New Regency Prods. is getting caught with its hands in the candy jar.
The production company has acquired the rights to best-selling author Brandon Mull's latest, "
The Candy Shop War." The picture will be distributed by Fox. No producer has yet been attached to the project.
The story revolves around four kids who learn that their town's candy shop owner is a wicked magician in search of an ancient talisman rumored to be the source of eternal youth.