Amazon MGM to Adapt ND Stevenson's Scarlet Morning With Kate Herron
Kate Herron will direct and co-write the live-action fantasy adaptation, producing through her Bag of Rats banner alongside Roy Lee.
Amazon MGM Studios is developing a live-action film adaptation of ND Stevenson's fantasy novel Scarlet Morning, according to hollywoodreporter.com. Kate Herron is set to direct and will co-write the screenplay with Kari Granlund.
Herron will also produce through her Bag of Rats banner, with Aubrey Davis of Bag of Rats producing. Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment and Darlene Caamaño Loquet of Oh My Darlin' Entertainment round out the producing team. Granlund and Vertigo Entertainment's Jakob Pollack are executive producers.
The project marks the first for Herron's Bag of Rats banner and the first feature for Oh My Darlin' Entertainment.
Published in 2025
HarperCollins imprint Quill Tree Books published Scarlet Morning, a middle grade illustrated novel, in 2025. Stevenson's 2015 graphic novel Nimona was shortlisted for the National Book Award and adapted into a Netflix movie nominated for the best animated feature Oscar. Stevenson also created and showran She-Ra and the Princesses of Power for DreamWorks Animation Television and created the Boom! Studios series Lumberjanes.
Herron directed episodes of Apple TV's Margo's Got Money Troubles, worked on the second season of HBO's The Last of Us, helmed the first season of Disney+ series Loki and is attached to direct a feature adaptation of The Sims at Amazon MGM. Caamaño Loquet was senior vp at Nickelodeon Movies and worked with Lee on Nimona. No release date has been announced.
Quick answers
Who is directing the Scarlet Morning film?
Kate Herron is set to direct and co-write the screenplay with Kari Granlund.
Who is producing the Scarlet Morning adaptation?
Kate Herron produces through Bag of Rats with Aubrey Davis, alongside Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment and Darlene Caamaño Loquet of Oh My Darlin' Entertainment.