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Brandon Mull announced his new book series 'Guardians' at FanX in Salt Lake City.

'Guardians: Forbidden Mountain,' the first book, will release in April 2026.

Angel Studios will produce a 'Fablehaven' movie, directed by Cameron Sawyer, next fall.

SALT LAKE CITY — When Brandon Mull was roughly 10 years old, he snuck into his grandma's closet. Inspired by C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," he hoped to find a portal to Narnia in her home because, as he said, she "was old and she had a big closet."

Mull pushed through his grandma's coats and found a set of small doors. But instead of finding Narnia and Aslan the lion behind them, he found a room filled with canned peaches.

He was disappointed.

"I wanted to go to another world. I wanted to fight some monste

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