Warner Bros., who has found gold with the HARRY POTTER franchise, has landed the film rights to THE SHANNARA from Terry Brooks, the second bestselling fantasy book writer after J.K. Rowling, reports the trades.
Dan Farah brought the property to the studio and is in talks to produce via his Farah Films. Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media is in negotiations to fund the project.
The 14-book series takes place 1,000 years in the future after an apocalyptic event has devastated Earth, which is now populated with elves, trolls, gnomes and dwarves. The Shannaras, a half-elf, half-human family, use their magical powers and fighting skills to defend the planet.
Brooks has long avoided selling the film rights to the series, but Farah and co-producer Ryan Colucci's love of the books convinced him they were committed to keeping true to his work.
Warner Bros. plans to develop the second book, THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA, first.
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