With The Deathly Hallows looming for Harry Potter, Hollywood is casting around hoping to find new British fantasy figures with equal box-office magic. Two contenders emerged Thursday as Harry's home studio of Warner Bros. announced it had snapped up the movie rights to the seven-book Septimus Heap saga, while the production company Relativity Media conjured up a deal for Tunnels, based on a book series that hasn't even been published Stateside. Conceived by U.K. author Angie Sage, Septimus Heap follows the adventures of two babies switched at birth: a boy fated to become a powerful wizard and a girl, who discovers her royal lineage.
Um...Star Wars, anyone? Jedi Master Luke and Princess Leia?
Um...Star Wars, anyone? Jedi Master Luke and Princess Leia?
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