 Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh plan to bring the grim saga The Lovely Bones to the big screen in 2007 after they have finished King Kong.
Jackson and Walsh have reached into their own pockets to option the feature film rights to Alice Sebold's debut novel from Britain's FilmFour movie production company, and will start adapting the screenplay with Philippa Boyens next January.
The project will be shopped to studios once the script is finished and Jackson has worked out a budget. Jackson will direct and serve as a producer.
"The Lovely Bones", a bestseller published in 2002, is narrated from heaven by a 14-year-old girl who has been raped and murdered, and looks down on the people left behind to deal with the tragedy.
"It's the best kind of fantasy in that it has a lot to say about the real world," Jackson said. "You have an experience when you read the book that is unlike any other. I don't want the tone or the mood to be different or lost in the film."
"King Kong", starring Naomi Watts, is set for release in December.
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