Warner Bros. Seeks A New Franchise With ‘A Discovery Of Witches’

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Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on July 21, 2011 @ 7:22pm
Category: Movies / News

With the Harry Potter series finished and Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy coming to a close next summer, Warner Bros. is scrambling to get a new franchise in the works (Green Lantern sure didn’t work out…). Young adult novel adaptations are still all the rage thanks to the success of Potter and Twilight and the obscene amount of interest in next year’s Hunger Games, and the studio is looking to appeal to the demographic with A Discovery Of Witches. Warner Bros. is said to be putting a writer on the adaptation of Deborah Harkness’ best-selling novel immediately, though it’s unknown who they’re reaching out to. The next book in the All Souls Trilogy, Shadows Of Night, will be out in 2012. READ MORE