Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Sam Claflin & Emilia Clarke Team Up On "Me Before You"

Sam Claflin ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") and Emilia Clarke ("Terminator: Genisys")  are in negotiations to star in the film adaptation of author Jojo Moyes' bestseller called Me Before You says Deadline.



The story follows a small town girl (Clarke) caught between dead-end jobs and a high-profile, successful man (Claflin) who becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. He has decided his life is not worth living until the woman is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But, she is determined to prove to Will that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber ("500 Days of Summer") penned the most recent draft of the adapted screenplay from which Thea Sharrock will direct. Moyes wrote the first draft of the screenplay. The book has sold over half a million copies.

Karen Rosenfelt is producing the picture.

An August 2015 release is planned.

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