Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azcaban The Movie

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I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN IS OUT IN THEATERS ON JULY 4, 2004.
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

Great, you found an actual date somewhere? I just heard that it would be realised, world wide, sometime in 2004. I can't wait. We will be able to meet a lot of new characters that we've been waiting for. Sirius especially. :-)

SADLY THOUGH
I ALSO READ THAT CHO CHANG WOUNT BE IN IT TILL THE FOURTH ONE.

Don't we get introduced to her in the 3rd book? I can't remember for sure though. It will be interesting to see who get's cast for her part.

YES IT WILL BE
I AM NOT SURE EITHER BUT THAT IS WHAT THE SITE SAID
SO THAT IS WHAT I M SAYING

Darn, I hope that's not true....I have been waiting for the Cho Chang character for such a long time.

Anyway, its only July 10th now and I have to wait until July 4th 2004???? I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!!!!!! (sorry, lost my head there for a second)

I think Gary Oldman plays Sirius. He should do a pretty good job. The casting in the Harry Potter movies have so far been very good. Everyone from Dumbledore to Harry & Friends to Professor Lockhart have been just as I imagined while reading.

That's why I'm so anxious to see who will play Cho Chang. Hope they don't mess it up with one of the Olsen twins or something.

I AM SORRY (ACTUALLY HAPPY ) TO SAY THAT THE 3RD H.P MOVIE WILL COME OUT IN JUNE 4 , 2004
I MAKE MISTAKES TOO!!!!!!!
BUT IT IS A MONTH SOONER SO THAT IS GOOD

Yes, a month earlier is a little better!!!
But still... it's a long way from now!!! *sniff*

i know!!!!!!!!
but we want it to be good don't we????????

Oh man... I want it to be the best so far. I want it to be AMAZING!!!!

I'm sure it will be great, but is any of you worried that it will be more and more difficult to squeeze all the important scenes into a 2 1/2 hour movie?

I mean the books are getting longer and longer (which is great for people like us who love to read) but the movies will begin to lose some of its suspense when they can't put in every important aspect.

I know a bunch of people who went to see the previous 2 Harry Potter movies who never read the book. They didn't think it was all that and they asked a bunch of questions about how certain scenes evolved. I told them that had they read the book, they would have understood it completely.

I don't know...what does everyone else think?

THAT IS TRUE BUT IT COULD LIKE THOSE MAXTRIX MOVIES
DID U KNOW THAT THE NEWEST MATRIX MOVIES WERE TOO LONG THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE ONE MOVIE TWO SEPERATE MOVIES, THEY COULD DO THAT FUR H.P UNLIKELY THOUGH

IT WILL BE SO HARD FUR THEM TO DO MOVIES FUR THE 4TH BOOK CAUSE ALL THEIR OBSTACLES HOPEFULLY IT WON'T LOOK THAT FAKE!!

Well, I think that when it's time to make "Goblet of Fire," they will have to split that in to two movies. There is just NO WAY that they can make that a 2 1/2 hour movie and get even half of the book in it.

I think that you can see the movies without reading the books, but, you won't know everything. Reading the books, any books, allows you to know plots better, characters thoughts, feelings, etc... In a movie, you can only go by the words they say, the actions that are taken, etc... You miss a lot that way. That's why if there is a book out of a movie that I will see, or have seen, I will read it.

THAT IS SOO TRUE BUT IF U SEE THE MOVIE FIRST SOME PEOPLE WON'T EVEN TRY TO READ THE BOOKS CAUSE THEY THINK THEY DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!
THEY R SOOOO WRONG!!!!!!!!

That's true... but there are people in this life who just don't like to read, period. Like my partner. She is not a book reader, unless it's for study purposes. Then there are people who only like to read and not see tv or movies. It just depends on each persons personality. I know lots of people who like to read and see movies, and people who like one or the other, or neither! It's too bad though... reading is sucj a great adventure.

I KNOW I LIKE TO READ BOOKS BUT I AM TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH MOVIES AND MUSIC. AND I ALWAYS TRY TO FIND BOOKS NEARLY AS GOOD AS H.P BUT NONE EVER R!!!!

I agree with you that there aren't books that I feel are as good as HP, because of how much I love the story... but I love to read, and have found many that I enjoy reading over and over, just like HP!

But, I think that we're straying "Off Topic" in this thread. This is for the upcoming third HP movie. I'm guilty of straying as well though.

i guess u r right.

It's okay... it's not just you! We all have a tendency to do that in any message board thread. Trust me.... :-)

i am SO SORRY to get off topic again but i keep forgetting to ask u what u yur skills at Xena??? i am not so sure what Xena is but i think it is that warroir girl who is also a princess? i am not so sure?

Oh... that is one of my favorite quote's, from the show, Xena: Warrior Princess. Lucy Lawless is my hero... and so I used one of her characters quotes!!! Just saying, I have many skills. Meaning, there's a lot that I can do!

oh
so why aren't u KJPotterL.L for Lucy Lawless??

I don't know. I guess that I chose to use Potter instead of my last night because I was coming on here to discuss Harry Potter. I have a completely different name in the Xenaverse, where I'm pretty well known.

OH!!!!!!
so u r Professor Zena Potter???? lol

Hey... I never thought about that. Good choice for a screen name!!! Hmmmmmmmm... I will have to remember that in the future.

Okay... let's move off topic conversations to the Non-HP topic thread in this message board.

back to the subject.......
i am just hoping that the scene in the shrieking shack at the end of the 3rd book is there in full

I can't wait to see them going through the whomping willow, to get the the shreiking shack. That will be an intense scene.

Also... crookshanks going after Ron's rat and all the tension between Hermione and Ron over that.

I know that the Harry Potter movies may never reach the budget of a movie like the Matrix, but I hope that they use more of the budget on characters such as Buckbeak to make them look more real. Instead of some muppet show puppet.

Also, doing a good job in presenting Sirius as he transforms into snuffles is important too.

I agree with you. I know that the money is there, but we will never see the effects like the Matrix. But I don't want to see a puppet on a string either. I want it to be real. And when Hagrid becomes a professor and starts introducing these magical creatures, I hope that we get the feel just like the kids do of being scared and freaked out by them.

hi im new and by the way i saw on the net that they were looking for a character to play cho so that means that we will be seeing cho in movie 3 i dont know about you guys but i cant wait another two years to see the beautiful cho chang as jk rowling describes her
still dont think she'll be prettier that hermione though

Welcome to the forum Harryhermione, hope you enjoy our rants.

I kinda heard the same thing about the Cho character also. I heard that they were looking at some of the singers and actresses from Taiwan or Hong Kong. Could be just a rumor though, but Cho was one character that I really wanted to see. Her and Rita Skeeter.

JK really didn't go into detail on Cho though in the 3rd book...

-HECK!

You're right HECK, other than saying she was a hot chick and played seeker for Ravenclaw (i think?), there wasn't too much description about her.

But i think she's still important to the story because its a build up for the possible relationship to come in book 4 and the short lived relationship in book 5

oh
that was so funny when she got all mad at Harry in the 5th one,
i felt sorry for Harry cause he didn't know what he did or how he could fix it, u could tell that was his first crush

well i now know that cho chang is NOT going to play in the movie (sigh) damn i really was looking forward to seeing her in all
oh well by the way i saw on the net that a korean singer kwon boa was asked to play cho chang in future movies i saw her shes kind of alright i guess i also saw the characters who are going to play sirius, aunt marge, madame rosmerta, lupin, the new dumbledore, peter petigrew, sir cadogan, voldermort(this ones good) and penelepe clearwater percys girlfriend

What site did you find out all the people who will be playing those characters?

well i found some on the harry potter site at news and some on newsround by the way the person who plaus voldermort in his human form is mr bean thats what i saw anyway and the person who plays aunt marge is mrs trnchball from matilda can you imagine that i personally think itd be quite amusing to see her play mrs trunchball

yeah i agree with the maltida character but mr. bean???
come on!!!! they r making a BIG mistake if they r going to hire him.

I can NOT see Mr Bean playing Voldemort in ANY way. I won't be able to take him seriously at all. I am going to have to do some digging and see what I can find out who will be playing these parts.

OKay, I went to yahoo.com and looked up the movie. This is what I've found as far as who will be playing the characters. There is nothing there about Voldemort. I don't know if he's been cast, or if they are keeping it a secret or what. If you go to yahoo.com and look up "Prisoner of Azkaban", you can click on the movie link, and get this same report that I found. Most of the actors names you're able to click on see who they are. Anyway... here's the cast as of 05/26/03:


Cast:
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)
Gary Oldman (Sirius Black)
David Thewlis (Professor Remis Lupin)
Peter Best (MacNair)
David Bradley (Argus Filch)
Julie Christie (Madam Rosmerta)
John Cleese (Nick the Nearly Headless Ghost)
Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid)
Alfie Enoch (Dean Thomas)
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
Pam Ferris (Aunt Marge)
Dawn French (The Fat Lady)
Michael Gambon (Professor Albus Dumbledore)
Jimmy Gardner (Ernie Prang)
Richard Griffiths (Uncle Dursley)
Joshua Herdman (Gregory Goyle)
Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom)
Hugh Mitchell (Colin Creevey)
Devon Murray (Seamus)
Katharine Nicholson (Pansy Parkinson)
Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley)
Alan Rickman (Professor Snape)
Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia)
Maggie Smith (Prof. Minerva McGonagall)
Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew)
Jim Tavare (Tom, the Leaky Cauldron Innkeeper)
Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley)
Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe)
Paul Whitehouse (Sir Cadogan)

good job once again KJ...

Too bad they didn't release the name of the actor to play Voldemort. I'm sure it is not mr. bean

I can just see it now.....

"Hi Harry, I'm Mr. Bean...um.um I mean Voldemort"

Yeah... and we can see him doing all these stupid faces and voices a long with the character. NO... he just doesn't seem like Voldemort to me. But then again... I guess that if he is, there is something that we don't know. I don't think that they would put someone in there that didn't quite fit. I just can't see it at this point though. I really see someone dark and evil. I could have seen the character that plays Lucius Malfoy as Voldemort. He is an awesome actor.

Some other actors that I would like to see in the movie...

Sean Bean - he was in Lord of the Rings He played Boromir. But the role that I will always remember him in was from the movie, Patriot Games, with Harrison Ford. He played a bad guy. He just has this look on his face that brings evil flowing from his pores. I could definately see him as a death eater, at the least.

Jude Law would be good... but he's too young. But, he could play another character. He can look really evil.

ok i think you guys got seriously worked up about this whole mr bean thing i said i only saw ot on a sight the harry potter sight or something like that i know it would be quite amusing i mean i dont know about you lot but from seeing mr bean making a fool of himself in the past id certainly crack up laughing if he was voldermort i mean just imagine it who would take him seriously other than the cast of course hope it doesnt happen by the way does anyone have an idea when the third movie is coming out

Wait, Voldemort wasn't in the 3rd book though. Was he in a flashback??

-HECK!

According to yesterday's update of Dark Horizons, under the heading "Ocean's Twelve & Trailer News":

Harry Potter 3 teaser to debut in December 5th in front of The Last Samurai

This conflicts with information we reported way back on July 16 that the Leaky Cauldron reported that the Prisoner of Azkaban trailer would premier on November 14 before showings of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

We're going to continue believing the November 14 date unless we hear otherwise. Stay tuned for further details.

Posted September 4, 2003

Hi, I'm new! I have read all of the harry potter books including th "Order of the Phoenix" I cant wait for the third movie to come out. I have been waiting for a commercial or something to tell me when the third movie was coming out.

I think that Sirius and Cho Chang will be really cool if they are both inturduced in this film!

Indeed it would grandMASTER, I'm pretty sure it's difficult to have the movie without Sirius, but as for Cho from everything we've heard so far, we're going to have to wait to see her.

I just hope that Gary Oldman lives up to our expectations. Sirius is a cool character. I just don't think Gary is good looking enough to be him.

I think that Gary Oldman is a GREAT actor... but he isn't what I was expecting for Sirius. I was picturing someone with "Tom Cruise" like looks. Hmmmmm

My brother looks a lot like Tom Cruise, and I've never thought that guy handsome... his teeth are crooked and his nose is ... well, like my brother's

Don't know why I brought this up, but I did.

I imagined Sirius being kind've dark and sinister looking, but a nice guy... So Gary Oldman, to me, is a good choice. Since he always looks spooky to me

I picture him being dark too... but still handsome! That's just the "feel" that I got for him, reading the books.

Right Kris. Gary is a fantastic actor. He just doesn't look as um, well, hot as I pictured Sirius to look. The books describe him as being good looking.

Grant's right, Oldman will deliver, you'll see.

Oh, of that, I have no doubts. I know that he will give a GREAT preformance... but, he's still not what I picture Sirius to "LOOK" like. That's all we're saying. He's acting ability isn't in question at all.

I can understand that it's nice to cast actors who resemble the mental pictures that we as readers have established, but as long as they turn in a credible performance, I won't be fussy. I don't have a big problem with Daniel Radcliffe, but I can't help thinking that they chose him for his resemblance to Harry rather than any outstanding acting talent. I think casting Oldman shows that the studio has matured in terms of their casting specifications.

I'm with you there, Mike. You're right... Daniel was picked, I believe, for the resemblance that he had of Harry Potter. His acting is not the best... but, he was NOT an actor before... so I don't get to depressed about that. Sure, there are probably other kids that could have done a better job, but I think that he is learning, and he will improve as time goes by.

I KNOW that Gary Oldman will do a GREAT job as Sirius... and I bet that he will be someone that we come to feel "is" the part. It's just hard to take a character that you've only read about, and you have a picture in your mind, and that isn't who it's going to be. That's all... but, I think that I will be okay with the choice that was made.

Hey, does everyone know that Oliver Wood won't be in this one either? Knowing this, I have no clue how they'll be playing out the Quidditch Scenes. I know there will be Quidditch though, because in a interview way back when with Dan Radcliffe, he said that the Quidditch scenes were better than the other two and fun to work in or something like that. OH well....I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

Yeah I agree Lil washu I hope they put some Quidditch scenes in there to.
BY the way hi guys and galls
I'm new.

Welcome Hermione Lover. We always enjoy having people join our little group. There are lots of Harry Potter threads, so have fun.

Yeah, welcome Hermione Lover!!! Hey everyone, look what I found!

http://potterworldonline.free.fr/version3/animations/somethingwicked.gif

How cool is that?

Hey... that's cool!!

Hey friends thanks for sending me a reply
and LiL' Washu thanks for sending me that image of Harry.
write to you on the thread bye.

Ha, I've made a friend. I feel sooo happy XD

Anyway...back on the topic at hand....I heard that all offical scenes are over with for POA^_^

Too cool.

You Did why don't you tell us about it LiL'Washu.
and Fuscia your right.

Do you know who will repalce Mr. Harris as Prof. Dumbledore?

MICHAEL GAMBON

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/harry_potter_and_the_prisoner_of_azkaban/michael_gambon/harry.jpg

And here's his filmography:

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

• The Lost Prince (2003)

• Open Range (2003)

• Sylvia (2003)

• Ali G Indahouse (2002)

• Charlotte Gray (2001)

• Gosford Park (2001)

• High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)

• Monkey's Tale (2001)

• Wives and Daughters (2001)

• The Last September (2000)

• Longitude (2000)

• My Best Friend's Wedding/Mary Reilly 2-Pack (2000)

• The Gambler (1999)

• The Insider (1999)

• Plunkett & Macleane (1999)

• Sleepy Hollow (1999)

• Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)

• The Gambler (1997)

• Nothing Personal (1997)

• The Willows In Winter (1997)

• The Wings of the Dove (1997)

• Mary Reilly (1996)

• Samson and Delilah (1996)

• Bullet to Beijing (1995)

• Innocent Sleep (1995)

• Midnight in St. Petersburg (1995)

• Nothing Personal (1995)

• The Browning Version (1994)

• Clean Slate (1994)

• A Man of No Importance (1994)

• Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)

• Two Deaths (1994)

• Toys (1992)

• Mobsters (1991)

• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989)

• The Missing Link (1988)

• Forbidden Passion - Oscar Wilde the Movie (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: Series (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: V. 1 - Skin (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: V. 2 - Heat (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: V. 3 - Lovely Days (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: V. 4 - Clues (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: V. 5 - Pitter Patter (1986)

• Singing Detective, The: V. 6 - Who Done It (1986)

• Turtle Diary (1986)

Hey Guys I heard that they were going to have A quire on there it sounds cool.and please write back.

Yes! They sing a cool song. Check out the trailer thread. You can also see it on the HP site.

I think that when it comes to the fourth book they will have no choice but to make them closer to the three hour mark, mabey even three and a half. There is just too much information to put into a two and a half hour movie.

Okay, I saw a picture of Emma Thompson as Trelawney (I can't find it now), but she looks unlike anything in the book. She looks more like a gypsy than anything else? What happened to all the shawls and the glasses? Cuaron better have some good reasons.

I can't wait to see either I loved the other movies.

hey der!!!gues wot??? im goni to see harry potter and the prisoner of azcaban in 10th of june.im really looking farward to it...wen r u gonna see it???ttyl

hey everyone gues wot????im goin to see harry potter on the 10th of june!!i cant wait....lol
ttyl

hi Rockchic, glad you're all set to see the movie We're all very excited in here, you may be able to tell. I hope you stick around and chat with us a while about Harry Potter. Welcome to INReview!

Hi. How long have you been on Hermione lover?