Harry Potter (film series) was that the principal cast be kept strictly British, allowing nevertheless for the inclusion of many Irish actors, such as Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and for casting of French and Eastern European actors in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" where characters from the book are specified as such. Rowling was hesitant to sell the rights because she "didn't want to give them control over the rest of the story" by selling the rights to the characters, which would have enabled Warner Bros. to make non-author-written sequels. Although Steven Spielberg initially negotiated to direct the first film, he declined
Harry Potter video games Harry Potter video games The "Harry Potter" video games are multiple series of video games based on the fictional world of "Harry Potter", originally created by J.K. Rowling, and published by Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Many of the "Harry Potter" inspired video games are tie-ins to the novels, and films of the same name. The main series features a video game for every novel (as well as two for the finale), and often multiple distinct versions for individual games. Despite the games having a wide variety of developers, the series were all developed by Electronic Arts from