Peter Jackson and partner Fran Walsh have bought the rights to the Alice Sebold novel
The Lovely Bones, according to Variety.
The story opens with the revelation that 14-year old narrator and main character Susie Salmon was raped and murdered. From heaven, she watches how the people left behind handle her tragedy.
The project will serve as the followup to Jackson's
King Kong. The duo are expected to begin adapting the book next January for a fall 2007 release.