2 Potter things from SciFi website:

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Date: 1/6/00 11:43 am  (ET)

Potter Author On 10 Best List
It's magic: J.K. Rowling, author of the popular Harry Potter series
of young adult novels, was cited as one of "10 people who mattered" in
1999 by Time magazine. Rowling was a runner-up in the magazine's annual
competition for "Person of the Year."

"The idea came to the aspiring author in 1990 during a train ride from
Manchester to London," Time reported. "It involved a young orphan who
discovers he is a wizard, then is whisked away from his cruel aunt
and uncle to be schooled in the use of his magical powers. This year
that inspiration produced a publishing wonder: three novels about Harry
Potter that keep crowding the top three spots on the fiction best-seller
lists. ...

"J.K. Rowling, who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland,has four more Harry
Potters planned," Time said. "Her readers, young and old, are clearing
more bookshelf space now."


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Spielberg Gets Peek At Potter Script
Warner Bros. last week gave Steven Spielberg an exclusive peek at its
138-page first draft script for the feature film version of J.K. Rowling's
popular Harry Potter young adult novel series. Spielberg is still mulling
whether to take on the Harry Potter movie, SF thriller Minority Report,
or A.I., which Spielberg is writing based on a treatment by the late
Stanley Kubrick, according to Variety.

Spielberg will likely meet in early January with Potter screenwriter
Steve Kloves and Warner executives to discuss the project. It's possible
that Spielberg, who once argued for a computer-animated version of the
Potter books, would choose to act as producer rather than direct the film.

Other directors under consideration for the Potter movie are Robert
Zemeckis, Jonathan Demme, Brad Silberling, Rob Reiner, Mike Newell and
Tim Robbins.


Just thought you all would like to see these.
Debbie {:O)