Are ya serious??? John Madden? Oh, he's not that bad though. He did some pretty good movies.

Luciene wrote: I guess one of the directors from HP 

(Insert bad word)

He'd be okay but maybe not as good as someone with more experience

Well, we have John Madden and that's just pretty much that.

Oh well, if he doesn't do a good job, they can fire him before GE

John Madden has experience.

He'll probably be pretty good. Would have to see the movie first.

That's a given.

Never mind..I read the Wiki thing. He was nominated for best director. I hope he'll do good tho,

Just not Chris Columbus....he'll turn it into a family movie.

Ick.

Isn't it supposed to be rated PG? It's a kids book.

Older kids up.

They do use swear words in the book, but I doubt they'll do it in the movie.

So is the movie confirmed?

Yes.

It doesn't make sense for them to target the teens and adults only. Someone who's never read the books would think it's another HP-type kiddie franchise. When A series of unfortunate events came out, that's what most people thought, even though that was another genre altogether. So yeah, I think it'll be very child-oriented.

The books are usually in the 9-12 section, even if Jon wrote it for an older audience. The movie will probably be the same.

CG sequences of Barti battling a hundren djinn to escape the tower of london? I'll watch.

About the clasification of the Books:
http://bartiforums.com/index.php?showtopic=494

Potentially alienates teens...