Overview

• Katherine Rundell will write the screenplays for the first two adaptations under Disney Live Action and produce alongside Charles Collier.
• The agreement secures theatrical and ancillary rights in a deal widely reported as a substantial seven-figure sum.
• Rundell’s London-based banner, Impossible Films, enters a first-look development relationship covering her current and future literary properties.
• Disney prevailed over Warner Bros. and Netflix in a competitive auction after studio teams pitched their visions in London this summer.
• The book series has sold more than four million copies worldwide, with the latest title topping U.K. and U.S. children’s charts, as Disney pursues fresh original fantasy IP beyond recent remake efforts.