Not hours after the trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief debuted and threatened to become the next Harry Potter, another wannabe is sneaking up right behind it. Septimus Heap: Magyk has been in development at Warner Bros. since the studio picked up rights to the seven-book series in 2007, but now that they've picked a director, things are really cooking. David Frankel, who directed Marley & Me, will take over on Magyk, which tells the story of a boy who is destined to become a wizard and a girl who will be a princess.

Septimus is destined to lose the Harry Potter lookalike contest, though, since Variety reports that the movie will be animated. Really, that's probably for the best-- anything deliberately trying to be Harry Potter Redux will be immediately dismissed as such. Animation might actually be able to set Septimus apart.