Alfonso Cuaron To Direct Harry Potter 3?

[Wednesday, May 29th, 2002]
Chris Columbus, who directed both "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and this year's upcoming sequel, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." will not be directing the third one, according to Variety.

Alfonso Cuaron, who directed the Spanish-language hit "Y Tu Mama Tambien," is said to be high among the list of candidates.

Also on the list are Callie Khouri and hyphenate Kenneth Branagh, who plays Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, the new Defense of the Dark Arts instructor at Hogwarts, in the second picture.

According to the trade, Cuaron has recently received a copy of scribe Steve Kloves' new (and carefully controlled) script for round three in the series, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and is in conversations with Warner Bros. about his ideas for the picture.

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