Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron denies involvement in “Harry Potter” spin-off May 27, 2014 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Alfonso Cuaron, the director of Gravity, has dismissed rumours linking him to the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, saying that he will not be returning to the Harry Potter franchise, Digital Spy reported. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, had become a favourite to direct the big screen take on the new project. The 54-page book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was published in 2001 and featured in the Harry Potter series as one of the Hogwarts textbooks. However, Cuaron has now denied any involvement, telling Spanish news agency EFE: "It was a very beautiful experience for me. I have a lot of love for that universe and I tremendously admire JK Rowling, but today, for the present, projects based around lots of visual effects don't attract me. "I'm coming out of a five-year process of doing visual effects and now I sort of want to clean my palate of that a little bit." David Heyman will produce the film, which will be about a "magizoologist" named Newt Scamander. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set for release on November 18, 2016. Photo: Straigt.com   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
