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Subject: Re: The New "Harry Potter" Kids Are Finally Cast
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 04:30:56 -0400
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In article <10155dr$2ps9d$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
> On May 27, 2025 at 9:33:14 AM PDT, "Alan Smithee" <alms@last.inc> wrote:

>> This time, Dominic McLaughlin will play Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton 
>> is Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout is the new Ron Weasley. In the 
>> films, those roles were played by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and 
>> Rupert Grint, respectively.
>
>I still think it's lame to just be remaking the books that have already been
>made into movies. It's not even like these movies were made 50 years ago or
>something and there might be an argument that updating the SFX would enhance
>the experience. The movies are recent enough that the visual effects are more
>than sufficient.

Is it a "use it or lose it" scenario?

>And of course they seem to have race-swapped Hermione, but that's pretty 
>much par for the course these days.

I am told this could bite them in the arse.

>(I got to interview the original Hermione when she flew into LAX for an awards
>show. She had a stalker who was not only threatening her, but had started
>threatening Obama as well, so we intercepted Emma Watson at LAX and talked to
>her to both let her know the guy was in town and to see if she had any info on
>him that we didn't.)

Is this before she and her costars became groomers and ingrates?