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September 03, 2014

NEWS: Sam Claflin & 'Game of Thrones' Actress Emilia Clarke To Star In 'Me Before You' Movie


Our Finnick Odair, Sam Claflin and Daenerys Targaryen from the epic HBO series Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke are currently in negotiations to topbill the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes' novel Me Before You. The rights for the movie were acquired by MGM. Here's the exclusive report from Deadline.

Sam Claflin Emilia Clarke Me Before You

MGM is negotiating with Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin to star in the Thea Sharrock-directed Me Before You, the adaptation of the Jojo Moyes best-selling novel. Karen Rosenfelt is producing Sharrock’s feature debut. MGM is partnered with New Line and Warner Bros, which has dated the movie for August, 2015 release. 
Clarke, whose breakout came playing the mother of dragons Daenerys Targaryen in HBO’s Game Of Thrones, is playing Sarah Conner in Terminator: Genisys, and she is also going to star with Nicholas Hoult in Go Down Together, the Michael Suscy-directed revisionist take on Depression Era outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. Though a newcomer, Claflin’s track record is pretty remarkable: the final three The Hunger Games films, Snow White and The Huntsman and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. 
There was a lot of competition between young actors for this male lead, and he beat out a lot of actors to get it.
Here's the synopsis of the novel from Goodreads:
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. 
What Lou doesn’t know is she’s about to lose her job or that knowing what’s coming is what keeps her sane. 
Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he’s going to put a stop to that. 
What Will doesn’t know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they’re going to change the other for all time
The film adaptation is slated for an August 2014 release and is set to be helmed by director Thea Sharrock. Guess we have another book to add to our reading list and a movie adaptation to watch out for. Early congratulations to Sam Claflin!

Which other book-to-film adaptations are you anticipating for apart from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2? Tell us in the comments.

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