More News About Harry

By The Associated Press


LONDON (AP) … Mike Newell, the British director of ""Four
Weddings and A Funeral,'' will direct the fourth Harry Potter
movie, Warner Bros. Pictures announced.

Newell will begin work on ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire'' in April, the company said Sunday. American Chris
Columbus directed the first two movie versions of J.K.
Rowling's hugely successful series on the boy wizard.

""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,'' the third film
in the series, is currently being filmed under the direction of
Alfonso Cuaron, and the studio said that as the two productions
will overlap, it was not feasible for him to direct both.

Producer David Heyman said Newell was the ""perfect choice''
for the new film. ""He has worked with children, made us laugh,
and had us sitting on the edge of our seats, he is great with
actors and imbues all his characters, all his films, with great
humanity. I'm thrilled,'' Heyman said.

Newell, 61, also directed ""Donnie Brasco,'' with Al Pacino,
and has recently completed ""Mona Lisa Smile'' with Julia
Roberts.

The movie is slated to come out in 2005. This book was my one of my fav's so I will be looking forward to seeing this one!