The Making of the Potterverse by Scott Thomas

Author:Scott Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LIT009000, PER004020, JNF039030
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2007-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

March 2003

Both director Alfonso Cuaron and director-turned-producer Chris Columbus discussed with the media the first week of production of

Prisoner of Azkaban. Said Cuaron, “I look forward to bringing this intricate story to the screen and sharing it with film audiences around the world. To be entrusted with such rich and beloved material, and given the opportunity to collaborate with this extraordinary cast and crew on the next Harry Potter adventure is an honor.” Added Columbus, “I look forward to seeing it grow as Alfonso and the cast and crew further our imaginations with their truly inspired work. I’m so proud to have been involved in this truly amazing film series, both as a director and a producer.”

The ever-vigilant lawyers working for J.K. Rowling turned their sights on a Russian novel titled Tanya Grotter and The Magic Double Bass, written by Dimitri Yemetz, which focuses on the magical adventures of a young Russian girl. Noted Rowling’s lawyers, “There are three grounds: Copyright infringement, trademark infringement and unfair competition. It copies story line, plot and the characters.” Yemetz’s Dutch publisher, Byblos, responded, “Tanya Grotter doesn’t harm Harry Potter in any way, rather she is his burlesque sister. Yemetz writes his novels both as a parody to the English hero Harry Potter and as a cultural response to the world hype about the mega-bestseller.” In the end, the courts found that Tanya Grotter was more than just a parody of Harry, and the publishers were ordered not to allow the novel to be made available to the public.

The Oxford Dictionary said that the word “muggle” would be added to its text. The definition reads: “Muggle (noun) In the fiction of J.K. Rowling, a person who possesses no magical powers. Hence in allusive and extended uses, a person who lacks a particular skill or skills, or who is regarded as inferior in some way.”

J.K. Rowling and her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, announced the birth of their son, David Gordon Rowling Murray.

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