# ND Stevenson’s ‘Scarlet Morning’ in the Works as Movie From Kate Herron, Roy Lee at Amazon MGM (Exclusive)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nd-stevensons-scarlet-morning-in-the-works-as-movie-from-kate-herron-roy-lee-at-amazon-mgm-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-11-02T22:42:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T23:22:04+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scarlet-morning-kate-herron-nd-stevenson-roy-lee-amazon-1236746290/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Amazon MGM is developing a live-action Scarlet Morning film.
- Kate Herron will direct and co-write the screenplay.
- The story follows orphans who join pirates to save Dickerson’s Sea.

## Summary

Amazon MGM Studios is developing a live-action film based on ND Stevenson’s fantasy novel *Scarlet Morning*, with Kate Herron set to direct and co-write the screenplay. The project brings together Stevenson, whose earlier work *Nimona* became an Oscar-nominated animated film, and a production team with experience across film and television.

The middle-grade illustrated novel, published in 2025, follows two orphans who join a pirate crew to help save Dickerson’s Sea after growing tired of waiting for their parents to return. Herron will produce through A Bag of Rats, alongside Roy Lee, Darlene Caamaño Loquet and Aubrey Davis; Kari Granlund is co-writing and executive producing with Jakob Pollack. The film is in development, with no release date given.

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