Warner Bros Pictures has acquired the rights to UK author Angie Sage's children's fantasy series, 'Septimus Heap'.
The seven-book series is about two children who are switched at birth. One is the seventh son of the seventh son, who is destined to become a powerful wizard. The other is a girl who was found abandoned in the snow but is actually a princess.
Three books in the series - 'Magyk,' 'Flyte' and 'Physik' - have been published so far. More than one million copies have already been sold in America and the series has also been translated into 28 languages.
'Septimus Heap: Magyk' will be produced by Karen Rosenfelt ('The Devil Wears Prada'). Author Sage will take Executive Producer duties.
"We are delighted that Warner Bros will be creating films from the Septimus Heap series," said Susan Katz, President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books.
"We know that the producers share our belief that the world of Septimus Heap is quirky, humorous, and unlike anything else in children's fantasy."
