ALISON BOSHOFF: Harry Potter gets a $2 billion TV 大当り with Warner Bros 始める，決める to film TEN new series
That's wizard, Harry! Britain is to get a $2 billion Harry Potter 大当り, as Warner Bros will film TEN series ― at its studios in Leavesden, Herts ― of a new TV show about 'the boy who lived'.
生産／産物 計画（する）s for the 事業／計画（する）, which will be based on the seven beloved 調書をとる／予約するs by J. K. Rowling, are yet to be 公式に 発表するd. However, this week sources 示す they fully 推定する／予想する the Potter shows to be filmed in the UK, with British creative and technical talent 前線 and centre.
The 予算 is said to be around $200 million per series, which brings it into line with House Of The Dragon, also filmed on the Warner Bros lot.
The company 確認するd 計画（する）s for the series in April last year and 示すd it would like to be 進行中で with filming later this year or 早期に next, as long as it can settle on scripts and casting 公正に／かなり 速く.
The 計画（する） is to produce ten 連続した years of Harry Potter TV shows.
Britain is to get a $2 billion Harry Potter 大当り, as Warner Bros will film TEN 一連の a new TV show at its studios in Leavesden
It is 示すd that the Leavesden studio will begin seeing filming later this year or 早期に next, as long as scripts and casting can be settled 公正に／かなり 速く
At the moment, there are a number of writers in 論争 for the plum 職業. They have 報道によれば been asked to 現在の their 見通しs of the reimagined story of the boy wizard to (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs, 含むing Rowling herself.
The 前線-走者 is British Succession and 殺人，大当り Eve writer and 生産者 Francesca Gardiner, who was also an (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 生産者 on the BBC adaptation of His Dark 構成要素s.
(n)役員／(a)執行力のある Casey Bloys 約束s that the new series will be a 'faithful adaptation' which will 'dive 深い into each of the iconic 調書をとる／予約するs that fans have continued to enjoy for all of these years'.
Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav ― stung by a string of big 予算 失望s such as The Flash, Blue Beetle and 黒人／ボイコット Adam ― said last year: 'We 港／避難所't done anything with Harry Potter for more than a １０年間,' 追加するing that the Potter, Lord Of The （犯罪の）一味s and DC Comics franchises could 誘発する some 魔法 at the box office. Zaslav said: 'When you put those franchises in, it's the best-成し遂げるing studio in the world. We need to （軍隊を）展開する，配備する our best 資本／首都 with the best creative people in the world.'
The films of the Potter 調書をとる／予約するs were, of course, phenomenally successful, 甚だしい／１２ダースing nearly $8 billion 世界的な and making 星／主役にするs of their young leads ― Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint ― 同様に as 上げるing the coffers of a host of 設立するd talent 含むing Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Dame Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Richard Harris. The 調書をとる／予約するs have sold 600 million copies globally.
生産／産物 計画（する）s for the 事業／計画（する）, which will be based on the seven beloved 調書をとる／予約するs by J. K. Rowling, are yet to be 公式に 発表するd
It was 発表するd in September that the studios in Leavesden are to 拡大する, 追加するing 400,000 sq ft.?There will be ten new sound 行う／開催する／段階s, 増加するing capacity by 50 per cent
Rowling and スパイ／執行官 Neil Blair will be (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 生産者s of the TV series 経由で their Bronte Film and TV company.
Casting will follow the 任命 of a lead writer, with Warner Bros TV 説 the trickiest part will be finding the children to play the characters, 老年の 11 and 12, in the 初期の years.
It was 発表するd in September that the studios in Leavesden are to 拡大する, 追加するing 400,000 sq ft. There will be ten new sound 行う／開催する／段階s, 増加するing capacity by 50 per cent. Work is 推定する／予想するd to be 完全にする in 2027 and the studios will be home not just to Potter, but also to その上の iterations of the DC Universe and the much-心配するd sequel to The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, which goes into 生産／産物 soon.
Beckham under the covers?
The Beckhams ― or at least their lawyers ― will have plenty of reading to do this year. 恐れるd 伝記作家 Tom Bower has spent the past year toiling on what is 明らかに a fascinating untold story behind the success of Brand Beckham. It will come out this summer.
恐れるd 伝記作家 Tom Bower has spent the past year toiling on what is 明らかに a fascinating untold story behind the success of Brand Beckham
There is also a 調書をとる／予約する by Alan Edwards, who had been David's publicist, which will cover his time with the Beckhams, David Bowie, and The Who
There will also be a 調書をとる／予約する by Alan Edwards, who looked after all the Spice Girls at the 高さ of their success and was David's publicist, too. Edwards's 調書をとる／予約する, 肩書を与えるd I Was There, is 存在 published by Simon & Schuster in June. In 新規加入 to the Beckhams, it will cover his time working with David Bowie and The Who.
Edwards tells me that the 肩書を与える was given to him by 伝説の adman John Hegarty during a lunch at the Groucho Club. 'John told me that if ever I was to 令状 a 調書をとる／予約する then I should call it I Was There. I wrote it 負かす／撃墜する on a napkin and put it in my pocket and he was 権利 ― it is the best 肩書を与える.'
Cara's 'part-time' Cabaret debut
Life is a part-time Cabaret for Cara Delevingne. The supermodel, who is making her West End debut as Sally Bowles in the 攻撃する，衝突する musical at the Playhouse Theatre, will 行方不明になる 22 業績／成果s in her 12-week run between March 11 and June 1.
Theatre sources 示す it is 基準 for the main performers (playing Bowles and the Emcee) to get one 業績／成果 a week off. (There is also no 業績／成果 on a Sunday.) The other ten absences are 'pre-contractual', meaning that Delevingne agreed them before 調印 on the dotted line.
My man in the 立ち往生させるs says: 'It's not unheard of for big 星／主役にするs to be pretty selective about where and when they 成し遂げる in a long-running show because of 事前の かかわり合いs; and いつかs they will also take a break if they need to 保護する their 発言する／表明する.
Cara Delevingne, who is making her West End debut as Sally Bowles in 攻撃する，衝突する musical Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre, will 行方不明になる 22 業績／成果s over its 12-week run
Cara Delevingne's 業績／成果 in Luc Besson's Valerian And The City Of A Thousand 惑星s got a raspberry from the critics
'However that is a lot of dates, so they must have 手配中の，お尋ね者 her pretty 不正に.'
Sources の近くに to the 生産／産物 say: 'We always give our Sally Bowles one 業績／成果 off a week. It is a 需要・要求するing 役割. The other absences have been agreed in 前進する.'?
Delevingne has made a number of films, in which her 事実上の／代理 has not always been 井戸／弁護士席-received. Luc Besson's Valerian And The City Of A Thousand 惑星s got a raspberry; as did 2016's 自殺 Squad in which she played Enchantress.
Afterwards she complained: 'The critics have been 絶対 horrific; they're really, really horrible. You know, I just don't think they like superhero movies.'
She is, however, an 遂行するd vocalist and kept up with Alanis Morissette in a duet of You Oughta Know on James Corden's Carpool Karaoke.
Will Snoop the dog be at the Oscars??
Anatomy of a 落ちる is a 階級 部外者 in the Oscars race (only Scorsese's lethally 非常に長い 殺し屋s Of The Flower Moon is いっそう少なく fancied by the bookies to scoop Best Picture). However, the 演劇 does have a secret 武器, Snoop the dog ― a canine actor called Messi ― who is 存在 （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd at all the biggest events.
This week 国境 collie Messi was a 抱擁する 攻撃する，衝突する at the 指名された人s Lunch, 会合 Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling and even playing dead (his trick in the film) for Emma 石／投石する. He wore a blue 屈服する tie and was flown in by the Neon studio from his home in フラン.
Film Anatomy of a 落ちる has a secret 武器, Snoop the dog ― a canine actor called Messi ― who is 存在 （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd at all the biggest events
支援する in 2011, Uggie, the Parson Russell Terrier, had a 勝利を得た Oscars （選挙などの）運動をする with The Artist, which carried off the 最高の，を越す award at the Oscars
In Justine Triet's French courtroom 演劇, author Sandra Voyter 直面するs 裁判，公判 for her husband's death. Her 部分的に／不公平に-sighted son Daniel and his dog 証明する 重要な to 暴露するing whether she did it or not. Messi is owned by 退役軍人 dog coach Laura ツバメ Contini, who says: 'Messi is the best dog in the world, so intelligent and learns so quickly, and I feel very lucky.'
支援する in 2011, Uggie, the Parson Russell Terrier, had a 勝利を得た Oscars （選挙などの）運動をする with The Artist, which carried off the 最高の，を越す award. But sadly a re-run looks ありそうもない.
Florence takes off the Tiffany in favour of edgy London bling?
Fearless Florence Pugh cares little for 条約. The actress, who is one of the 井戸／弁護士席-paid celebrity '外交官／大使s' for Tiffany, surprised some by wearing 集まりs of jewellery, by designer Shaun Leane, at the world 首相 of Dune: Part Two in Mexic o last week. And she did the same at a photocall for the film in London on Wednesday.?
Pugh, 28, wore a 独特の Shaun Leane Quill choker and matching bracelet in London, 加える an assortment of Hook and Sabre earrings and Arc （犯罪の）一味s by the British designer. In Mexico, she wore Leane's Sabre 罰金 earrings, a ３倍になる Armis （犯罪の）一味 and Sabre Deco 新たな展開 bangle.?
Pugh, 28, wore a 独特の Shaun Leane Quill choker and matching bracelet in London on Wednesday, にもかかわらず 存在 an 外交官／大使 for Tiffany
外交官／大使s are 推定する／予想するd to wear 貸付金d jewellery on red carpets, 特に on highprofile occasions ― and Pugh has certainly done plenty of plugging for Tiffany in 最近の months on social マスコミ, 含むing 地位，任命するing about a trip she took to Toyko to open its new 蓄える／店 there, and wearing Tiffany to the Golden Globes last month.?
Jeweller Leane was a 広大な／多数の／重要な favourite of the late Alexander McQueen and famously created a chainmail yashmak and coiled metal corset for his shows years ago.?
Spoke spersons for Tiffany, Leane and Pugh all 拒絶する／低下するd to comment.
Travolta makes a tweet of himself?
Pity poor John Travolta, who was mocked by the world after 存在 軍隊d to join in the Birdy Song dance at the Sanremo music festival in Italy last 週末.
The に引き続いて day, Oscar-勝利者 Russell Crowe …に出席するd the festival and mocked Travolta's moves before mouthing the words 'What the f***?' and giggling.
John Travolta was mocked after 存在 軍隊d to join in the Birdy Song dance at the Sanremo music festival in Italy last 週末
The 放送者 Rai has 除去するd all traces of Travolta's dance from its 公式の／役人 channels but you can still find it on social マスコミ, if you're 利益／興味d.
Conde 汚いs (as sharp-tongued fashionistas were dubbed) are still agog about that Vogue cover which saw 去っていく／社交的な British Vogue editor Edward Enninful 組み立てる／集結する 40 女性（の） icons ― 含むing Kate Moss, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell. 明らかに Ms Campbell's hair and make-up 法案 alone was 'over £15,000'.?
Conde 汚いs are still agog about that Vogue cover which saw 去っていく／社交的な British Vogue editor Edward Enninful, pictured, 組み立てる／集結する 40 女性（の） icons
My source with a 砕く puff says that something in that ballpark would be '基準' for the iconic supermodel, who 作品 only with the very best, and 追加するs that no money will have gone to her. 'These people are on a big day 率, and then you have to 追加する in travel expenses,' I'm told.?
Love's young dream is over for Sir Ian McKellen, 84, and Oscar Conlon-Morrey, 30. They met when Oscar played his son Jack in the Mother Goose panto in 2023.?
Sir Ian McKellen, 84, and Oscar Conlon-Morrey, 30, have parted ways. The younger actor is 支援する out there looking for a new partner
Sadly, they have parted ways, with Conlon-Morrey now regaling his social マスコミ 信奉者s with tales of 悲惨な dates with 見込みのある new partners. Friends of McKellen always 疑問d he would settle 負かす／撃墜する.?
David Tennant was rather taken aback when he looked in the mirror while filming the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's racy novel 競争相手s.
The Dr Who 星／主役にする said: '競争相手s has a VERY 80s feel to it, so I have shoulder pads and this big mane of luxurious 黒人／ボイコット hair, which I thought was going to make me look like the French actor Louis Jourdan. Imagine my surprise when I 現実に looked just like Terry Wogan!'
David Tennant was rather taken aback when he looked in the mirror while filming the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's racy novel 競争相手s
Tennant, who plays Lord Tony Baddington in the eight-part series, 予定 out later this year, 追加するs: 'It's a 広大な／多数の／重要な show to be a part of, a real 扱う／治療する ― a smorgasbord of 1980s delights.'
The Scottish 星／主役にする is the host of the EE BAFTAs which will be shown on BBC One this Sunday from 7pm. It's a 堅い gig, but there is 楽観主義 that he will be calmer than Richard E. 認める last year, and funnier than 反逆者／反逆する Wilson in 2022.
Yoko Ono was sadly absent at the preview of her new show at Tate Modern, Music Of The Mind. Friends say that artist Yoko, John Lennon's 未亡人, is no longer travelling 国祭的な 予定 to poor health.?
Yoko Ono was not 現在の at the preview of her new show at Tate Modern, Music Of The Mind, with the 90-year-old remaining in New York 明言する／公表する
She turns 91 on Sunday and will spend the day at her farmhouse in upstate New York, celebrating with family and friends. Last year this column 明らかにする／漏らすd that she had やめる the Dakota building in the city (outside which John was 殺人d) and moved 永久的に to the countryside.?
