Joey King Learns Some Harmful Magnificence Secrets and techniques In The Trailer For Sci-Fi Drama Uglies

Transfer over Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix has a brand new favorite star! Okay, no, we’re not tempting the wrath of somebody who can soften our brains from the within out, merely making the purpose that Joey King is now in one other film for the streaming service, following shortly on from A Household Affair. However for Uglies, she’s taking place extra of a sci-fi route, studying some powerful truths about magnificence in a futuristic world the place it is attainable… however with a worth. Try the primary trailer for the movie.

In Uglies, which adapts Scott Westerfeld, King performs Tally, a younger girl eagerly counting down the times till she will endure a beauty process that each one city-dwellers in her world expertise on the age of 16, reworking their faces and our bodies into flawless model-like physiques.

That is the nice promise of her society, pushed by Dr. Cable (Laverne Cox) and it is all Tally’s recognized her entire life… till a brand new pal of hers known as Shay (Brianne Tju) runs away and exposes her to a distinct way of life. Torn between the world Shay has proven her and her now beautified greatest pal Peris (Chase Stokes), who waits for her within the metropolis after his surgical procedure, Tally should select between all she has ever recognized and a type of society that can problem every little thing she believes.

There are particular traces of earlier YA variations (and wannabe franchises) reminiscent of Divergent right here, although Uglies will certainly look to reach an enviornment the place few have ever fairly matched as much as the outcomes of, say, The Starvation Video games. The presence of three writers (Vanessa Taylor, Whit Anderson and Krista Vernoff) units some alarm bells ringing, as does McG within the director’s chair.

Nonetheless, we’ll see if this one finally ends up sitting fairly on Netflix’s streaming charts when it arrives on 13 September.