We saw the first image and now USA TODAY has the second still from the upcoming Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation THE LOVELY BONES. This one shows actor Stanley Tucci as George Harvey, who kills teenager Susie (Saoirse Ronan), in the adaptation of Alice Sebold’s best selling novel about a 14 year old who got raped and murdered by her neighbor, she then watches from heaven as her family deals with her death.
I said previously that the story sounds disturbing and emotional, but Peter Jackson assures audiences that it will be uplifting instead..
“I found the book to be curiously optimistic,” Jackson says by e-mail from New Zealand, where he’s finishing the film. “I felt inspired by Susie’s struggle to come to terms with her own death. In the face of overwhelming grief, she finds hope.
“She holds on to love, and by doing so, she transcends the horror of her murder.”
Ok, I’m buying this book the next time I’m at B&N. By the way, THE LOVELY BONES opens December 11th, 2009
