Warner Bros. has picked up the movie rights to the book I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President, indicates The Hollywood Reporter. Josh Lieb, who authored the book, will adapt it as well, with McG producing via his Wonderland Sound and Vision shingle.

“The premise centers on a chubby 13-year old boy who everybody assumes is the dumbest kid in the seventh grade. He really is an evil genius and the third-richest person on the planet, with a secret compound beneath his unsuspecting family’s modest suburban home. He hides his identity to keep himself safe from his enemies and because he can’t legally claim his empire until he turns 18.”