Items of interest from my Alan Rickman newsletter

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4395

I lifted this information from my weekly Alan Rickman e-newsletter. In
the interests of copyright and all that, I got official permission
(precedes lifted material).

--Amanda

/begin permission note/
Hi Amanda

Sure you can lift the article - just credit the source
(i.e. my newsletter - I'd like it if you gave the web
address,
http://www.cybamuse.com/movieThemes/actors/arickman),
but would be happy if you at least credit the
newsletter...

I am not 100% sure about the source of the filming -
it just came from someone who said 'it was straight
from the horses mouth' - whether that is someone on
the set or someone closer to AR, I dunno. But, it
would have to be darn close to the truth as from
following he filming schedule, they would be at about
the point where the scenes at Hogwarts are all thats
left to film!

/begin quoted stuff/

1. THE FILMING OF HARRY POTTER: AN UPDATE

Breaking news is that an anonymous source has informed
this newsletter that Alan Rickman has already
commenced filming on Harry Potter and his first scene
as Snape has been shot... You heard it first here!

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In other Harry Potter news...

**Straight from the author herself, comes approval of
Alan Rickman as Snape. In an interview to Sunspot.com,
J.K. Rowlings comments on the brilliant cast that has
been amassed for the first Harry Potter film:

"Are you happy with the movie leads?

'Actually delighted. If you had asked me who was the
dream casting for McGonagall and Hagrid I would have
said Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane, and both of
them are doing it. That's fantastic. Snape's there too
- Alan Rickman.' "

If you enjoyed the Harry Potter books, you will enjoy
this article as J.K. Rowlings has quite a few
revelations to impart on a range of things from which
chapters are written, censorship, the movie, to
thoughts on the upcoming books... You can read the
full article at:

http://www.sunspot.net/content/archive/story?section=archive&pagename=story&storyid=1150490214626

Rowlings was also on Larry King (CNN) and this little
bit came out in their conversation:

LK: "I ran into Mr. Rickman the other day, and he's in
the movie..."
JKR-- "Yes, he plays Snape, Good choice, actually..."
(Thanks to Julia for that bit of news!)

**Warner Brothers are planning a state of the art
Harry Potter website... Through Variety magazine
(18/10/00), WB has this to say:

" Eventually, the current site will be replaced by a
DNA-designed (company) Harry Potter mega-site that
will, in the words of a Warner Bros. exec, "manage the
brand throughout the movies and be the official source
for all 'Harry Potter' information on the Internet."
When speaking with Variety, Warner's Executive Vice
President, Kevin Tsujihara said, "We want it to be a
voice for all seven books. We want the site to bridge
all the movies and live well beyond the films. We want
to funnel a lot of 'Harry Potter' fans through this
site." DNA is working with the filmmakers and author
J.K. Rowling to design the site."

This will be interesting - an official website that
can keep up with the unofficial ones which are usually
more up to date with news. However, The Lord of the
Rings movie website has proved very successful,
working with the fans, so we can hope Warner Brothers
have adopted the same attitude...You can read more at:
http://filmforce.ign.com/news/1545.html

**The British newspaper, The Sun, carried story on the
17th October, claiming they had the first photos from
the set (obviously, they haven't seen the vast library
of photos on various Harry Potter and movie news
websites!)You can read the article at:
http://www.the-sun.co.uk/news/13094335 . However, the
next day, The Sun had egg on their face when rival
newspaper, The Mirror, claimed that these photos were
of the doubles of the actors... You can read about
this at: http://www.comingsoon.net/newsdisplay.shtml.

**John Cleese has also joined the prestigious cast and
will be playing the ghost, Nearly Headless Nick...
Talks of discussion were released via EmpireOnline on
16th October, and confirmed by a Belfast News Letter
on the 18th October (Thanks to Georgiana for the
Belfast confirmation).

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