Young Adult Fantasy Novel 'Outcast' Adapted

[Monday, May 9th, 2005]
The young adult fantasy novel series Outcast is to be adapted by Charlie Mitchell for Universal Pictures, according to Variety.

The Outcast books, by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski, explore a young adult world of magic a la "Harry Potter" and "Shadowmancer" (the latter also is being developed by Universal).

Outcast takes place in Arcanum, where everyone except a young boy named Timothy possesses some magical power.

Series began with book "The Un-Magician" and continued with "Dragon Secrets" and "Ghostfire," published by Simon & Schuster.

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