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10-16-2006, 06:25 PM
| | |  Disney/Potter alliance rumors resurface
Last year, we reported that Warner Brothers may be close to finalizing a deal with the Disney Company to create a Harry Potter themed attraction. This was revealed at JimHillMedia.com. Today more information has resurfaced on the website about the possible Potter/Disney project.
Jim Hill reveals that a 'Letter of Intent' has been signed by J.K. Rowling after months of negotiations which would allow Disney "the right to begin preliminary development of a theme park-related project featuring the Harry Potter characters."
However, a 'Letter of Intent' is defined by investorsworld.com as follows: Quote:
A letter from one company to another acknowledging a willingness and ability to do business ... A letter of intent is not a contract and cannot be enforced, it is just a document stating serious intent to carry out certain business activities.
Therefore, it is still possible that the project may fall through. Jim Hill goes on to observe: Quote:
And given Ms. Rowling's reputation for being one tough negotiator (Case in point: When Warner Bros. was getting ready to produce the very first "Harry Potter" film, the studio insisted that at least one actor in the cast be a "name." To be specific, Warners wanted Robin Williams for the role of Hagrid. But J.K. absolutely refused to allow the studio to cast this Academy-award winning comedian as Hogwart's big-hearted gamekeeper. And given that one of the terms of the sale of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" movie rights was that the author had final approval over the film's cast ... Well, that's how Robbie Coltrane wound up filling Hagrid's over-sized boots) ... Just because Disney now has a letter of intent with J.K. Rowling doesn't mean that you should plan on queuing up for "Harry Potter: The Ride" anytime soon.
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10-16-2006, 06:27 PM
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10-16-2006, 06:28 PM
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That would be AMAZING! Disney and Harry Potter together is simply awesome! 
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10-16-2006, 06:31 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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OMG!!! i would love to have a theme park like that to go to... actually, ever since the second grade i have bin saying to myself that they should do something like that!!!
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10-16-2006, 06:36 PM
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That would be be COOL!! I would definately go to a Harry potter theme park!!!
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10-16-2006, 06:37 PM
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Oh My Gosh! How cool would that be?
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10-16-2006, 06:50 PM
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That's really awesome.
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10-16-2006, 07:33 PM
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Haha...Robin Williams as Hagrid? Come on.
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i....cant......wait *aaaaaah* imagine if this really happened, it would be soooooo cool. I wonder what country it would be in??? It would have to be authentic Scotland wouldn't it? wow, I am so excited, please let it go ahead 
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10-16-2006, 07:47 PM
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What!!? *dies* Two things I love most in this bloody world are Disney and HP. THey are a match made in Heaven!!!   That would be awesome!
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10-16-2006, 07:47 PM
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That's be nice...
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10-16-2006, 07:54 PM
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Oh my gosh, that'd be really cool, Disney and Harry together! Wow! | |
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10-16-2006, 07:56 PM
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a harry potter ride would be cool, we might get to see buckbeak! | |
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10-16-2006, 08:02 PM
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Well, thank the lord above they didn't cast Robin Wiliams as Hagrid. That would be a joke.
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10-16-2006, 08:18 PM
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OMG  That would be sooo amazingly awesome if they did have a disney ride...i'd fly down to Florida every weekend just to ride it  ...I think they should go for it because it would probably be really successful(with me anyways  )  woah! I never knew that Robin Williams could have played Hagrid! that would hve been just plain weird
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10-16-2006, 08:22 PM
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Robin Williams as Hagrid? *thinks, then wrinkles nose* sounds interesting... but I think it's better without "name" actors (though, of course, they're all "names" now) And wow... Harry Potter + Disney World = mmm, love I would fly down to Florida every weekend to ride it too! =]
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10-16-2006, 08:22 PM
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omg!!!!! dude if this actually happeneds i will like die !! but seriously i would go in a heartbeat!!!!!!
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10-16-2006, 08:26 PM
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Actually, a Harry Potter-themed ride at Disney World would make it worth-while to go back down there. I went at Christmas time three years ago, and the place was a madhouse as usual. However, if there was a Harry Potter ride, it would give me something to look forward to if I were ever to vacation there again.
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10-16-2006, 08:38 PM
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I would be so there, love Disney and the match would be perfection....Heres to hoping JKR signs the deal.
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10-16-2006, 08:58 PM
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That would be AMAZING! | |
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10-16-2006, 09:05 PM
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OMG! Disney + HP= MADLOVE! This should happen..cuz I would just die if it did.
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10-16-2006, 09:22 PM
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sounds cool, i love the idea of a harry potter theme park!
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Omg! That would be really cool!
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10-16-2006, 09:58 PM
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That would be sooooo much fun. I would love to ride on a Hp ride then go into the HP gift shop at the end of the ride and all my money will be gone  The ride would probably be in MGM. Woot!
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