PermaNews Archive: Future of a Franchise

Uncompleted novels, puberty, directors, actors... many critics smell trouble brewing in Potter paradise.

Update: Martin Landham wins Bagman role in Harry Potter 4
According to the Sidney Talent Company, Australian actor Martin Landham has won the role of Ludo Bagman in Goblet of Fire. Separately, The Leaky Cauldron has reported that the first Prisoner of Azkaban teaser trailer could be attached to Matrix Revolutions in November.
July 7, 2003 at 10:46 AM; Sidney Talent Company - Comments (69)

Changes abound for boy wizard in third movie
Filmmakers know that the pressure is on to deliver the goods on this third "Harry Potter" film. Producer David Heyman reports that a certain hormonal change before cameras started rolling was quite fortuitous. "Daniel's voice did break before we started filming--thank goodness," he says. "Actually, Daniel, Emma and Rupert becoming teens works for us because in the next movie, they really grow and change."
June 27, 2003 at 11:34 AM; Chicago Sun-Times - Comments (44)

Daniel Radcliffe

New book prompts look at future Potter films
With the new "Harry Potter" book hitting retail shelves this week, the movie industry has trained an eye on whether the films about the British boy wizard can continue casting their lucrative spell over box offices and merchandise sales. The stars, Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Potter, and Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who portray his sidekicks Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, are aging beyond the range of their characters, and the series' loyal fans are growing older.
June 17, 2003 at 4:59 PM; Reuters - Browse 57 Daniel Radcliffe pictures - Comments (55)

John Williams will score 'Azkaban', maybe more
From the Boston Globe: Conductor-composer extraordinaire John Williams has signed on to write the score for the next Harry Potter film, which recently began production and is due out next year. Williams supervised the music for the first two movies, but for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" he's actually writing it. Click for more.
June 3, 2003 at 10:17 AM; Boston Globe - Comments (22)

Rain and flies endanger Scottish Potter filming
It's looking likely the next Potters won't be filmed in the Scotland.
June 3, 2003 at 6:00 AM; CBBC Newsround

Planning for Potter's growing problem
Adolescence is likely to prove troublesome for Harry Potter - and even more difficult for his creator. Sex... how to deal with it? Thankfully, innocence is no longer enforced so relentlessly in books aimed at children. Click here for more.
May 19, 2003 at 11:21 AM; Guardian - Comments (9)

A focus on the grown-up readership (professors included!)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on this week's joint conference of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, where the Harry Potter series is one of the top topics of conversation. The article notes that nearly 30 percent of the four Potter books so far were bought for readers 35 and older, and it quotes Lana Whited (who's also scheduled to speak at Nimbus - 2003 in July) as saying: The phenomenal commercial success of the Harry Potter books has generated a lot of activity[...]
April 19, 2003 at 10:27 AM; The Leaky Cauldron - Comments (1)

Emma Watson

Emma Watson on Harry Potter 3
Coming Soon has a brief article on how the the powers behind the Harry Potter films have supposedly been concerned about their young stars growing out of their roles before they get all the movies made (as reported by columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith). Says Emma Watson, "I've grown loads, and so has everyone else. I definitely see changes in everyone. We're the same age as our characters - nobody is trying to make us look younger."
March 27, 2003 at 11:49 AM; The Leaky Cauldron - Browse 20 Emma Watson pictures - Comments (6)

Its Pages Are Filled With Magic
CBBC Newsround has a short report on the essence of the HP books can't really be woven into the films.
December 19, 2002 at 12:41 PM; iharrypotter.net - Comments (4)

Granger to Speak at Nimbus - 2003
Lecturer John Granger, that is. John Granger, author of the newly published The Hidden Key to Harry Potter, will be one of the featured speakers at Nimbus - 2003, the first international Harry Potter symposium, scheduled for July 17 - 20, 2003 at the Swan Hotel at Walt Disney World. Mr. Granger's book, based on his lectures of the same title, details the "Harry Potter" series in terms of the alchemy and mysticism that he believes form its foundation. His examination is thorough and often[...]
December 13, 2002 at 1:31 PM; The Leaky Cauldron - Comments (3)

Daniel Radcliffe

Cuaron on the aging trio
Thanks to Laurel for sending me part of an interview with HP3 director Alphonso Cuaron that was posted on MoviePoopShoot.com: I asked whether growth and hormonal development issues will be affecting the appearances of Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ronald (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). No, he said -- the really big changes will be evident in the Potter flick after Azkaban. Grint, he acknowledged, has grown the most of the trio, and Emma is getting slightly breasty and acting more and more[...]
December 13, 2002 at 1:01 PM; MuggleNet - Browse 57 Daniel Radcliffe pictures - Comments (8)

The Worries of PoA and GoF
There may be more problems than you think with the future of PoA and GoF, when you read what The Age has to say. Find out in Movie.
December 8, 2002 at 9:58 AM; iharrypotter.net - Comments (4)

Potter Franchise in Trouble
The Telegraph has an article pondering the problems that lie ahead for the Potter movie-franchise. There is not much that we haven't read before, but it's a good read in any case. "Once upon a time there was a story that appeared to have been blessed by magic. All its owners needed to do was tell this story and they would find themselves with more money than they had ever hoped for. For Harry Potter has proved just as successful at conjuring up film audiences as he did readers. The first[...]
December 3, 2002 at 7:49 AM; UKHarryPotter - Comments (2)

Harry Potter's biggest challenge yet
After just two films, the Harry Potter franchise is in trouble. The third movie will be late, the fourth book is proving unadaptable, the director is burned out and the boy wizard is facing a greater enemy than Voldemort - the march of time.
December 3, 2002 at 2:01 AM; Electronic Telegraph

Harry has Lasting Promise
The Talahassee Democrat has consulted the expert opinion of Eliza Dresang, a scholar who has studied the Harry Potter series extensively, and have come out with a conclusion: Harry Potter will never grow old, at least to readers of the series. "Dressing up like Hermione Granger or Harry Potter is just part of the fun for some fans - but will kids still be doing it in 20 years? Will kids even recognize the names of these fictional characters or the stories they came from? At least one Tallahassee[...]
November 19, 2002 at 9:04 AM; UKHarryPotter - Browse 18 Hermione Granger pictures - Comments (4)

Harry Potter and the Unknown Future
November 19, 2002 at 1:00 AM; E! Online

Incredible challenges lay ahead for 'Harry Potter 3' & 'Harry Potter 4'
November 19, 2002 at 1:00 AM; Cinema Confidential

Azkaban May Take a Spell
November 18, 2002 at 11:01 PM; CountingDown

Must read on Azkaban!
Calendar Live on LA Times.com has a wonderful article on the upcoming challanges with Azkaban, and further movies, but also contains other random, intresting facts. Really worth the read! Check it out here!
November 18, 2002 at 1:27 PM; UKHarryPotter - Comments (4)

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