Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

[El Duderino]

"'Fire' Hires"
Source: EW

Just last month, you plunked down your money to see ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,'' but it's not too early for the hype surrounding the next movie, ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,'' to begin. There are at least 10 new actors in the cast of ''Goblet,'' which began filming last month under a director new to the series, Mike Newell (''Mona Lisa Smile,'' ''Four Weddings and a Funeral.'')

In keeping with the international flavor of J.K. Rowling's fourth Potter book, the upcoming movie has expanded beyond the series' traditionally all-British and Irish casts. The biggest new name is Brendan Gleeson, the Irish actor recently on screen as King Menelaus in ''Troy'' -- he'll play Mad Eye Moody, who takes on the least secure job this side of Spinal Tap drummer: the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching slot at Hogwarts. Other new grownups include Belgrade-born Pedja Bjelac (''Eurotrip'') as Durmstrang professor Igor Karkakoff, as well as British actors Frances De La Tour as Madame Maxine, headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic; Roger Lloyd-Pack as Barty Crouch, head of the Department of International Magic Cooperation; David Tennant as Barty Crouch Jr.; and Jeff Rawle as Amos Diggory.

Among the student cast, the newcomers include Katie Leung, an Scottish girl making her professional debut (having beaten out a reported 3,000 others for the part) as Harry's love interest, Cho Chang. Other newcomers are young French actress Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacoeur, Stanislav Ianevski as Quidditch ace Viktor Krum, and Robert Pattinson (who'll be seen opposite Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming movie ''Vanity Fair'') as Cedric Diggory.

Most of the cast from previous Potter pictures is on board for ''Goblet,'' including Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), Emma Watson (Hermione), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall), Alan Rickman (Professor Snape), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), and Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew). Notably missing from the cast are Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, and Harry Melling, who play Harry Potter's Muggle family, the Dursleys. Apparently, they've been trimmed from the screenplay in order to keep the running time of Rowling's epic tale down to a reasonable feature length. ''Goblet'' is due in theaters in November 2005.

[MacGuffin]

Fiennes is 'Potter's' Voldemort
Source: Hollywood Reporter

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been named. Ralph Fiennes, who played memorable evil guys in "Red Dragon" and "Schindler's List," has signed on to portray the wicked warlock Voldemort in the next "Harry Potter" movie, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday. Voldemort is so bad that the magical characters in author J.K. Rowling's stories do their best not to speak his name aloud. In the first three installments of the saga, a deadly magic spell meant for a baby Harry Potter backfired and deprived him of a body. So only his spirit wrought havoc in "The Sorcerer's Stone," "The Chamber of Secrets" and the recent "Prisoner of Azkaban." But Voldemort finally returns in the flesh in part four: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."

[The Perineum Falcon]

Why was I under the impression that John Malkovich was Voldemort?

[xerxes]

Why was I under the impression that John Malkovich was Voldemort?

that was reported on imdb and a couple other sites a while ago.

[modage]

Nair Offered Harry Potter 5 Director's Chair
Source: The Times of India , The Leaky Cauldron Monday, August 30, 2004

The Times of India spoke to Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair director Mira Nair, who says she's been offered the director's chair for Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

"I'm getting offers to direct 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I read it over the weekend. I'm still deciding," she said, "I'm not letting all this go to my head. I'm grounded. I practice detachment, it helps me keep my balance. I'm a Dilliwalli, only an asana gets me on my head! My son Zoharan's excited. I've seen all the Harry Potter movies with him."

The studio is currently filming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed by Mike Newell for a November 18, 2005 release. "Phoenix" is targeted for a June, 2007 release.

[xerxes]

i love monsoon wedding

[Pubrick]

I'm a Dilliwalli, only an asana gets me on my head!

wtf is she babbling.

[MacGuffin]

Rowling will kill another 'Potter' character

LONDON -- "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling said Friday that one of her characters will not survive the next book in her series about the young wizard. Asked on her official Web site whether she planned to kill off any more characters, Rowling replied, "Yes, sorry." But she refused to identify that character. The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," is due to be published next year. (AP)

[Rudie Obias]

Jarvis Cocker to provide soundtrack 'Harry Potter' film
source: the sun newspaper u.k.

JARVIS COCKER has been signed to write the soundtrack for the fourth Harry Potter film.

As well as composing the music for Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, the former PULP frontman will make a cameo appearance.

Movie bosses were determined to bring in a trendy British musician to give the film a sprinkling of Britpop cool after the previous Potter flicks were scored by prolific American composer JOHN WILLIAMS — most famous for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET and the chilling theme from Jaws.

But new Potter director MIKE NEWELL wanted to make sure his movie appealed more to a generation of music-mad teens.

He asked DANIEL RADCLIFFE and the other young stars to draw up a shortlist of candidates. Jarvis bagged the job because of his reputation and professionalism.

He may even write the score under the name of his alter ego DARREN SPOONER — a goth-rocking punk image he invented for himself last year fronting a band called RELAXED MUSCLE.

Jarvis will be responsible for picking additional music for the film and has already chosen FRANZ FERDINAND to appear and write a track.

A source at movie giants Warner Bros tells me: "Everyone here is really excited about Jarvis being involved in Goblet Of Fire.

"He is a very talented musician who is a big fan of movies and knows exactly how they work. You may just think Jarvis is the bloke in specs who fronted Pulp but he is a man with many hidden depths."

Jarvis, a dead ringer for an adult Harry Potter, saw Pulp splitting last year as an ideal opportunity to explore new avenues.

He studied film at Central St Martin's in London and once said: "I think I'll end up as a film-maker eventually. It's just a question of when. You always wish that people you like knew when to give up, but they never do."

He has some experience in the field, having composed music for 1995 film Wild Side.

Jarvis in Potter? It will be absolutely magic.

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that is insane.  this could ruin the movie or make it awesome.  as much as i like franz ferdinand, trying to shove a bunch of hip songs into the soundtrack could be a total disaster for hp.

[RegularKarate]

I choose "Disaster"

[Ghostboy]

Yeah...I really hope they at least maintain William's main theme, because that's so recognizable and instantly associable with the world of these films. I imagine what Cocker comes up with will still be a 'score' and not a collection of britpop songs, but that theme is just too good to leave out.

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

[Ghostboy]

That looks sorta crappy.

[cine]

they're looking too old and punkish now. that first picture looks like they're goths loitering in front of a library.