Catalina Aguilar-Mastretta (Everybody Loves Somebody) will direct Universal Pictures' The Giver of Stars, based on the bestselling novel by Jojo Moyes, Deadline reported. Alison Owen and Debra Hayward are producing for their Monumental Pictures, with Ol Parker exec producing alongside Moyes.
Owen and Moyes previously collaborated on the film adaptation of Moyes's novel Me Before You. Deadline noted that after the success of that project, "Universal aggressively pursued the rights to The Giver of Stars once it was announced. It has become a high priority at the studio."