EXCLUSIVE: Catalina Aguilar-Mastretta will direct Universal Pictures’ The Giver of Stars, based on the New York Times bestselling novel from Me Before You author Jojo Moyes.The novel, which was published by Penguin Random House in October 2019, is an epic tale from bestselling author Moyes, whose books have sold 40 million copies worldwide.
Set in Depression-era Kentucky and rooted in true events, it tells the story of a group of extraordinary young women who defy the odds to bring knowledge – and power – to a remote mountain community.Alison Owen and Debra Hayward will produce for their Monumental Pictures.
Ol Parker will executive produce alongside Moyes.Owen and Moyes previously collaborated on the film adaptation of Moyes’ bestselling
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