Variety is reporting that Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) and Netflix are developing a live-action Hello, Universe feature adaptation, based on Erin Entrada Kelly’s 2018 Newberry Award-winning and bestselling novel.
In 2007, Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his part in The Last King of Scotland.
The book was published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, in March 2017.
The story is told from four intertwining points of view — two boys and two girls.