Who will die and who will live? (actor's contracts)

[boyblue_mn]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "angela_burgess" <MmeBurgess at m...> wrote:
> In response to many people wondering about which characters 
> will live and which ones will die, I would like to say that 
> I don't believe we can take what the actors say as 
> proof-positive that a charater will survive through a certain 
> book.  Remember that WB has not signed on to make movies for 
> all 7 books, nor has Chris Colombus. Therefore it seems 
> unlikely that WB would know whether or not certain characters 
> need to be around for all 7 books/movies.  
> 
> Lastly, as far as Dame Maggie Smith saying that she is up 
> for all 7 movies assuming she lives that long, ...edited...
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Angela

Just a comment on the continual discussion of the actor's 
contracts. I think there are probably two agreements or 
contracts involved here. One is a signed agreement by all the
actors agreeing to make themselves available for all 7 movies.
Then there are the actual movie agreement that put the actors
under contract to do specific movies. So an actor could have 
a signed agreement to make themselves available for all 7 
movies but not actually be under contract to appear in any
of them. Or more likely, agreeing to be available for all 7,
but only being currently under contract for two.

This deviates from the main topic of this thread, but it does
address issues that you brought up and that have been brought
up before. And of course, this is just my opinion on the 
matter.

steve