Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the upcoming novel The Beast and Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, with producer David Heyman attached to the project. Variety reported that although the debut novel will not be published until 2021, it "has already sparked interest from several suitors after debuting at the Frankfurt Book Fair."
Heyman and Warner Bros. "have a strong relationship dating back to the multi-billion-dollar Harry Potter franchise and the Oscar-winning Gravity," Variety added. Their collaborations also includes Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Heyman recently had two best picture Oscar nominations for producing Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story. He is currently in pre-production on the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts series.