How many films have the actors signed up for?

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Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:

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> So, the listing of PoA on the imdb website doesn't really
> mean that the kids have signed for this movie?

IMDB's contributors normally know what they're talking about. 
Significant bits and pieces of movies in production should be read 
as "this is our best guess based on inside information" (which I 
think IMDB mentions somewhere in its FAQs).

> The listing has the following note attached:
> <Since this project is categorized as being in production,
> the data is subject to change or could be removed
> completely.>
> 
> But the same note appears on the listing for CoS, which is
> already being filmed.

It's IMDB's standard text for anything relating to *any* movie which 
is not yet ready to be handed to distributors. They could ostensibly 
have multiple ways of phrasing things, depending on the stage things 
have reached, but they don't bother. It doesn't make a rumour more or 
less true, they're just hedging their bets by admitting it's still 
guesswork. 

For instance, you'll see exactly the same disclaimer on 
the "Thunderpants" page (Rupert Grint's forthcoming non-HP feature), 
despite the fact that it's due for release in the UK in only 3 
weeks...