Warning: This article contains spoilers for “Uglies”
When adapting a book to screen, there are almost inevitably going to be changes; sometimes they’re major, and sometimes they’re minor. “Uglies” had a bit of both, but according to director McG, he “felt very safe” in all his decisions because author Scott Westerfeld understood why they were being made.
“You always want to be very respectful of something that precedes the filmic expression,” McG told TheWrap. “I mean, when there’s a book and there are a great many fans, you want to do right by the fans because you have to make sure they’re satisfied first and foremost — and then obviously you want to take it far beyond the book fan base — but the first thing you got to do is secure everybody that put this thing on the map and made it the success that it is today.”