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

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.