George Lucas should have done this with Episodes 1-3. Shoot the whole movie in digital and sold it to some fan for $100M each. The bootlegs would have been great!
On 11/1/07 4:31 PM, "Brent Wodehouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/articl > e2784397.ece > > From Times Online > > November 1, 2007 > > J.K. Rowling publishes Harry Potter spin-off > > Jenny Booth and agencies > > J.K. Rowling has completed her first book since she finished her > blockbusting series of Harry Potter novels which have sold 400 million > copies world-wide. > > Fans hoping to lay their hands on the latest work are, however, doomed to > disappointment as only seven copies will ever be printed, and only one of > those has been put up for sale. > > The book - a collection of five wizarding fairy stories entitled "The > Tales of Beedle the Bard² - has been handwritten and illustrated by the > author herself. To add to its rarity value, the seven copies have been > bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semi-precious > stones. > > Ms Rowling said today that one copy will be sold to raise money for a > children¹s charity, while the others have been given away as gifts. > > The volume will be auctioned at Sotheby¹s on December 13 with a starting > price of £30,000. Proceeds will go to The Children¹s Voice, a charity that > helps vulnerable children across Europe. > > ³The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is mentioned in the final Potter book, > ³Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", in which it plays an important > role in the plot. A copy is left as a gift by Hogwarts headmaster Albus > Dumbledore to Harry¹s friend Hermione, and provides clues that help to > destroy the evil Lord Voldemort. > > Ms Rowling said that writing it had been a kind of therapy. ³¹The Tales of > Beedle the Bard¹ is really a distillation of the themes found in the Harry > Potter books, and writing it has been the most wonderful way to say > goodbye to a world I have loved and lived in for 17 years,² she said. > > ³Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows², the seventh and final installment > in Harry¹s adventures, was published in July. The globally-renowned books > have been translated into 64 languages. > > Yesterday Ms Rowling and the makers of the Harry Potter films filed a > lawsuit against RDR Books, a small US publisher, that plans to bring out a > companion volume based on the Harry Potter Lexicon fan Web site. > > Ms Rowling has said that she intends to produce her own encyclopedia of > the wizarding world, and that the book would infringe on her intellectual > property rights. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
