Bloomsbury aims to cast Potter spell on TV tie-ins
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- Bloomsbury aims to cast Potter spell on TV tie-ins
- JK Rowling dismisses rumours Harry Potter is near finished and says…
- EARLY ALFONSO ALL FUNNY
- Movie imagines world gone wrong
Bloomsbury aims to cast Potter spell on TV tie-ins
The Independent – Independent – Sep 20, 2006
The group has hired a new editor, Richard Atkinson, who specialises in food and television tie-in titles. It will publish a book to accompany a David Dimbleby BBC series about British buildings that airs next spring. Mr Newton, who discovered Harry Potter, disclosed his plans as the company unveiled interim profits of £4. 22m, up 3 per cent on the previous year, on sales up 6. 5 per cent at £37. Bloomsbury has just one Harry Potter title left up its sleeve: the seventh and last instalment in the teenage wizard series is due out next year, although no date has yet been set for its publication… 5 per cent at £37. Bloomsbury has just one Harry Potter title left up its sleeve: the seventh and last instalment in the teenage wizard series is due out next year, although no date has yet been set for its publication. A paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in June in adult and children’s versions. Even after the final title is released, analysts see more life in the wizard franchise from re-released books to accompany the remaining films and special box sets of all seven titles. In the six months to 30 June, the group spent £31. 2m on new authors, 39 per cent more than during the previous period, whittling its cash pile down to £31m from £53.
JK Rowling dismisses rumours Harry Potter is near finished and says…
Daily Mail – Sep 20, 2006
Fans have been warned they are in for a long wait before theyget their hands on the last instalment of the boy wizard series, asRowling dismissed reports she has already written 750 pages. Writing on her website, she said: “I haven’t written 750 pagesof book seven and, if I had, I’d be very worried, as I’m not closeto finishing it yet. The Scottish writer also admitted she has no idea what to callthe book. She said: “I am currently trying to decide between two possibletitles. I was quite happy with one of them until the other onestruck me while I was taking a shower in New York.
EARLY ALFONSO ALL FUNNY
New York Post – Sep 20, 2006
" The spicy sex comedy, a la early Almodovar, did well in Mexico but is only now getting a New York release. Daniel Gimenez Cacho stars as Tomas Tomas (yes, that's his name), a serial bed-hopper whose sexual appetite knows no bounds. He sleeps with so many women that he can't remember all their names. His life swirls downward when one of those women, a nurse he done wrong, gets even – she alters Tomas' medical records to falsely indicate that he's HIV positive.
Movie imagines world gone wrong
BBC News – Sep 20, 2006
“The whole idea was to bring the themes and subject matter that is crafting the first part of the 21st Century globally, and bring those subjects to the microcosm of Britain. “We wanted the audiences not to feel alienated from today. “Very early on when we were preparing the film, I went to the art department and said we are going to do a film set in 2027 and they got out all this futuristic stuff. “I said, ‘No guys, we are not going to need all of that stuff.