With ''Twilight'' and ''Harry Potter'' leaving freshly-cleaned cinema cushions covered in popcorn and arse soot, every producer – and their assistant – are on the hunt for the rights to whatever other fantasy novel hasn’t been given the celluloid treatment.

The always-busy Lorenzo di Bonaventura (“G.I Joe”, “Transformers”, “Beverly Hills Cop 4”) has swapped coin for the right to make a series of feature films of Michael Scott's young adult fantasy novels, "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel."

There have been three novels published in the series -- "The Alchemyst," "The Magician" and "The Sorceress" -- and the fourth, "The Necromancer," hits shelves in May. The books detail the adventures of fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman as they travel around the world with the immortal alchemist Nicholas Flamel.

"Michael's fantastic series is a natural evolution from Harry Potter," di Bonaventura told The Hollywood Reporter.

“Rock Star : INXS” mastermind Mark Burnett once held the cinematic rights to the “Flamel” series, but the pic he tried to get up at New Line didn’t get any further than scriptment stage.