After acquiring the rights last January, 20th Century Fox is getting closer to bringing their Magic: The Gathering franchise to life with the recent hire of Game of Thrones writer Bryan Cogman. Your weird friend is going to be so happy!

The gods at 20^th Century Fox are sending mana from heaven in the form of a Magic: The Gathering movie. Announced Monday, the studio has acquired screen rights to the fantasy card game from Hasbro in the hopes of launching "a massive franchise on the scale of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings."