Recs of Havoc

The third Bartimaeus book has now been devoured in a matter of days.  Seriously fun entertainment, even for (especially for?) the grups it allegedly was not intended for.  It was around the end of Trilogy Book III that I finally started wondering if anyone has considered adapting these characters for the screen. The answer, apparently, is a definitive "yes." Miramax (which, I'd vaguely noticed, was the publisher of the books) has optioned the film rights to all three novels. Nothing in IMDB yet to suggest particular attachments; I'd expect for the two youngish main characters, they'll go with relative unknowns, but if there's anyone in Brittywood who could pull off the third major role of the eponymous djinni, I think it's this guy:

( cut in case you're reading the books and don't want this image in your head.... )

The only thing I'm wondering about is how well these stories would translate to celluloid. The words are such an essential part of the tale, far more so than most fiction in general and fantasy in particular. I'd especially wonder how the filmmakers would deal with the many marvelous details that Stroud, like Pratchett, pops into footnotes throughout the text. I just IMDB'd him to get a sense of whether any of Discworld has ever been adapted, and it looks like there were only a couple of TV productions in his past (Wyrd Sisters being the only one I recognized) and a couple on the way.  Have any of you seen these, and how do they work out compared to the books?

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