Yellowjackets leads Sophie Nélisse and Courtney Eaton are to collaborate again as it is confirmed that they are to co-star in a film adaptation of Kathleen Glasgow’s 2016 novel Girl in Pieces. The feature will be produced by The Space Program, an independent production company based in New York, guided by Lexi Tannenholtz, Lizzie Shapiro, and Gus Deardoff. Nélisse and Eaton are also set to produce, both of the actresses’ first times in such a role. The Space Program debuted for the first time at Cannes this year with Charlie Polinger’s The Plague, premiering in the Un Certain Regard category of the festival.

Girl in Pieces is a New York Times bestseller, being on the young adult list for three consecutive years. While it is hard to tell how much the adaptation will stray from the novel this early on, the plot of the book follows “Charlie Davis, a young woman recently released from a psychiatric ward in Minnesota after a suicide attempt.” Charlie then moves across the country to Tucson, Arizona, where she tries to get a grasp on her life “among a band of artists and musicians while dealing with the trauma of childhood abuse, self-harm, and homelessness.” Charlie’s “toxic relationship with a local musician,” along with a “reappearance of her friend from the psycho ward,” threatens to crumble the new life she had just started to build.

While both actresses rose to fame with their breakout performances in Yellowjackets, this is certainly not the first time you will see them on screen. Eaton had roles in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road and 2016’s Gods of Egypt. In 2023, she had a leading role in Brittany Snow’s directorial debut, Parachute. This isn’t Nélisse’s first book adaptation, as she starred in 2013’s The Book Thief as Liesel Meminger and has had leading roles in 2020’s The Kid Detective and 2023’s Irena’s Vow.

While not much is known besides this casting confirmation at the moment, based on the performances of the actresses in Yellowjackets, it will be exciting to see what they bring to the screen with this kind of material.