The first trailer is out for Me Before You, based on the novel by Jojo Moyes, Variety reported. Directed by Thea Sharrock from a screenplay by Moyes and Scott Neustadter/Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars), the film stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Clafin (Hunger Games). The cast also includes Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Matthew Lewis, Vanessa Kirby, Stephen Peacocke, Brendan Coyle and Janet McTeer. Me Before You opens June 3.
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Lionsgate plans to develop multiple live-action films based on the adventures chronicled in the 54-volume Magic Tree House collection by Mary Pope Osborne. She will executive produce along with her husband, Will, who has written the script for the first installment, based primarily on Book 29, Christmas in Camelot, with Jenny Laird. The franchise has sold more than 130 million books, translated into more than 35 languages.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig called the books "an iconic property that is beloved and recognizable around the world."
Osborne noted that Lionsgate "has an impressive reputation for working closely with content creators, respecting and protecting their vision, and making them part of the creative process."
Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House's children's division, said Osborne's series "has impacted the way children learn to read in an extraordinary way, and she has sparked a lifelong love of reading in millions of children over the course of nearly 25 years. We are so pleased to see that Mary's magical storytelling will continue on in a new form, opening up worlds of adventure to new generations of readers."
