| Release Date: | TBA |
| Cast: | TBA |
| Director: | Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall |
| Screen Writer(s): | TBA |
| Official Site: | TBA |
| Trailers: | None |
| Status: | Optioned |
| Synopsis/Plot: | The comic, about a bespectacled teenager learning magic in contemporary London, is seen as a precursor to Harry Potter. |
| News and Rumors: |
October 19, 2004: A scooper, who wishes to remain anonymous, sends us an update: "Books of Magic is in development at Warner Brothers with Jeff Stockwell writing. There may be a director attached which I need to confirm first." No confirmation on this as of yet.
June 13, 2004: Swedish directors Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall have signed on to helm Warner Bros. Pictures' big-screen adaptation of DC Comics' Books of Magic, says The Hollywood Reporter. The comic, about a bespectacled teenager learning magic in contemporary London, is seen as a precursor to Harry Potter. It was first published as a mini-series by the DC in 1990. Neil Gaiman, the author of the original story and the novel, will serve as executive producer.
