the popular fantasy series by jonathan stroud will finally be coming to screen in the form of a moviethe bartimaeus trilogy concluded in 2005 with a prequel being published in 2010 despite its popularity it never found its way to the big screen however the author recently tweeted that start media has optioned the film and tv rightsmichael maher from the company was the one who secured the rights the rights had originally been bought in 2002 by harvey weinstein when he worked at miramax however he left the company soon after and the films never got made mahler who was a fan of the books invested a lot of personal effort to secure the rights and now he will produce the movies in partnership with new yorkbased sb films ella bishop pau suris and jake cheetham the books are about a young magician called nathanial and a 5000yearold djinni called bartimaeus as they navigate the treacherous politics of magicians who live in modern london the series is witty and actionpacked and creates a fascinating alternate history for our world besides the trilogy there is a prequel of bartimaeus adventures toostroud said genies have a habit of reappearing when you least expect it and im thrilled that the bartimaeus movie adaptation is back on track ever since he first materialised 16 years ago ive had fans asking me for updates on the film so im delighted to be working with michael maher and the start media team and i have great confidence in their vision for this project i look forward to working closely with them to bring barts adventures to the big screen very soon as reported by the bookseller