Yahoo Movies Joey King's sci-fi Uglies is now available to watch on Netflix
Uglies is finally available to watch on Netflix, ending a long wait for fans of Scott Westerfeld's novel.
Based on the first book in the series, Uglies is set in a futuristic world where cosmetic surgery is imposed on everybody at 16 years old, turning them from an Ugly into a Pretty and giving them access to the city.
Tally Youngblood (Joey King) is about to undergo the surgery and join the rest of society, but when her friend runs away, Tally embarks on a journey that reveals a dark secret that changes everything.
If you fancy checking it out, Uglies is now available to watch on Netflix worldwide following its release today (September 13).
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Uglies was directed by McG with Jacob Forman, Vanessa Taylor and Whit Anderson adapting Westerfeld's novel for the screen. It also stars Chase Stokes, Brianne Tju, Keith Powers, Laverne Cox, Charmin Lee and Jan Luis Castellanos.
As well as starring in the lead role, King also served as an executive producer on the movie.
"This book series has been one of my absolute favourite things in the world when I was younger to read, and to just be so lost in, and engrossed in," she told Digital Spy back in 2020 when the movie was resurrected by Netflix.
"So being able to tell that story with a company that I love so much is really, really, exciting."
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Talking to TUDUM, Westerfeld recalled when he first met McG and how he realised he was the perfect choice to direct the movie. "He was carrying this dog-eared copy of Uglies, feathered with a hundred Post-its," he said.
"We were shooting Tally's travels in the wild that day, and McG's first question was, 'Does SpagBol taste bad the first time Tally eats it? Or is it only terrible after she’s been eating it for two weeks straight?'
"I was thinking, 'Damn. This guy really cares about the book, but also the world inside the book: all the little details that make a story feel specific and real.'"
Uglies is available to watch now on Netflix.
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