[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Kloves or Cuaron??

[Diana Williams]

From: "Kathryn Wolber" <katydid3500 at yahoo.com>

> I don't think you can really blame JKR because she
> doesn't have creative control over the movies. When
> she gave them the rights she just said that they
> couldn't be cartoons and she wanted a British cast. It
> seems like the close collaboration with Colombus on
> the first 2 movies was more of a courtesy extended by
> Columbus than a necessity.  I'd rather have her worry
> about finishing book 6 and be less than pleased with
> the movies than have her spend alot of time
> controlling the movies and have to wait an eternity
> for the next book.

Then her agent did her a disfavour.  Other writers have specified that they
want creative control over their movies - and they get it if the studios
want the book bad enough.  At that point, JKR was doing well enough that she
didn't *have* to have the money - she could have held out longer than Warner
Brothers and company.  She could have even insisted on waiting till the
books were all finished if she wanted creative control but didn't want to
take time out from her writing.  The books are only getting more popular, on
their own, without the movies, so waiting wouldn't have hurt her - it would
have kept WB from cashing in on the current wave, so I imagine they would
have folded sooner than she.

Diana W.