Power Of Five (The Gatekeepers)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
The pitch: The series focuses on five children: Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie, and Scarlett, a group of 14-year-olds destined to defeat mystical entities known as 'The Old Ones'.
The first book, 'Raven’s Gate', follows Matt, a petty thief, as he is sent to live in the small town of Lesser Mailing, where he uncovers a conspiracy to release a powerful 'Old One'.
The pedigree: The five children are introduced slowly over the series, with all five not featuring until the fourth book, Necropolis. Could be tricky for a film franchise - unless they can compress everything into one movie.
The fifth book has yet to be released, and Horowitz claims it make take years to finish.
Books in series: Four so far.
Web presence: 55,800 Googles.
Big-screen potential: The first book in Horowitz’ other series, the Alex Rider spy-novels, was adapted into the film Stormbreaker in 2006, although it was widely regarded as a disaster.
Next: Night World
Comments
SemiKnockedOut
May 19th 2009, 13:13
No 'Edge Chronicles'? For shame
Alert a moderator
maninacan
May 19th 2009, 14:58
maximum ride series by james patterson tho i believe these may be on the way
Alert a moderator
dgoodswen
May 19th 2009, 23:50
Both good suggestions, I'll be sure to put them in the next list!
Alert a moderator
pimpernel
May 20th 2009, 13:47
I hope they get someone good to direct The Artemis Fowl books! Plus, you should have The Darren Shan Saga on there. Vampires - totally different to Twilight ones though - and witches and DESTINY. Those were huge a few years ago!
Alert a moderator
Foreigner09
May 27th 2009, 11:26
the Tally Youngblood series (four in total: Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras--although Extras could be left off the list) would make an awesome saga! The heroine is also a female who's strong-willed and adventurous! =)
Alert a moderator
Vixabell
Jun 2nd 2009, 15:17
Celia Rees 'Witch Child' and 'The Vanished'!!!
Alert a moderator
Elyad
Jun 2nd 2009, 18:20
Nice to see my two favorite series' up there, as most Artemis Fowl fans can say, we've been waiting for aaaages for the film! Right now though, I would have to say Vampirates is my winner, fabulous books, and forget it being the next Twilight, Vampirates would surpass it by a mile! (or 2, or 3...or 10)
Alert a moderator
murta101
Jun 3rd 2009, 22:46
what about Muddle Earth?! It's f*****g awesome and would be great for adults as well as little kids thinking it's Lord of the Rings (as I did when I bought it). Dreamworks to make a 3-D version faturing the voices of Will Porter and John Cleese
Alert a moderator
TOM37
Jul 7th 2009, 18:32
Definetly Vampirates I mean if you havent read them yet go get the first one at a bookstore and read it. Then you will definetly think Vampirates for the next movie series.
Alert a moderator
Dana45
Jul 14th 2009, 18:57
Vampirates is a great book and it would make an amazing movie on the big screen
Alert a moderator
KLou17
Sep 19th 2009, 17:08
Would love 'House of Night' series to be made into films, they would be fantastic.
Alert a moderator
ScentOfApathy
Nov 22nd 2012, 23:39
I agree with Vampire Academy.
Alert a moderator