Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke and Sam
Claflin are in negotiations to star in the new
adaptation Me Before You for MGM Studios.
Based on the novel of the same name by Jojo
Moyes , Me Before You follows Lou, a young girl
from a small town who meets Will, a successful
man who has been confined to a wheelchair
after a horrific accident. Lou takes a job as
Will's caretaker and they go on a series of
adventures. The young woman tries to convince
Will that life is still worth living.
Jojo Moyes wrote the first draft of the
screenplay, with Scott Neustadter and Michael
H. Weber performing the most recent rewrite.
Thea Sharrock is making her feature directorial
debut, after directing episodes of Call the
Midwife , with Karen Rosenfelt producing. No
production schedule was given.
While best known for playing Daenerys
Targaryen on HBO's Game of Thrones, Emilia
Clarke recently starred in the feature Dom
Hemingway, and she will next be seen as Sarah
Connor in Terminator Genisys . Sam Claflin
played Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire and he starred in this year's
thriller The Quiet Ones .
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