Paramount Pictures has debuted the first official poster for Peter Jackson’s upcoming film The Lovely Bones, which is an adaptation of the heartbreaking but hopeful book by Alice Sebold. The poster continues to show us the aesthetic of Jackson’s film, which appears to have a very cool, whimsical feel to it.

The film follows the story of a young girl (Saoirse Ronan) who is brutally murdered and must watch her family and friends cope with her loss from a place in between life and death. It is sure to be a real chipper tale, I will tell you that. Anyway, check out the poster below, courtesy of Yahoo Movies.

The Lovely Bones is due in theaters on December 11, 2009.