Harry Potter's David Heyman to adapt another book series for the big screen

Harry Potter producer David Heyman’s company Heyday Films and Warner Bros. Pictures have acquired the feature film rights to the French fantasy novels The Adventures of Oscar Pill.

The stories follow another unusual young boy, Oscar Pill, who has the ability to travel inside living beings including human bodies and explore the ‘worlds’ there. Written by French author and physician Eli Anderson, there are five novels in the series. English language versions are yet to be released but it is likely this will happen shortly before the first film is due out to generate interest and a potential audience.

Warner Bros. have been on the lookout for something to fill the hole that will be left once Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is released this summer on July 15th. Now they think they’ve found a promising set of tales and have called upon the man who produced all eight of the boy wizard’s adventures, hoping he can work his magic on a new franchise for them.