Who’s Got “The Secret”? “Nicholas Flamel” Coming to Big Screens

Look! It’s medievalish and magickal!

Variety says that Lorenzo DiBonaventura has bought the film rights to Michael Scott’s “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel” books. DiBonaventura is known for producing such action epics as “GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Transformers.”

Scott’s series is about “fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh as they adventure across several continents with the immortal alchemyst of the title, Nicholas Flamel.” DiBonaventura says, “Michael’s fantastic series is a natural evolution from Harry Potter.”

That’s everyone’s dream, isn’t it?

The first three books in the series, “The Alchemyst,” “The Magician” and “The Sorceress,” are available now; the fourth book, “The Necromancer,” will be out in May.

(Apparently they are set in that far away time period before the letter “i” was invented.)

Whenever something becomes a hit, a thousand authors, publishers, producers, etc., try to find a way to reproduce it. So now we’re stuck with a million faux Harrys, and mini-wizards, alchemists, psychics, etc. Post “Twilight” we’re getting more vampires, probably more werewolves, teen witches, and of course, forbidden Frankenstein romances.

I am weary of kids’ books of ye olde stories with lots of Magick.