Tales Of Beedle The Bard Becoming A Movie

[Carol]

 Potioncat:
> ditto.
> me too.
> Hear hear! (or is it here here?)

Carol:
It's "hear! hear!" Remember Bilbo's speech in LOTR (the book) in which
the Hobbits shouting "Hear, hear!" seem reluctant to take their own
advice? Basically, it means, "Listen to what this guy is saying! I
agree with him!" or "Amen!" It's sort of similar to "I hear you" used
colloquially today.

Potioncat: 
> I'd trust the BBC to make it, or whoever did the Beatrix Potter
stories. So 3 episodes with commentary by DD? I see it as a voice 
over, not the kindly wizard chatting with someone.

Carol:
That might work, but I was thinking of Hermione narrating the stories
themselves since DD's commentary is a reaction to or supplement to or
explanation of the stories. Of course, the voiceover commentary could
be done as an extra, like the LOTR (film) commentaries by the actors,
writers, and directors, who comment on the scenes as they watch. Don't
know how well that would work for television. But, anyway, the
commentary, which is like footnotes (or critiques with footnotes)
would have to be separate from the telling of the story by the narrator.

Potioncat: 
> But I can imagine Snape muttering that while he's trying to keep 
Umbridge from taking over Hogwarts, DD is off who-knows-where writing
commentary for fairy tales! (If I have the timeline correct for DD's 
writing.)

Carol:
That would be funny. But wouldn't the commentary have had to be
written during HBP, after DD knew he had to die and would be willing
the book to Hermione to translate?

Carol, who hasn't read Beedle and could be wrong on all counts,
including the timeline