Warner Bros. will adapt author Deborah Harkness' novel, "A Discovery of Witches", into a feature film, with a screenplay by David Auburn.
The first book in the "All Souls Trilogy," "A Discovery of Witches" will receive a sequel this summer with "Shadow of Night" :"...when historian 'Diana Bishop' opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford’s 'Bodleian Library' it represents an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordinary life. Though descended from a long line of witches, she is determined to remain untouched by her family’s legacy. She banishes the manuscript to the stacks, but Diana finds it impossible to hold the world of magic at bay any longer. For 'witches' are not the only otherworldly creatures living alongside humans. There are also creative, destructive 'daemons' and long-lived 'vampires' who become interested in the witch’s discovery. They believe that the manuscript contains important clues about the past and the future, and want to know how Diana Bishop has been able to get her hands on the elusive volume..."
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