Movie News: Who Has the Next Harry Potter?
Tunnels cover art courtesy Scholastic, Inc.
Who will spellbind young moviegoers once
Deathly Hallows has come and gone? Warner Bros. has picked up the big-screen rights to the seven-book
Septimus Heap series, while Relativity Media has acquired
Tunnels, a children's fantasy series out of the U.K.... Also per
Variety,
Aaron Sorkin is penning three films for DreamWorks, kicking off with
The Trial of the Chicago 7, which
Steven Spielberg hopes to direct.... Per the
Reporter,
Naomi Watts will star opposite
Clive Owen in the thriller
The International....
Tim Robbins and
Martin Landau have joined the fantasy feature
City of Ember, starring Bill Murray.