Tips and quips on publishing from a literary agent.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Har Pot
According to the LA Times, the last Harry Potter book will be split into two films and shot at the same time. They will be released in November 2010 and May 2011, respectively. Book Six in the series is scheduled for release this November.
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I don't think you have a 5-10 year old daughter, so you might not have been tortured with the Hannah Montana stuff, but the $15 movie concert proved to me what I thought: People will pay more to see a really long movie for an "event," and I think Harry Potter is precisely that kind of event. I'd thought that books four, five, and six, certainly, merited a longer more complete movie version, and even I, a tremendous cheapskate, would've paid more to go, have an intermission, and see the whole thing rather than a truncated version. More of the minor characters, yes, who flesh out the stories so well and make them fun. Fifteen bucks, the theater sells more hot dogs, and everyone's happy. Do I dare say it? Best of both worlds.
Jonathan Lyons is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd., where represents a select list of authors of biographies, history, science, pop culture, sports, general narrative non-fiction, mysteries, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, and young adult fiction, in addition to serving as subagent in the United States for several agencies in the UK. Having previously run translation rights at McIntosh & Otis and Folio Literary Management, Jonathan currently oversees Curtis Brown’s translation rights department.
Jonathan is also a licensed publishing attorney with the boutique entertainment law firm Savur & Pellecchia, a member of The Authors Guild, and a member of the Contracts Committee of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.
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I don't think you have a 5-10 year old daughter, so you might not have been tortured with the Hannah Montana stuff, but the $15 movie concert proved to me what I thought: People will pay more to see a really long movie for an "event," and I think Harry Potter is precisely that kind of event. I'd thought that books four, five, and six, certainly, merited a longer more complete movie version, and even I, a tremendous cheapskate, would've paid more to go, have an intermission, and see the whole thing rather than a truncated version. More of the minor characters, yes, who flesh out the stories so well and make them fun. Fifteen bucks, the theater sells more hot dogs, and everyone's happy. Do I dare say it? Best of both worlds.
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