick some butt!

  25. First of all, this had nothing to do about the movie The Hobbit so leave your comments about that crap off of here.
    Second, did everyone forget that this is a saga NOT a trilogy? Extras was book number four making it a saga!
    Finally, this makes me want to read it all again 🙂

  26. @Christine:
    Kristina-la is the queen of the WesterForum, no need to be rude! She commented as number 3 on Scott’s post and was relevant!
    However, Uglies IS a trilogy as Extras was just that, extra. It didn’t revolve around Tally and what happened immediately following the collapse of Cable’s reign. It was still a good read, don’t get me wrong, but Tally’s story ended pretty much with Specials, even tho she did show up in Extras in Aya’s city — she still wasn’t the focus and Extras was really not part of the original three. I too wanna read them again! 🙂

  27. Wow, that trailer is creepy and awesome! I really need to read these books, but currently I have a stack of 13 on my nightstand, so they’ll have to wait a bit.

    @Whoever cares (MidK?): I finally saw Into Darkness! It was awesome, and I just have to say: I LOVE MCCOY SO MUCH. He’s just…aw, I love him. 😀 And yes, MidK, THAT SCENE was just…no words. But I totally guessed that what happened would happen. I need to watch all the original Star Trek stuff!

    @Hobbit discussion: I saw the trailer, and it looks awesome! Too bad Kili wasn’t in it though. 😛 Anyway, I have two questions (forgive me, I haven’t read it): a) Is Legolas even IN the book? And if he is, it looks as though they’re giving him a WAY bigger part than he had in the book, right?
    And b) Is “Smaug” the name of the dragon or the Dwarf town/city/kingdom/land/whatever? I thought it was the latter, but then I could’ve sworn someone said it was the former…

    I SHALL READ LOTR/HOBBIT AND UGLIES ASAIC (as soon as I can)! …AND WATCH ORIGINAL STAR TREK.
    (Man, summer’s already seeming to disappear…so much to do!)

  30. @Roxanne: No, Legolas is not in The Hobbit. And even if he were, the wood elves are the bad guys in The Hobbit, so I’m not sure why they’d put him in.

  31. I got really excited when I saw the title and thought it was for the film, but it’s still really awesome, Scott-la!
    Any updates on the film..?

  32. 30 comments already!! I’ll have to read them all carefully, but anyway. I thought the trailer was for a movie!!! Kind of sad it wasn’t but it’s still a pretty awesome book trailer. When will we hear movie news, Scott??

    @10- i saw it too!! Just plain awesomeness, I’m probably going to go crazy waiting for the movie to come out!! Legolas is back! I wasn’t expecting that, but it’s gonna be so cool. He’s my favorite elf 🙂
    And Smaug looks great! I want to hear him speak.

    @27- I loved Benedict in that movie too, he’s so badass. I liked Kirk too, and McCoy, and Chekov, and Scotty. But Spock beats them all, for me.

  33. @Kate @29 that was so awesome!! DId you edit that last shot with the creepy looking actress? What editing software do you use?

  34. @ 22 I agree!!!!!!!We need a movie!!! But I think there should only be 3; not 4. That would be to many. In the movie there should be the songs Paradise by Coldplay and maybe also Viva la Vida, also by Coldplay! For some reason I think they go perfectly with what happens in the books!!! But what actress would be good to play Tally!? There aren’t many that look like how Tally looks in the graphic novels. Unless Tally in the movie looks nothing like the Tally in the book!

  40. @ Middy Me: That happens a lot to me, too. No reason to feel apologetic; it’s an honest mistake.

  43. Not sure who said it, but I agree with the folks saying the movie’d be better in some animated form 🙂

  44. Hi,

    I just wanted to say this is great! The uglies series are my favourite books by far! I have read them more than twice and they are always just as good as the first time i read them years ago! I have always wanted to see a film made it would be amazing! 🙂

  46. WOW. gave me the goosebumps and makes me want to reread them for the third time !!!!! gah i love the colors. im really hoping this gets turned into a movie series itd be amazing to see instead of just imagining. I LOVE YOUR WORK.

  48. I feel like the girl in that trailer didn’t do Tally-wa justice. My Aunt gave me the first book in the series and after that i was hooked. It took me so long to get the other books that I just finished Specials. IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING ENDING I HAVE EVER READ!!!! i couldn’t let go of my book for ten minuets! Now I’m afraid to read Extras because it doesn’t revolve around Tally and i dont feel it could live up to the others… i need help guys! is Extras bubbly and icy enough to read after that?!

  49. Extras was good, but definitely my least favorite. I think I would rather have kept to the books revolving around Tally. But what the heck, it was by Scott Westerfeld and it was good so… 😉 but definitely not as icy as the first three. And Uglies is still my fave!

  50. Apparently, the creators messed up
    Tan, too high forehead, small eyes,
    Thin lips, messy hair, pudgy, too tall,
    Zits
    Get it right, people!!!!

  51. When will there be any new news on the Uglies Movie? There are so many young adults all over that would love to get an update. Whether its in production, or if it isn’t happening anymore.

  52. Uglies would be a huge hit in my opinion. I’ve wanted the book series to be a movie for the longest time. Lets face it we are finally reaching the gosh awful era of vampires and its time to kick it into high gear with the dystopian themed movies.

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  57. MOVIE WE NEED A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  61. I think that this would be an amazing concept for a movie. I have read the whole series & it would be very popular now. Look at how well Hunger Games is doing, and it has a similar Utopia concept. If the movie is directed well with extravagant sets and stylists, then I think it would be a hit in the box offices…

  62. I love the Trailer!!!!
    I am new to this website but I am really glad that I found it. Now, I finally have hope that a movie is going to be made. YES!!!!!!!! I can’t wait!!!!

  63. BTW Scott Westerfeld, you are my favourite authors. Your books are so interesting and amazing! Also, if you have any other news about an Uglies movie, PLEASE tell us.

  67. I don’t see why they have not made it into a movie yet!?!? All these other books are being turned into movies and this one is one of the best series i’ve read and it is still not a movie!!! It’s a outrage</3 lol maybe since the media is controlled by the government and this book is basically about going against the rules and all that.

  69. love the books so much. me and my friends really want to see them in a movie! One of the best series ever!!!!!

  71. I watched most of the trailers that people tagged. I think there r some amazing ones and not so good one but over all: I WANT A MOVIE!!!!

  72. several people answered this question, but I’m just going to say it again: Legolas is not in the book. He’s there because he is the prince of Mirkwood, which is a pretty good reason to be there. The Hobbit is only 60 years prior to LOTR and he’s an Elf, so he’s thousands of years old. Logical assumption: he was there. Technically, though, none of the elves were ever named in the book, so even saying ‘King Thranduil’ is deviating. Anyway, how badass is Tauriel?? SHE’S SO AWESOME!!!! I love her already. (She is neither sister nor girlfriend to Legolas, by the way.)

  74. Okay, I realize I’m late reading the series, but I just finished all of ’em in like 2 nights. So, I think I deserve, and the rest of us a darn right awesome movie! These other people Scott, have waited almost a full year I have noticed! I feel so bad for all of us now that I know how much I will beg and cry for this movie series, no matter how stupid or childish it makes me look! RIGHT NOW I AM A RAVENOUS DOG NOT TOO HAPPY-MAKING IN FACT! Please Scott, FORCE THE MOVIE TO BE PRODUCED FASTER (please and thank you!) I am a pitiful pile of longing and dread until I know it’s almost done… Please… Help a poor fan out….

  75. By the way, beautiful, (most favorite series in history) best, most wonderfully written book in the universe! I love it SO much, I cried so hard when I finished it (I do/don’t want to re-read the series again over and over)… You are an amazing writer and I love your style! Please write mor Utopian Futuristic books please!!!!! ):> (<– this is a big puppy dog face/pout)

  76. Sorry, I don’t mean to go on and on, but I just do that when I’m obsessed with a book/series etc. Also, this is a pretty cool trailer. Simple, pretty creepy, but perfect… And if the person who was used to take a shot of Tally in Uglies etc for the covers is a real person, then use her! Same wih the other people in covers like Zane on the pretties book front cover. DARN I RANTED AGAIN! (sorry!)

  78. When’s the movie coming out? I just read the book and I found this article lol. PLEASE?!? when’s the movie?

  81. Im so excited!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think he should add more books to the trilogy.

  84. This series NEEDS a movie or even a TV Show series! I fell IN LOVE with this series as a pre-teen now that I am a young adult I could see myself playing this character.

  85. This is my favorite series unfortunately not to many people know about it I wish there was a movie Manley more people would understand why it so great but most people I recommend it to don’t give it a chance or say they don’t read for fun. Screw you America this series is amazing!!!

  86. Is this really happening? I’ve been waiting years for this! these books are my freaking bibles! I really hope this is real and it comes out soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  88. Hey there Scott. I am 11 years old and just started the series Thursday night. I honestly could not put the book down. I swear that I was halfway done with Uglies by midnight. I finished it today and just started Pretties about an hour ago. Absolutely amazing. I’m mad that David and Tally are separated but I know they meet up again near the end(I read ahead okay! I had to! I needed to know if they got back together because I don’t like Zane. David was too awesome.) I love how original the Uglies series is. I honestly have read nothing like it before(which is saying something because I have read a bunch of young adult novels that are similar. For example, Hunger Games and Divergent.) I expect to finish Pretties before Tuesday. My teacher hadn’t read them yet either and she’s going to start ASAP because I told her the basics of Uglies. I’m confused about why they say Shay-la and Tally-wa. Why? It’s just confusing. Anyways, you should know that you and John Green are tied when it comes to favorite authors. You should know that being first on my favorite authors list is pretty awesome because you top Lois Lowry, Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, Stephanie Meyers, and so many more really good authors. Be proud, Mr. Westerfeld. Continue writing good books.

  89. I do have to say, we need a movie for this wonderful, exilurating book! I have listened to this song many times and it just fits this book SO well, this song is called Hypnotic by Zella Day. It is free on iTunes until Tuesday, October 28th. Please listen to this song and think of this book, it fits it SO well ??

  92. I am BEGGING for a MOVIE! Please! Ever since the books first came out, I have been asking for a movie! The Uglies is so similar to the genre of The Hunger Games…and look PEOPLE LOVE the futuristic stories, and when the protagonist goes against powerful people! The Hunger Games is so successful and I believe the The Uglies could be even more successful! PLEASE MAKE A MOVIE! I see on Wiki that is says a movie is being made, and if so, PLEASE move faster and spread more news about it! I want to share these wonderful stories with people around the world, and having a movie would be the perfect way!

  93. it’s 2015.. I’ve come across this series not long ago and I finished it last December. I love this and it would just be fantastic if this series was turned into a movie or even better — a tv show. Each part of the book = 1 episode and 1 book = 1 season…. or something like that… But aside from that, please continue to write novels such as these. You awakened a sense of wonder in me that I never had before and your imagery is very wonderful as well. Thank you for this series as this is the best one that I have ever read.

  94. PLEASE READ: Please make a movie…I love this book series. Maybe people don’t like to read so thats why you should make a movie of the uglies. More people will see how good book series it is. Some people like to see it instead of reading. Please make a movie. I am just a fangirl who is another who is asking for this but this is the best book series and I think a movie would make this book series THE BEST. I think I made my point, but I know nobody will take their time to read this but PLEASE make the movie.

  96. There really needs to be a movie. This trilogy + extras is just too good. I couldn’t put my book down once I started reading it.

  97. So I’ve read this books so many times, and it is so nice! It is so good! The movie rights have been sold since 2007! When will the movie itself come out?

  98. I loved the uglies series! I think the movie UGLIES will be a HUGE hit! please please please take into consideration of making the Uglies book into a MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    -from a die heart fan of the UGLIES

  100. The world would be amazed by a movie like Uglies. You need to find the perfect producer and the perfect cast for it. I would totally see young actress like Anna Sophia Robb or Saoirse Ronan as Tally! Im sure it would be more popular than Hunger Game or Divergent. Those are good movies but Uglies could be on top 🙂 Movie movie moviiiiiiie ! Please? Marie (Quebec city)

  102. Hate your books now because of you our School is forcing us to do a Summer assignment Thanks ugly. Ohh and im guessing you wrote the Uglies inspired by you.

  103. Will there ever be a movie on the books. i have read all the books in the uglies series and wanted to see if there was ever a movie for the books

  105. I have read these books each three times and have been wanting to read them again.
    I can say that they are amazing and if given to me in school as an assignment I would have jumped for joy.
    They are absolutely AMAZING!!
    AMAZING!!!!

  106. My name is Callie , I’m loved your books . There’s been rumors about the movies and still has never happened . I’m somewhat upset about this . Please if anything if the movies do come out could I be a cast in the movie . I adore the books please get back to me .

  107. I’ve loved these books so much. I’ve heard rumors about it becoming a movie, and I so dearly hope so! All the movies out now aren’t so great as this book, this is way better then the twilight saga, I can assure you that this movie will sell out the theatre. May be even better than the hunger games. This book is like nothing I’ve read before and I’m glad you are such an amazing writer to come up with an amazing book and the series. Please Mr. Scott Westerfeld make this into a movie! I’m begging to see this in its glory.
    Much love,
    Monique Lara
    San Diego Ca.

  108. Hi i love ur books i can play a great shay she somehow like me ugly now but pretty in a few years ur books Inspired me to be myself plz make a movie ill love to act in it luv yr work ur biggest fan Gladine.Txt me in facebook my email might not work if u want to get back to me

  109. I find it difficult to understand why all of the charecters in most dystopian movies happen to be, white. If you think about this, the young people that are reading these books come from different walks of life. They are from: Mexico, South and Central America,the Middle East, Europe and everywhere. As proof, I work with English Learners at Bonita Vista High School from South San Diego, California. Can you imagine a real revolution here in the United States? It would not just be white people. Hopefully you will change this by making sure that there will be Ethnic Divercity in your movies.Don’t let your readers down by not representing them, Know that we want to be part of your success after all we buy books and movie tickets too.

  112. This book series is amazing, and I like other readers would love to see it turned Into a movie. If you wouldn’t want to do that with this particular series however, I understand. I mean, just look at how divergent went. Total letdown,

  113. I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!! They’re so action packed, and you use such descriptive words and I can visualize the characters. I cant wait to see this become a movie! I hope its as good a the books and I bet it will be!???

  114. I am an editor of a blog at my school and would really love to see this series be made into a movie(s). PLEASE!!!!

  115. This book is pretty interesting so far. It tells you about friendship, and what would happen if your not pretty. (You lose your friends) So far, so good.

  117. When are you going to do a fifth book? I really enjoy your series.
    I know how at the end of Uglies the last word was “pretty”. The last word in Pretties was “special”. And the last word in Specials was “ugly”. So there’s a pattern. And in Extras the last word was “cake”. So what I want to know is, when are you going to write Cakes? I’d really appreciate it if you reply.

  118. I think there should DEFFINETLY be a movie for Uglies!!?? I WOULD DIE!! And watch everyone like 20 times each.???? GO FOR THE MOVIE!!!

  119. I love your books I am actually on the last one! My friend showed the series to me and I’m like I want to read that so she got me the book and I passed her up with the series. I really love all of them but the second one would be my favorite if I had to choose.

  120. Honestly, this trailer is not a good trailer to portray this book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxX8_hMDWJQ this was a better trailer that actually kind of explained the book and i really liked this trailer. I would love to see the book transformed into a movie but with the trailer you have im not sure it would be a good one.

  121. I loveeee yur books read them all and got hooked still wishing there was a fith and wanting to know how everyone reacted to the pink cake bom and if tally ever like married david. Also ava and frizz since they are only in one book you cant really relate but they have such cool personalities like the honesty surge that was hilarious. Well thanks so much for creating such wonderful books.

  122. I loved the book Uglies and I am wanting to purchase the rest of the trilogy. I would like to know if a movie series will be made for these books, but I can’t seem to find an answer.

  123. First of all Djennifer, you do NOT know what your missing about the books. But anyways even though I only read the 1st and 2nd books, they have become my favorite series. They beat The Selection Series. (Ask my librarian how much I loved that series he would be like “She would not stop asking for the books!”) I still have to read Specials and Extras, I haven’t yet because the STEM library and the rest of the middle school library someone else checked it out. BUT I LOVE YOUR BOOKS! (I’m also mad at Shay right now for making Tally become a special, but Specials SHOULD make me feel better. 🙂

  126. I LOVE the Uglies Series so much!!!! They’re all awesome and fun to read! There are no boring chapters in these books like you would find in other books. It’s just AWSOME!!!

  127. My Name is shay and i am an experienced actor. I would love to the play the part of Shay if a movie ever comes out.

  128. This book has inspired me so much. Bringing it do the big screen would certainly do it justice.

  130. Hey i <3 your books so much i hate reading but yout books are different they are so engaging i couldnt stop reading them i want more than anything for their to be a movie I hope u can manage too make that happen i really love your books and style of writing u are the only artist i have ever recognized so i hope u know for me I dont do this often plz make a movie ….. From- Michael 😀

  131. Hi Scott! I absolutely LOVE this series. I’ve read it in its entirety five times, and I’ve listened to the audiobooks multiple times as well. Both the characters and the plot are so well-rounded you just get lost in Tally’s world. I’m definitely crossing fingers and toes that this series is turned into a movie franchise. Also, I would LOVE to read a “prequel” about a younger Dr. Cable, and David’s parents’ harrowing escape from the City!

  132. Your books are good but sometimes in the story it gets past like in the first book uglies David kisses Tally and that’s were the gross part comes

  134. I read these in high school when they first came out. I’m 26 and I still haven’t gotten a movie. (Boo!) I remember IMDB stating it was going to come out in like 2010 but it never did. Really disappointing. Jennifer Lawrence would make a great Squint, I think haha.

  135. I am 23 years old and have graduated from college. I read this book back freshmen year of highschool and to this day i love it so much. I even reread specials recently for fun! It HAS to be made into a movie. We’ve all waited so long and will still wait for #UgliestheMovie

  141. I’m 14 years old and I had to read this book for the Summer Book report that my school had assigned. Let me just say, this is by far the best book I’ve ever read. I can’t explain it to you how much it moved me when I got to the final pages of the story. I really hope that the movie will be at least like the novel. #UgliesTheMovie

  143. I love this book<3!! I just started reading the series and it just got so interesting, I can't wait to read all the books. I also look forward to the movie as I've heard.

  145. I read the wonderful series of the Uglies while I was in middle school. I loved these books. Now in 2017, I see the world just like the books. With all the plastic surgery, self-mutilation(“changing gender”), wanting to enhance things on ourselves(other than our appearance) within today’s society, I wanted to reread these books. I didn’t even know a movies was trying to get made in 2013. Looks like it won’t be happening though 🙁 I really think it would do good as a movie because it actually isn’t quite like the other futuristic, totalitarian, new world order movies. These types of movies are being made left and right. It’s a bit different in the sense of everyone physically and mechanically enhancing themselves to be excepted into society. I mean if trash like the ghost busters remake can get made, I don’t see how this series couldn’t!!

  147. I really hope that this series would made it to cinemas! I just can imagine how awesome it could be with all the visual effects, CGI’s, etc. This is one of the best series I’ve ever read and I would really watch it if this would turn into movies!

  152. I’m still mad because I haven’t heard anything about an Uglies’s Movie, and Hollywood keeps recycled dumb movies instead of branching out and doing more book movies like this one. Uglie’s could be such a cool movie, and with the technology we have nowadays, it can be made EASILY and look so amazing. Not to mention the social commentary it would have.

    But NOOOO.
    Let’s get out ANOTHER Transformers! or some ish like that.

    #MAKETHEUGLIESMOVIE2018

  153. hey, so I’ve been thinking about your books a lot lately and have been looking around to see if I missed the movie or anything really and found that you were supposed to have a movie come out?? And really I was just wondering what happened because I love your books and would love to see it on the big screen!! love the books :))
    -cb

    excuse my grammar errors. I’m illiterate but I love to read and write lol

  154. My name actually is Tally, and this series really helps me imagine a life different from my own. While all of the struggles are relatable in some aspect of every teenager’s life, this book provides reassurance on a higher level. It’s pretty amazing what an impact this series has had on my life. It would be awesome if these books became movies. Pleaseeee make it happen. Thank you for creating these masterpieces 🙂

  155. This series was awesome with great imagery. It would need huge following to make this happen. Please please make this happen. Put the money and time into it to really get the attention from Hollywood that it deserves.

  156. Let’s do a movie for it please?! That would be great. I’m totally in love and obsessed with this book and it would be an amazing movie. Thanks!

  157. I’m reading uglies for my summer reading and I really like it so far and I thing it would make a great movie <3

  158. I read the series five years ago and I’m still waiting for them to be turned into movies… I loved them so much; it felt like I was a part of the book! I hope that someday they realize how good this could be…

  160. I’m in 7th grade and I am reading the series, I’m only on book 1 but love it and can’t wait to get the the others. Anyway I would love for there to be a movie!!

  161. I just read the Uglies book, I love it sooo much!! I was wondering how it looked as a movie instead of my imagination. I’m really obsessed with these books!! Please make this a movie, or a series of movies.

  162. I’ve read this book series about five or more times now, and I’m still absolutely obsessed with it. If a movie came out for the series I would die of excitement!

  163. It’s 2019 and there is still no movie on these books. I am quite disappointed because these books are so good and deserve a movie to each book. It could be made into a movie series like Divergent and Harry Potter. There is so much potential to these books and i just wish and hope that one day a movie could finally made….. is there a reason as to why there hasn’t been a movie made yet?

  165. My daughter had to read these books for her summer reading two years ago. We had to but the book and I’m glad we’re are hooked and are buying the rest with crazy lives we’re haven’t raff them all yet, but we definitely enjoy them when we can and when we’re done Pay (my daughter) is donating them to the school. We’re also waiting for the movie.

  167. hi i love your book called extras it very retro and cool , and if u do make a move i will be happy to watch

  168. So many people, including myself want the Uglies series to be out on the big screen, I love every book from this series and it would be amazing if there was an accurate movie of this series. Also, is it possible that this is already happening, because it says on this page “Comments will be closed on April 23, 2020.” I know this is a stretch, but I can’t imagine why else the comments would be put down if the movie still (supposedly) isn’t being made yet.

  169. I found this book 3 years ago on the internet while searching for some Dystopian or Young Adult Novels and I’m hooked! I was amazed with all the adventures, characters improvement, to its futuristic slang and twist. I really hope that more people will know about the existence of this book ‘cuz I know they will love it the way I do. I’m always hoping for the movie, this surely has the potential.

    I appreciate this “Impostor Trailer” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9IZ8PA6qeM) it gets me more excited for a movie version of “Uglies Series” specially when I saw that Hover Board and that markings “The Smokes Lives” on a tree trunk. Please make it happen. Thank you!

  171. I’ve been waiting for an Uglies movie series since I read the first book in 2005. I’m a little disappointed that it still hasn’t happened. I’m sure it would be a huge success if you would just get the ball rolling. I’ll be here waiting…

  172. I usually am not big on reading but back in junior high I literally read these books at least twice each and I still have hoped and wished that it would become a movie and it still hasn’t!! #ugliesmovie

  173. Read this book series for the first time almost 12 years ago. I read it again almost 2 years ago, and I’m probably going to read the series again this year. Every other year I search for official articles hoping that one says theres finally a movie in the works, but almost 15 years later still nothing, so disappointing.

  175. I have been reading this series for quite awhile now and it is most definitally my most favorite. I just wanted to ask if there would PLEASE be a movie of this magnificent book series!? I just think that considering there is such great technology nowadays that they could make a freaking killer movie out of this amazing freaking series. I’ve always thought people that create movies always make such weird movies, they should make Uglies into a movie because, 1st of all they will get a CRAP TON of views, and EVERY SINGLE FREAKING FAN WILL LOVE IT AND HELLO ITS UGLIES WHO DOESN’T WANT THIS MOVIE!!!!!?????
    xoxo ~ Macy <3

  176. OMG I JUST FINISHED THE SPECIALS AND THIS BOOK SERIES IS MY FAVORITE OF ALL THE BOOK SERIES. And trust me I have read a lot! This book series NEEDS to be made into a movie I mean they put out some pretty stupid movies and this is over the top so why put out stupid movies while you could put this out. This series is just fantastic and I will soon start reading the extras. HOLLYWOOD SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THIS A MOVIE SERIES!!!!!

  179. I am with a lot of the people above. I am really hoping this movie will make it to us soon! I loved getting lost in these stories so I am really hoping to see it come to life. Like someone mentioned about, I have also been waiting over 10 years.

  182. This book is something that keeps me up at night: I’ve never thought about a book as much as I’ve thought about this. It shaped my life differently and I see life in a new light since the moment I picked this book up so long ago. Every time I try to explain this book I deem it impossible. It’s futuristic. It’s poetic. It’s true to nature. It’s before AND after all at once. Please consider making a movie. I’ve never felt more about anything then these books.

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