20-01-2004 08:16									#1
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Though I saw it over at Mugglenet (but those bastards at sd.net beat me to the post), there's the official word.

quote: He said: ''We are casting right now. I've been in Paris, looking for giant women and French schoolgirls.''

I wish him luck in the endeavor. It's a pity the Rowan Aktinson= Voldemort rumor was false.

	20-01-2004 08:19									#2
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What the hell would they spend the money on?

At this point, LoTR has the title of most expensive movie ever at 300 million plus, but of course, it is 10 hours long plus.

Titanic was about 200 million, but they built a replica at a significant scale.

	20-01-2004 08:19									#3
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your link gives me a 404 not found-error

	20-01-2004 08:25									#4
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In other news, it is also being planned to be the most expensive flop...ever.

	20-01-2004 08:28									#5
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http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/ c...-name_page.html


Damn!
well...

quote: HARRY POTTER AND THE £170M FILM BILL World's most expensive By John Millar THE next Harry Potter film will be the most expensive movie ever made, says director Mike Newell. Goblet Of Fire the fourth Potter film will cost £170 million £5 million more than Return of the King, the last in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Filming is due to begin in April and Newell, whose bigscreen successes include Four Weddings And A Funeral and Julia Roberts' hit Mona Lisa Smile, said: ''I think of myself as being really lucky. I'm going to make the most expensive film there has ever been. ''These things are not like ordinary films they are world events.'' Newell agreed that the job of directing a Potter picture carried huge responsibilities. He said: ''I have millions of 10-year-olds who must not be disappointed. ''Making Harry Potter is like being President of Brazil. It is a colossal undertaking.'' Goblet of Fire, scheduled for release in 2005, will again star Daniel Radcliffe as schoolboy wizard Harry and Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, the halfgiant grounds man at Hogwarts. Robbie's character has presented Newell with a giant sized headache finding an 8 ft tall French woman to play Hagrid's love interest, Madame Maxime. He said: ''We are casting right now. I've been in Paris, looking for giant women and French schoolgirls.'' TOP FIVE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIESFox, 1997.2000. £165m: Return of the Kingby New Line, 2003. £112m: Titanic by Paramount/ £96m: Water world by £110m: Dinosaur by Disney, Warner Bros, 1999. Universal, 1995.

	20-01-2004 08:35									#6
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Ah thx

And yes I also wonder why they need so much money - no big ships to (re)built, no mass scenes like battles....

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I am sorry, but how do they come up with 165 mllion quid for Return of the King? you can;t separate the budgets of those three films so easily. Though the whole LoTR is till the most expensive movie ever.

And Titanic at only 115 milion quid...seems low.

	20-01-2004 08:59									#8
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Is this considering inflation?

	20-01-2004 09:57									#9
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Nflaation has een close to ziip.

	20-01-2004 10:04									#10
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Man......Atkinson would have been great as evil Voldemort. To bad. Wonder who they will get. The Prisoner of Azkaban is supposed to be out June 4th. Can't wait......am reading Order of the Phoneix right now.

	20-01-2004 10:07									#11
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Can you imagine the horrors of a Voldemort/Mr. Bean Hybrid?

	20-01-2004 10:09									#12
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A bumbling evil Lord......now that would be interesting. He could give Nevil Longbottom a run for his money in clumsyness

	20-01-2004 10:15									#13
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On another note, I am surely going to Hell for thinking that Emma Watson is turning into a Hottie...and she's like 15.

	20-01-2004 10:19									#14
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quote: On another note, I am surely going to Hell for thinking that Emma Watson is turning into a Hottie...and she's like 15.

I guess I'll be seeing you by the lake of fire, buddy.

	20-01-2004 10:20									#15
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harry potter = teh suck... what a waste of money

	20-01-2004 10:20									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Lonestar On another note, I am surely going to Hell for thinking that Emma Watson is turning into a Hottie...and she's like 15.

You're going to jail.

	20-01-2004 10:21									#17
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc You're going to jail.

I'm sure that's legal in some parts of the south

	20-01-2004 10:26									#18
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Hey now! 15 still gets you 20 down here in Texas

	20-01-2004 10:28									#19
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc You're going to jail.

Could be worse. When me and some buddies went to go see the second movie, my illustrious DM commented "Holy ****! She's gonna have some serious DSL!"


Classy,

	20-01-2004 10:32									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Tiamat Hey now! 15 still gets you 20 down here in Texas

	20-01-2004 10:34									#21
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quote: I am sorry, but how do they come up with 165 mllion quid for Return of the King? you can;t separate the budgets of those three films so easily.

They divide the filming costs by the three films and then add on each film's editing costs. You say you can't seperate the budgets of the three films, but it is any way more fair to simply call it one movie when it wasn't released as such?

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And yes, I can see GoF being the most expensive. Firstly, some plum special effects: Quiddich World Cup, dragons, magically flying ship and carriage, the underwater event, the finale, etc, etc.

	20-01-2004 10:46									#22
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I think this is the wrong way to go about it. They carved up and murdered the first book incredibly badly, and that was short. The 4th and 5th books are long enough that even a more careful treatment will probably still mess things up.

They should have done the same thing as Japanese OAVs- release them direct to video, in, say, 4 1-hour episodes. The kids can sit through 'em, they'll be easily rebroadcast on TV later, and you make even more money.

	20-01-2004 11:02									#23
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Bah! And prevent them being on the big screen, for shame, Snowfire, FOR SHAME!

	20-01-2004 11:11									#24
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Crash and burn!

	20-01-2004 11:17									#25
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Yes, I'm sure over $200 million in gains will be a crash and burn .

	20-01-2004 11:22									#26
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quote: On another note, I am surely going to Hell for thinking that Emma Watson is turning into a Hottie...and she's like 15.

Herminae

	20-01-2004 14:12									#27
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Am I the only one that thinks the characters in Harry Potter are a bit shallow? I can't comment on the books, but the movie performances and characters leave a lot to be desired.

	20-01-2004 17:25									#28
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Yeah, me too. I was expecting a kids movie about a wizard to have really deep insights into human character and not be a lightweight romp.

	20-01-2004 17:30									#29
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH Yeah, me too. I was expecting a kids movie about a wizard to have really deep insights into human character and not be a lightweight romp.

Everyone talked like it was some kind of masterpiece. When I watched what little that I did watch I saw some special effects and not much else.. Thankfully I don't have kids that make me go see it.

	20-01-2004 17:52									#30
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I saw the first film and it was complete rubbish. As far as I can tell it would have been impossible to know what was going on unless you'd read the books. And I really like the books. So I agree really but couldn't resist being a smartarse.