Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) the company the rights to the first four "Harry Potter" books for a reported £1 million (US$1,982,900). A demand Rowling made was that the principal cast be kept strictly British, nonetheless allowing for the inclusion of 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
Harry Potter Fan Zone of Warner Bros., it has covered the US and UK premieres of the last six "Harry Potter" films and has twice visited Leavesden Studios to report on "Harry Potter" filming. The website has also been selected for preservation in the Pandora Archive by the National Library of Australia. The site has had the opportunity to interview many of the cast and crew involved in the "Harry Potter" film franchise, including Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Evanna Lynch, Andy Linden, James Walters, Jamie Waylett and crew members David Yates, David Heyman and David Barron. Additionally, J. K. Rowling answered questions