[HPFGU-Movie] Re: One movie and new kids? RANT

[nicholas at adelanta.co.uk]

Thanks for the rant, Steve, and I have to agree with it; but I also have to
say that our view, as adults, will be of very little interest to the
studio. They think it's a kids' thing, and, let's face it, the kids are a
little less discerning.

I take the whole 'replace the trio' thing with a pinch of salt. David
Heyman and Chris Columbus who, as far as I am aware, are remaining as exec
producers, have gone on record (on the PS/SS DVD) as saying that they would
like to keep the trio. So I think that the major consideration will be
whether the kids want to do it.

It would take real creativity to do GoF as one movie. It's not
impossible...and there are occasional nicely creative touches in PS/SS and
CoS. One that always strikes me is Uncle Vernon. The books tell us that he
works for a company making drills. The movies don't; but in both movies, he
is seen with a drill in his hand. That's the kind of subtlety that we need
to see more of.

I don't think that SPEW and Rita Skeeter will be included in any major way.
Some disgusted remarks about the treatment of Elves from Hermione, and some
annoyance as a result of Daily Prophet headlines would cover the necessary
grounnd.

And if I were the trio's agent, I would be pushing, not for a higher
salary, but for a share of the profits. This was actually an issue last
year when CoS was being made. There was the threat of an actors' strike in
Britain because they didn't automatically get a share of the profits; but
CoS was specified as not being threatened by the strike because shares for
the actors had already been negotiated. Anyone heard any more about this?

Cheers,
Nicholas