Bone Collector

USA Today also got an exclusive peek at director Peter Jackson's upcoming filmed adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, The Lovely Bones --from the man himself--including the first official photo.

Both the book and film deal with a child's murder--The tone of the flick:

"I never found the book to be bleak. At times the story was shocking, and always it was told with unflinching honesty — and to some degree that's what we've tried to do with the movie".

Jackson also warns that "There are changes, definitely" but hopes those that have read the book "will take delight in some of the twists and turns that we've made, while still feeling that we've stayed true to Susie and her story."

The novel's depiction of the dead girl's 'personal heaven' will be tricky:

"We certainly have no intention of using this movie to paint a definitive picture of what Heaven is like, and who resides there...it is quite like the world of dream, using the magic of metaphor to convey Susie's psychological and emotional life".

A peek at that heaven can be seen in a pic posted over at Empire Online...

The film stars Saoirse Ronan as a young girl who's murdered and watches her family and her killer from heaven. Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci and Susan Sarandon also star.

"Bones" hits Dec. 11, 2009.