But Cass Warner, granddaughter of studio co-founder Harry Warner, onetime writing student of Koch and head of her own independent production company, Warner Sisters, is determined to have the sequel made, as she recently announced on her website.
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Six Flags, while it had Bugs Bunny World, never bothered to exploit its ability to license newer Warner Bros. franchises Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings to jazz up its rides.
Time Warner 's Warner Bros. studio debuts Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix in July.
Paramount has Transformers and Iron Man (for now), while Warner Brothers has Batman and Harry Potter.
Time Warner 's (nyse: TWX - news - people ) Warner Bros. studio debuts Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix in July.
Fourteen more 3-D movies are scheduled for release this year, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which Warner Bros is also converting from 2-D.
It's only a matter of time before Harry's corporate patrons at Scholastic and Time Warner decide to put his face on textbooks and educational films, too.
The final Harry Potter film comes out this year but in 2010 Warner Bros.
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Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Warner Bros. announced today it will release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2-D only.
In many cases, they grew up reading the books, and for the past 10 years they've watched the actors portraying Harry Potter and his friends grow up themselves in seven big screen adaptations from Warner Brothers.
Warner Bros. will release the final installment of the enormously profitable Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two in theaters this summer, which means a home entertainment Blu-ray 3D version can be expected this fall.
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There are 15 in total which means that if the film is a hit, Warner could have another successful franchise on its hands (to go along with Harry Potter and Batman).
He says Warner Bros. could be hurt by both the declining DVD market and the end of the Harry Potter film franchise.
Time Warner posted strong fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday as the company capitalized on the continued success of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, growth in networks stemming from advertising and subscription growth in HBO and TVS, and improved productivity in its publishing unit, Time Inc.
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But while we wait until the end of July for the last previously Red studio to go Blu brining just about all of Hollywood together behind one format -- Fox, Warner, and MGM open the classics flood gates with some very famous titles like the Dirty Harry franchise and Patton.
If it fails, Warner Bros. will basically have to start from scratch in terms of what to do to fill that Harry Potter-sized gap in their schedule.
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