There’s another big-selling, seven-volume children’s book series coming to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Warner Brothers has picked up the film rights to British author Angie Sage’s series Septimus Heap, being published by HarperCollins Children’s Books. The series “revolves around two babies who are switched at birth: one a boy who discovers his birthright as the seventh son of a seventh son, and who is destined to become a powerful wizard; the other a girl who is fated to become a princess.”
The first three books have already been published: Magyk debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #3 in March 2005 (it jumped to #1 in its second week), Flyte came out the following year, and earlier this year came Physik
The books have sold more than 1 million copies sold in the US, and have been translated into 28 languages.
Septimus Heap: Magyk will be produced by Karen Rosenfelt (who executive produced The Devil Wears Prada, this year’s Alvin and the Chipmunks, and next year’s The Krazees).
The web site for the books is at www.septimusheap.com.