( EW.com ) -- Big Red is headed to the big screen . The girl with the flaming curls ( and not-so-flattering nickname ) from `` Eleanor & Park '' will soon be getting the cinematic treatment , with DreamWorks Studios picking up film rights to Rainbow Rowell 's best-selling novel . `` Every girl who has read it says , 'That was me in high school , or that was me in seventh grade , ' '' Holly Bario , DreamWorks president of production , tells EW . `` It reminded all of us of our own sort of awkwardness , or family dysfunction . '' The studio was drawn to the teenage love story for the same reason as its legions of fans . `` It 's not the typical story where the ugly duckling is in love with the hot guy , '' Bario says . `` They 're both trying to find their way . They 're both outcasts . '' The best summer blockbusters ever . Set in 1986 , and following one school year in Omaha , the novel follows the tentative romance of two 16-year-olds : Eleanor , a somewhat heavy girl overwhelmed by insecurities and trying to survive an abusive household , and Park , the quiet , half-Korean kid who also does n't feel like he fits in but finds refuge in music and comic books . After its publication in February 2013 , the book spent 12 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list , and has inspired a passionate , devoted following . `` The book is uniquely structured in that one chapter is told by Eleanor and one chapter is told from Park 's perspective , and they alternate , '' Bario points out . `` So we 're trying to figure out how to do that in a movie . There are all sorts of groovy stylistic things you could do with voice over , or words on the screen , but we want something that 's real Rainbow . '' Matt Lauer and Al Roker to appear in 'Sharknado 2 ' With that in mind , Rowell -- who is repped by UTA â€ ” has also been hired to write the screenplay . `` She 's in the middle of writing another book , so we 're patiently waiting for her , '' Bario said . Already on board the project are producer Carla Hacken , who as a studio executive oversaw `` Walk the Line '' and `` The Devil Wears Prada , '' and executive producer Matt Kennedy ( the upcoming `` Predestination . '' ) Once the script is in , a director and cast will be attached . DreamWorks hopes to start shooting in 2015 . But fans do n't need to wait for that ... Who would YOU cast in the two main roles ? Better to go with unknowns , or find a pair of young actors already on the rise ? See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Carla Hacken best-selling novel Rowell is being made into a movie . Rowell has acquired the movie rights . The story of 2 teen outcasts who tentatively spark a romance excited the studio . `` Eleanor & Park '' will also write the movie 's screenplay .