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I just found out that The Last Apprentice, otherwise known as The Wardstone Chronicles will be made into a movie with a 2009 release! It's gonna be directed by Kevin Lima, the director of Enchanted.. That worries me some, seeing as how Enchanted was a horrible movie... Other Spook news... July 2008 sees the release of the fifth title in the Spook’s series, The Spook’s Mistake. There will be a Spook’s £1 book for World Book Day next year, and the publishing programme which includes two new titles in 2009, extends into 2010. Ok, to those that ask for updates, here we go! Directly from the Spook's Movie Blog , here is the latest stuff as they post it. This is the same entry as it was a few months ago, so that has me pretty worried. Either they stalled production or they're just lazy and forgot about the site that nobody reads. Seriously, I think my blog gets more user views than this site! And if you're one of the few readers, then you know what I'm talking about... "Random House Children’s Books is delighted to announce that a film of The Spook’s Apprentice will be directed by Kevin Lima, who directed last year’s family blockbuster movie Enchanted. Lima and his team hope to start work later this year on the adaptation of the book, which is about a 13-year-old boy who learns to be an exorcist from a forbidding old spook. Warner Brothers and Legendary are co-producing and co-financing along with Thunder Road. Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk is producing with Lionel Wigram and Lima’s producing partner, Chris Chase. The executive producer is Alysia Cotter. Lionel Wigram and Basil Iwanyk comment: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Kevin Lima on board, as well as being a great film-maker, he loves the books as much as we do and has a profound understanding of how to translate them to the big screen.” The deal was brokered by Charlotte Knight at the Rod Hall Agency in London on behalf of Random House Children’s Books in the UK. Author, Joseph Delaney, comments: “I’m thrilled and delighted to hear that the creator of the excellent Enchanted is to direct the film adaptation of my book, The Spook’s Apprentice. It’s brilliant news!” Great news for anyone who might have been concerned that the Spook’s Apprentice film might not live up to the scary nature of the book. It has been confirmed that the screenplay will be written by Matt Greenberg - a man who is no stranger to scary films, having written screenplays for the Stephen King film 1408 (starring John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson) and Halloween H20 (starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Josh Hartnett). For more information about Matt Greenberg, visit his page on the IMDb." There, hope that keeps you folks satisfied until the movie people update their blog!
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