{"id":138093,"date":"2025-01-28T23:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/alice-feeneys-novel-beautiful-ugly-film-adaptation-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:39:57","slug":"alice-feeneys-novel-beautiful-ugly-film-adaptation-within-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/alice-feeneys-novel-beautiful-ugly-film-adaptation-within-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Feeney&#8217;s Novel &#8216;Beautiful Ugly&#8217; Film Adaptation within the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/beautiful-ugly\/\" id=\"auto-tag_beautiful-ugly\" data-tag=\"beautiful-ugly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beautiful Ugly<\/a>,\u201d a brand new novel from writer <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/alice-feeney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alice-feeney\" data-tag=\"alice-feeney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice Feeney<\/a>, shall be tailored for the display screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHidden Pictures, the manufacturing firm based in 2022 by Todd Lieberman, has acquired the rights to the ebook and plans to develop a movie model of the psychological thriller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBeautiful Ugly\u201d was printed on Jan. 14 and landed on the New York Times best-seller listing in its first week. The story follows a author named Grady Green who occurs to be on the telephone along with his spouse Abby when she slams on her automobile brakes and will get out of the car earlier than the decision cuts to silence. He ultimately finds her automobile by the cliff\u2019s edge; the driving force\u2019s door is open and her cell is there, however Abby is nowhere to be discovered. A 12 months later, whereas nonetheless bereft, he travels to a tiny Scottish village the place he sees a lady who appears to be like precisely like his lacking spouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be partnering with Alice on her brilliant and haunting new book,\u201d Hidden Pictures stated in a press release. \u201cWith its unexpected twists, sharp social commentary, and compelling narrative, it has all the elements needed for an exciting adaptation. We can\u2019t wait to find the perfect creative team to help us bring this powerful story to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFeeney spent 15 years as a BBC journalist earlier than changing into the writer of such novels as \u201cSometimes I Lie,\u201d \u201cHis &amp; Hers,\u201d \u201cRock, Paper, Scissors,\u201d and \u201cGood Bad Girl.\u201d Several of her books have been optioned for the display screen together with \u201cHis &amp; Hers,\u201d which stars Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson and is predicted to air on Netflix this summer time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI have loved the experience of having my books adapted, and I\u2019m thrilled that Hidden Pictures is developing \u2018Beautiful Ugly\u2019,\u201d Feeney stated. \u201cI had such a good feeling about them from the very first meeting, and I can\u2019t wait to see Grady Green come to life on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLieberman and Alex Young of Hidden Pictures will produce, whereas Feeney will function govt producer with David Glickman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHidden Pictures is at the moment filming a Paul Feig-directed adaptation of Freida McFadden\u2019s novel \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried. The firm can also be producing Amazon MGM\u2019s \u201cVoltron,\u201d with Rawson Marshall Thurber helming and Henry Cavill main the solid. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFeeney is represented by Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown and WME. Hidden Pictures is represented by WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewe &amp; Kole LLP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cBeautiful Ugly,\u201d a brand new novel from writer Alice Feeney, shall be tailored for the display screen. Hidden Pictures, the manufacturing firm based in 2022 by Todd Lieberman, has acquired the rights to the ebook and plans to develop a movie model of the psychological thriller. \u201cBeautiful Ugly\u201d was printed on Jan. 14 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[466,3807,357,8733,263,4815,947],"class_list":{"0":"post-138093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-adaptation","9":"tag-alice","10":"tag-beautiful","11":"tag-feeneys","12":"tag-film","13":"tag-ugly","14":"tag-works"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}