Daniel Radcliffe Won't Film More Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Rides

The next few years are going to be pretty exciting for fans of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It was recently announced that a new Wizarding World location would be opening up in Universal Hollywood over the next few years as Universal Orlando expands its current "Potter"-themed area. What's neat about the Wizarding World is the ability for the "Potter" legacy to live on even as we get further and further away from the culmination of the book and film series'. No matter how many years pass, Harry, Ron and Hermione will still be there, ageless, inviting fans to go on adventures with them in "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey." Daniel Radcliffe and castmates Emma Watson and Rupert Grint all recorded video specifically for "Forbidden Journey" while they were still shooting "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." It's worth wondering, then, whether or not Wizarding World's expansion means Dan, Emma and Rupert might don their Hogwarts uniform again over the next few years. When MTV News caught up with Radcliffe while he was promoting "The Woman in Black," he said he doesn't see it happening any time soon. "To be honest, I dont think I would do that," he said. "Because, if that's going to be happening over the next few years, I'm going to be spending my time over the next few years ... working quite hard to make a separation and show people that I can do other stuff so I think it might be counterproductive for me to be continually revisiting and revisiting." Even if Radcliffe isn't interesting in filming further Wizarding World rides, this could be an interesting opportunity to have other -- or new -- cast members come in and record video for their own rides. Luna's Looney Thestral Coaster or McGonagall's Transfiguration Adventure -- two ideas we just made up -- would not need Radcliffe's involvement to go forward. And, if Universal were to make a Gringotts ride as has been speculated, then they could just use footage from "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" instead of shooting anything new. Radcliife made sure that he didn't sound ungrateful after admitting he'd probably turn down the opportunity to do more work on the creation of Wizarding World rides. "As I've always said to you, I feel like I've said a thousand times, I never want to turn my back on 'Potter.' It gave me everything, and it would be turning my back on 10 amazing years of love and excitement and having a great time," Radcliffe said. "And I'm starting to get a little bit long in the tooth to be wearing the wizarding school uniform. We've all got to be facing up with that as well." Fair enough, Dan. We don't want to see a grey Harry Potter any time soon -- unless it's on "Saturday Night Live." Are you disappointed that Radcliffe wouldn't want to record more footage for Wizarding World? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

SPC had no 'Separation' anxieties

It was the screening at Telluride that convinced Sony Pictures Classic toppers Michael Barker and Tom Bernard that "A Separation" had the goods.The response to the pic at the fest last fall was so strong that the SPC chiefs resolved to push filmmaker Asghar Farhadi for directing and original screenplay Oscar honors as well as the film for foreign-lingo pic.Farhadi thought they were nuts. But on Tuesday morning, the helmer took a break from working on a screenplay in Paris to send the SPC duo an email that began with: "Wow."Barker told Variety that he was not surprised that Farhadi landed an original screenplay nom in addition to the pic making the foreign-lingo cut.Barker and Bernard have broken the language barrier in the screenplay category in the past with foreign pics. Pedro Almodovar won the original screenplay trophy for 2002's "Talk to Me," while Agnieszka Holland was nommed for adapted screenplay in 1992 for "Europa Europa.""The (Acad's) writers branch has a history of paying attention to the quality of the work regardless of where the movie comes from," Barker told Variety.Farhadi did the translation of the "Separation" script from Farsi to English himself. SPC made it available to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science's writing branch via a download, "and boy, did they download it," Barker said.Farhadi said the shock of the Academy recognition is in keeping with the strange journey he's been on with "Separation.""For a long time I had this picture carved inside my head," he told Variety. "I don't know how it got there, but once it was there I just knew I had to make this film." Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: A Revealing Ringer

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ringer Around the Golden Globes' red-colored carpet, Ringer's Sarah Michelle Gellar (Bridget/Siobhan) stated her Monique Lhuillier-designed dress reminded her of "an inkblot Rorschach test," and added it had been so comfortable she did not need to be "excessively Spanxed." Fortunately, SMG will not need to bother about fabric whatsoever within an approaching episode from the CW drama for any flashback scene with "Bridget the stripper in the strip club." Plus, the actress adds, "in a few days we are shooting a primary character." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Hot In Cleveland Will get a 4th Season along with a Spin-off

Betty Whitened, Valerie Bertinelli Hot In Cleveland continues to be restored for any 4th season, TV Land introduced at Saturday's TCA press panel. The series, which stars Jane Leeves, Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Betty Whitened, was handed a 24-episode order to premiere next November. Additionally towards the pickup, the network has additionally greenlighted the spin-off Have Belief, starring Cedric the Performer and Niecy Nash. Cedric's character Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine was initially introduced on Cleveland last August. The very first 12-episode season follows the R&B singer-switched-minister after he gets control his father's chapel. Nash will have his wife Lolli.

Fandom fodder for film-flam

In addition to attacks on pop culture, vidgames, Saturday morning cartoons and almost all fond childhood memories, the masterminds behind "Robot Chicken" also take aim at Hollywood. Even Oscar-winning classics are not immune to the action-figure mockery.'Toy Story 4' "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Toy Story" Only Robot Chicken can create an unholy merger of the 1975 best pic winner and Pixar's Oscar-winning franchise. Andy comes home from college with a new girlfriend, traumatizing the toys with his new playmate and sacrificing Buzz in the process. Woody and Buzz's final moments parody "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" as the toy cowboy does the only thing he can to ease his friend's pain.'Smurfatar'"Avatar" James Cameron's blue-tinted opus was a mainstay on "Robot Chicken" after its release. "Smurfatar" follows Gargamel's attempts to adapt to village life among the Smurfs after infiltrating the white-hat culture of the three-apple-high clan in a Smurf body.'Tastes Like Rotten Smurfberries' "Saving Private Ryan" The Smurfs sound off against their less-popular, hard-to-merchandise cousins, the Snorks, in a parody that makes use of "Saving Private Ryan" battle scenes (and a little "Braveheart" thrown in for good measure).'Million Dollar Direct TV Baby'"Million Dollar Baby" In a lampoon of the DirecTV commercials in which actors break both character and the fourth wall to shill directly to ad watchers, the final scene of the 2004 Oscar winner has Maggie Fitzgerald using her final moments to sell the feevee's new discount package sans tongue.'The Surrealer Life' & 'Gandalf Game Show'"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy Ron Jeremy, Corey Feldman, MC Hammer and other household members of "The Surreal Life" are given the task to destroy the One Ring. Feldman pulls a Gollum in the final moments, going down with the ring and asking viewers to remember him but only from the first part of "The Lost Boys." In "Gandalf Game Show," Gandalf the Grey has a hard time with the clues on "The $10,000 Pyramid."'Cut Me, Mick'"Rocky" The 1976 Oscar winner turns gory as Mick's ringside skill with a blade takes a turn for the gross.'At the Movies' "Driving Miss Daisy" The 1989 Oscar winner gets a sequel with Jason Statham's "The Transporter" playing the part of Hoke, who must resort to high-speed aerial maneuvers to get his employer to the Piggly-Wiggly.'At the Movies' "Schindler's List"In "Schindler's Pissed," Liam Neeson returns to the role as a machine-gun yielding action hero who is "making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's Nazi or nice."'Robot Chicken' 100th EpisodeA beak into the future | Team reps rapid rise of nerd processors | Fandom fodder for film-flam | Initial production hurdles were nothing to cluck at Contact Erin Maxwell at erin.maxwell@variety.com

Story's the thing at Variety Entertainment Summit

Arnaud Robert, Chris Cookson and Darcy Antonellis appear onstage during Variety Entertainment Summit CTO, DreamWorks Animation Ed Leonard speaks onstage at the Variety Entertainment Summit.There was plenty of high-tech buzz -- about mobile and cloud computing in particular -- at Wednesday morning's panel of high-level studio technologists at the Variety Entertainment Summit, but the speakers reminded Hollywood to keep the basics in mind: Telling stories to auds, and making those stories simple and easy to consume, is what all the tech is for.Addressing UltraViolet, Sony Pictures president of technologies Chris Cookson said it was important to remember why the cloud platform was created in the first place: "I shouldn't have to think about what's the shelf life of the technology I might buy in order to determine whether or not that channel is the one I want to get to put the movie in my library. The question is 'How do I engage the content I'm interested in and have the technology serve me, not the other way around?'"Darcy Antonellis, president of Warner Bros. technical operations, told attendees of arriving at her high-tech Las Vegas hotel room, puzzling over the control interfaces for the room's features, then feeling sympathy for the average consumer."I had this vision of someone sitting in the middle of the room, completely frozen, unable to shut the lights off," she said. "It resonated with me that if I work in the tech sector, and if I'm stunned by an environment like that, what does the average consumer do? Other than shut down."I think the point is that any of these services we look to launch, the consumer is first, they have to be first. They don't want to know how it works, they want it to be transparent. We love that challenge."In addition to Antonellis and Cookson, panelists included Arnaud Robert, senior VP of technologies for the Walt Disney Co., and Ed Leonard, chief technology officer for DreamWorks Animation. Guy Finley, executive director of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance, moderated.Arnaud cautioned that there are still two major issues with cloud platforms like UltraViolet. First, he noted, is consumer confidence."They don't even trust the hard drives on their computers, because it crashed once and they lost all their data," he said, "so we have a confidence barrier we have to go through."The second issue is setting realistic expectations. "If we say seamless access, consumers will do the leap of faith and think it's really any device and really anywhere. 'And right now, I'm travelling to Africa with this non-smartphone, how come I can't see my content in HD?' That's an expectation we need to manage, I think."Asked about whether there's a future for physical media like Blu-ray and DVD, Cookson said, "The content is about the story or the experience or the engagement with the characters. It's not about where the bits got delivered."Disks are one way to deliver bits, he said, but other ways can deliver the same bits and the same experience."For us to think in terms of DVD or Blu-ray as being the product, I think ignores the point that really, what's on the disk is the product," Cookson said. "So we shouldn't be concerned about are the fortunes of the disk. It's about, are people engaging with the product?"Antonellis believes the entertainment and tech industries are at "an incredible paradigm shift" as development cycles speed up. "The notion of a multi-year, standard-setting development process just cannot exist. We just announced a product yesterday that was built in less than six months through TechCrunch. We like to say we have 8,000-plus brains across the studio and we want to unlock those ideas. You don't have to be an engineer to bring a terrific idea that we can, and have the responsibility to, fund and apply a bunch of talent towards."Creating that culture, and creating that ability to churn ideas and convert them into services and products, is really what our business as a technology-based studio is becoming. And I don't think I've had as much fun in my years in the business because of this paradigm shift." Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com

Alec Baldwin Rejoined Twitter To Stop Imposters

First Released: The month of january 11, 2012 4:57 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Alec Baldwin Talks 30 Rock Season 6 Premiere La, Calif. -- Alec Baldwin notoriously resigned from Twitter following his feud with American Air carriers recently, but after only a couple of days off, the 30 Rock star started Tweeting, all over again. Based on the actor, he came back towards the social networking networking site due to our prime quantity of Alec Baldwin Twitter imposters. Theres many people who've different versions thats common, Alec told Access Hollywood of faux Alecs Tweeting in the National Board of Review Honours in NY City on Tuesday. I believe I [returned] for your reason Im so fed up with people writing the incorrect factor. The 53-year-old star will quickly go back to the little screen when 30 Rock Season 6 premieres on NBC on Thursday, and Alec is happy with the brand new episodes. I'm excited, he told Access. Starting late this season, that is strange however i believe that the shows happen to be funny. For individuals annoying gossips hell soon leave the Tina Fey-brought hit, Alec stated hes still getting a significant amount of fun playing narcissistic TV professional Jack Donaghy. Were within our sixth year and that i still start working plus they hands me the scripts and that i go, Youve gotta be kidding me! he told Access. It has been an enjoyable experience. The sixth season of 30 Rock premieres on Thursday at 8 PM on NBC. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Paul Feig, Universal reunite on 'Better Woman'

Paul Feig directed Universal's hit 'Bridesmaids,' which made $288 million worldwide.Paul Feig is in business with Universal Pictures, that has drawn on the "Bridesmaids" helmer to direct its romantic comedy "The Greater Lady."Julie Yorn ("We Purchased a Zoo") will produce through her LBI Entertainment banner. Amy Sherman-Palladino ("Gilmore Women") is writing the script, according to a concept by Ron Bass and Jen Smolka.Story follows a higher-powered youthful executive who's left by her boyfriend to have an older lady. She befriends the lady to uncover why her boyfriend chose her, and rediscovers herself along the way.Reese Witherspoon have been circling the project but is no more involved.After "Bridesmaids" made over $288 million worldwide, Universal moved fast to hold onto Feig, tapping him to direct the 3rd film within the "Bridget Johnson" franchise. Feig left that project in October after creating a draft from the script. Younger crowd remains reluctant to invest in pointing Universal's planned "Bridesmaids" follow up, as co-authors Kristin Wiig and Annie Mumolo are presently concentrating on other projects.Just before "Bridesmaids," Feig directed "Unaccompanied Minors" for Warners and co-produced NBC's "Freaks and Nerds" and Fox's "Undeclared" with Judd Apatow.Feig is repped by CAA. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Are You Currently There, Chelsea?'s Chelsea Handler: I Love Myself Far Better As Laura Prepon

Are You Currently There, Chelsea? Chelsea Handler thinks that Laura Prepon plays a far greater Chelsea Handler than she ever did. On NBC's new comedy Are You Currently There, Chelsea?, which is dependant on Handler's saucier entitled book Are You Currently There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, Prepon (That '70s Show) plays a twentysomething version of Handler who, within the premiere episode, is charged with driving under the influence. (Inside a nice twist, Handler herself plays Chelsea's put-upon sister Sloane.) "I had been a great deal more annoyed than she's,Inch Handler told reporters at NBC's winter TV previews Friday. "All of us desired to give Laura the license to create the smoothness as great as she could and she or he has. I love myself far better as her." It is a positive thing too, because Handler states she does not have enough time to experience the role herself. "I've got a job each day and that i have another job after which another job," she states. "I do not have enough time to star within my own Television show. Basically did, I'd. I love my E! show I love being individually distinct." Are You Currently There, Chelsea? Exclusive: Seinfeld star, Chelsea Recently alum join cast As Sloane, Handler can look in over fifty percent from the series' newcomer season, but she demands that they is not the star. "It's Laura's show really... and so i wanted her to possess just as much time without me as you possibly can,Inch she states. "We would like individuals to realize that, yes, I am area of the show, but [Prepon] may be the star from the show." "It is a dream become a reality to possess another person portray me because I have lived this existence for any very long time and I am over myself," she joked. Are You Currently There, Chelsea? debuts Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Ricky Gervais on Hosting the Globes: "I Do It My Way"

Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais says when he returns as host of the Golden Globes on Jan. 15, he's doing it his way - again. "I do it my way, I get finality on everything ... and they won't know what I'm going to say until I say it," Gervais told Matt Lauer. Gervais took a lot of heat for his jokes at last year's ceremony, and although he said he would never host the show again, he later changed his mind. "What tipped the balance was all the people that said I'd never be back," he says. Who will he offend this year? Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globes again But the comedian stands by his jokes. "What did I say that was untrue? I said that Robert Downey Jr. spent some time in clinics and he did. I'm not judging him by that; it's a joke," he says. "The controversy is irrelevant to me." He also says he becomes another person in front of audiences. "The guy on stage is lot brasher, more arrogant, more confident than me. I take a deep breath and go out with swagger." So is this time hosting really his last? Yes, he says, "for a while, at least." Watch a clip of the interview airing on Dateline Sunday at 7/6c on NBC. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy