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The long-running YA fantasy novel series Ranger's Apprentice is finally getting an adaptation and the movie is already coming along with exciting updates. The Ranger's Apprentice series was penned by Australian author John Flanagan, and follows young Will who is an apprentice to the King's Rangers who learns the necessary skills to protect the kingdom of Araluen from various threats.

Stretching across 17 main books and numerous short stories and novellas, Flanagan crafted a bona fide fantasy universe that has been read by millions around the globe. Young adult books have been a promising wellspring of material for Hollywood since movies like the Harry Potter series set box office records in the early s, and studios have long searched for their next big franchise.

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Young adult fantasy series like The Chronicles of Narnia , Percy Jackson , and The Hunger Games had varying degrees of success throughout the s and s, but the genre tapered off as the s wore on. Now, the young adult fantasy genre is reigniting once again, and Ranger's Apprentice has an opportunity to be the next ongoing blockbuster movie series.

The Ranger's Apprentice series contains 12 books, making it likely that the upcoming movie adaptation will consist of six feature-length films. Existing in one form or another for years, the most recent version of the Ranger's Apprentice movie adaptation was officially announced in January The upcoming adaptation will be produced by Skydance Media, which has financial backing from Paramount Pictures, and Ted Melfi has been tapped to direct the first in what is a planned series.

Author John Flanagan will be an executive producer, but the scope of his involvement in the project is still unknown at this point. In , Warner Bros.