DreamWorks has acquired rights to The 39 Clues, Scholastic’s 10-book fantasy adventure series which will launch on September 9th 2008. Steven Spielberg is considering directing the project. Scholastic is hoping to replicate the success of the Harry Potter book series.
Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Napoleon and Houdini are just some of the relatives of the most powerful family in the world - the Cahills. Grace, the Cahill clan matriarch is found dead just moments after she has changed her will, giving her descendants the choice between $1 million or a clue. Yes, one of 39 clues which reveal the source of the family’s powers. The series will follow two young Cahills, Amy, 14, and Dan, 11, who enter into a race against other branches of the family to be the first to find the 39 clues that will lead to ultimate power.
“The 39 Clues takes creative leaps to expand the story experience from the pages of the books to multiple stages of discovery and imagination,” Spielberg said in a statement.
The books will come out once every two or three months, released over the next two years, the multimedia adventure will include a set of collectible cards and an online game with a $10,000 grand prize. If Spielberg were to direct The 39 Clues, it would be after he finishes production on the TinTin series and his announced Abraham Lincoln biopic.
source: Variety
June 25th, 2008 at 7:28 am
let me guess!!! they are gonna cast a typical lonely white boy and have an all-white cast with one “magical black man” character. lolz.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Sounds to me like another lame attempt to capitalize on this “child fantasy adventure” phase.
Harry Potter
Narnia
The spiderwick chronicles
the golden compass
that other one that came out last year
and now this BS?
Sorry Spielberg, I’ll have to pass on this one.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:20 am
@ Angry Broomstick!!!!!!!!!!
HAha!
June 25th, 2008 at 9:37 am
lame
June 25th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Sounds like something the kiddo would be into…and well, I
suppose she’s the demograhpic they’re looking for. LoL
June 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I am with the general consensus on this one. I can’t find any reasons to be happy, excited, or amused by this genre. And there haven’t been any REAL hit movies save the Harry potter series.
It is my hope that hollywood can begin to do less adaptations and more original films.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Bravo !!! I hope it is a hit as big as Potter. The kids need this type of thing. Get them reading and imaginaing all the wonders they can.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Senior Citizen here. I kind of missed the boat when it comes to georgraphy and history. Having a greater appreciation with age, I am looking forword to reading this series.
Thans