Warner Bros. Entertainment Chairman Barry Meyer approved the acquisition of the movie rights toJ.K. Rowling's first two books about young wizards for a reported $2 million in 1998, before the first book had even been published in the U.S. He speaks with reporter Diane Brady about his studio's 10-year, 8-movie, $7 billion run. Making a big movie about a British schoolboy didn't seem like a slam-dunk. At first, it was just another project.
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