Hollow Earth to be Adapted for Children's TV Drama

Zodiac Kids has optioned the television rights to the young adult fantasy/suspense adventure novel Hollow Earth by siblings John Barrowman and Carole Barrowman.

Published earlier this year in the UK — it comes out here in the US in October 2012 but the Kindle version can be purchased now — the storyline follows twelve-year-old twins Matt and Emily Calder, who can do way more than finish each other's sentences. Together, they are able to bring art to life and enter paintings at will. Their extraordinary abilities are highly sought after, particularly by a secret group who want to access the terrors called Hollow Earth. All the demons, devils, and evil creatures ever imagined are trapped for eternity in the world of Hollow Earth — trapped unless special powers release them.

The twins flee from London to a remote island off the west coast of Scotland in hopes of escaping their pursuers and gaining the protection of their grandfather, who has powers of his own. But the villains will stop at nothing to find Hollow Earth and harness the powers within. With so much at stake, nowhere is safe — and survival might be a fantasy.

It isn't clear from the press release whether the intended adapted television drama will be live action or not. A second book in the series will be published in 2013.