Adaptations
20th Century Fox and producer John Davis (Eragon) bought the film rights to the novel. Davis and his co-producer wife Jordan were "plugged into the tale by their daughter, who read the book in school". The movie was originally scheduled to be released in the year 2011, according to the Internet Movie Database, but was pushed back to late, possibly November, 2012. User Based Casting, notable for its fan-driven casting initiative for James Patterson's Maximum Ride, added Westerfeld's Uglies to its book-to-film lineup in early 2012.
Steven Cummings illustrated Uglies in a manga-style graphic novel written by Westerfeld and Devin K. Grayson called Shay's Story which tells the story from Shay's perspective. It was published in a black-and-white 5¾ x 8¼ inches format by Del Rey Manga in 2012. There has also been an audio recording made of the book (published in 2006), available on both CD and cassette.
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