New boy wizard hits town

Warner Bros, the people behind the Harry Potter films, are waving their magic wand again.

17:23 14 May 2004

Warner Bros, the people behind the Harry Potter films, are waving their magic wand again.

The company are producing a new film about a boy with glasses learning magic in Britain.

This time it is a big-screen adaptation of DC Comics' "Books of Magic", according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The comic told the story of a teenager learning magic in modern-day London, but it was published before Harry Potter.

"Books of Magic" debuted in 1990, Harry took his bow in 1997.

Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall are lined up to direct the new film, with Neil Gaiman - the author of the original story and the novel - as the executive producer.