Bill Weasley (Re: Casting - who?)

[Bonnie Kretschmer]

No: HPFGUIDX 2829

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brooks R" <brooksar at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Vicki Merriman" <vjmerri at i...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Assuming we get to filming book IV, which would be very difficult 
> > becuase it is basically impossible to turn out a good movie from 
a 
> > 740 page book.  

Very true.  Perhaps they can try to put it out in two
parts, one that deals with the summer and the Quidditch
world cup and the other that deals with the school year
and the Triwizard Tournement - that might make it do-able.
 
<snip>
> What they REALLY should do is film Books I-III in immediate
> sequence without waiting to see how Movie I does in theaters,
> 'a la' what they are doing with _The Lord of the Rings_.
> However, business caution will probably prevent this.

I agree completely, for several reasons.

1) Business caution?  PLEASE!  :o)  I don't think there is
anyone in Vegas taking odds against the Harry Potter movie
being a sucess.  I think they know it will do well so they
should really consider starting the filming of the second
one right away - asap (after all, they already have all the
rights and everything) before their young stars mature.

2) If they plan to film all 7, unless they will need to be
quick with the filming of at least the first three if they
want to avoid having to replace their young stars.  After
the age of 14 we can start to have Harry, Ron and Hermione
played by actors who are really 16 to 18, but before then
it gets kinda hard to believe.  IMHO.  :o)