according to the Hollywood Reporter, Miguel Arteta will direct an adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s young adult novel All the Bright Places, with Elle Fanning cast in the starring role. She will play Violet Markey, a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die. The novel was published earlier this year and has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, particularly due to its emotional intensity.
The teen love story follows Theodore Finch, a boy fascinated by death, and Violet, who is grieving after the recent loss of her sister. The story has been compared to John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars – adapted into a film of the same name in 2014 – and Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park.
