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From: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

FRANKEL HAS 'MAGYK' UP SLEEVE

To develop and direct fantasy pic for Warners

Warner Bros. has brought in David Frankel to conjure some 'Magyk'.

The 'Marley and Me' director has signed to develop and helm 'Septimus Heap: Magyk', which the studio hopes could launch the next fantasy franchise.

Based on the seven-volume children's books by UK Angie Sage, the series revovles around two babies who are switched at birth - one a boy who discovers his birthright as the seventh son of a seventh son and is destined to become a powerful wizard, the other a girl who is fated to become a princess.

More than 1 million 'Septimus Heap' books have been sold in the US so far (more than 2 million worldwide), and the series has been translated into 28 languages.  Other titles include 'Flyte', 'Physik', 'Queste' and 'Syren'.

The studio picked up the rights in 2007. David Frankel is now supervising a rewrite of the script with The Mulroneys and ILM are creating early conceptual development.

Courtenay Valenti is overseeing for Warners.

'Magyk' reteams Frankel and Karen Rosenfelt, who produced the director's 2006 hit 'The Devil Wears Prada'.  It also marks Frankel's foray beyond present-day drama into big-budget fantasy. 

  

 
SYREN by Angie Sage (HarperCollins US)
'SYREN is Sage at her best; it's full of fun, humour, irony, friendship, loyalty and nonstop action. In spite of its length, fans of the series will tear through the book and come out eagerly anticipating the next installment' - US School Library Journal

TIMECATCHER by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (Orion)
Jessie is a pretty average twelve year old girl who craves adventure. G is not your average fictional twelve year old boy - for one, he's dead. Marie-Louise's writing is succinct and humorous - her characters feel 'real'. TIMECATCHER stands above others in its genre. The Bookbag

THE HIDDEN BOY (HarperCollins US)
The Flint family, believing they've won a vacation in a lottery none of them remembers entering, are instead transported to a magical and preposterously confusing land. Berkeley's arch writing and his hilarious characters make this compelling and delightful. Readers will definitely want more. BOOKLIST - The plot gradually draws readers into Bell Hoot's compelling history, amazingly eccentric characters and the mystery of the Hidden Boy. Good fantastical fare. KIRKUS REVIEWS

  
     

   
     

   
     
 

 

 
     
 

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