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MIKE NEWELL TO DIRECT "HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE"
Aug 11, 2003 GMT
Mike Newell has agreed to direct "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the fourth film in the smash-hit series for Warner Bros. Pictures. The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. Newell most recently completed production on "Mona Lisa Smile," starring Julia Roberts, and is also known for directing such critical and popular successes as "Four Weddings and A Funeral," "Enchanted April" and "Donnie Brasco."
Production on "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is scheduled to begin in England in April, 2004. David Heyman will produce and Steve Kloves will write the screenplay for the film, which is slated for release worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures in late 2005. Newell will be the first British director to helm a Harry Potter movie; the films are based on the best-selling series of books by J.K. Rowling and are set in the U.K.