JKR's involvement, was House Elves and Unforgivable Curses

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:
> 
> This seems to be a pervasive rumor. Heidi Tandy, an editor of the 
Leaky
> Cauldron, has been in a great position to actually have the scoop 
on this,
> since they see just about all the articles quoting JKR about the 
films.
> 
> The films are interpretations of JKR's work, not JKR's work itself.
> 
> ~Amanda

I'm basing what I said on what JKR said herself during the CoS 
premier in London that was broadcast live.  She said herself that 
she helped write it and was busy getting married and working on the 
script with Steve, hence why she hadn't gotten book 5 out on time.