Any truth in this?

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sarah" <seven_uk03 at h...> wrote:
> > Hi, new person here! I found the following article posted on 
> > www.hprama.co.uk (?). Can anyone tell me if there is any truth in 
> > this? I was set on buying my own little castle and grounds after my 
> > masters and setting up my own role-play summer school. But if they 
> > are going through with this then there doesn't seem to be much 
> > point! :(   
> >  
> > (folds arms and stomps off in a sulk)
> > 
> > 
> > >>>Harry Potter theme park in store?  
> > Posted by JAMES
> > Source: Screamscape via The Leaky Cauldron 
> >  
> > Information garnered from an open lunchtime meeting between Bob 
> > Gault and the staff of Disney may have revealed that Disney is in a 
> > preliminary stage of constructing a Harry Potter-themed park.
<snip>
> 
> I think it would be the first time Disney undertook any project that
> involved paying royalties to someone else.  They've generally avoided
> that, including paying royalties they were supposed to pay. Disney has
> a long and tawdry record of stiffing artists.


"Screamscape via The Leaky Cauldron"?

I always read the Leaky, and I never saw this there.  However, it is
vaguely similar to an article that the Leaky reported on some time
back, that the people who brought you the Rainforest Cafe were
brainstorming new ideas for other themed restaurants, including an HP
one.  That article had come from a business periodical or site.

The rumor was debunked on the Leaky, also.

I wouldn't believe this for a minute.  Go ahead and make your plans,
Sarah (including how you're going to deal with Warner Bros.).

Annemehr