Film News: Goblet of Fire
No Dursleys in 'Goblet of Fire':
That actually makes sense. The film would be 3 or 4 hours long otherwise. But what happens when they make 'Order of the Phoenix'? There is enough material there to make two films, but no cliffhanger ending in the middle, so they are more likely to just cut it down to 2 hours. That will miss out on a lot of details.
No Dursleys in 'Goblet of Fire':
from SciFi Wire
Dursleys Cut From Potter IV
The agent for actor Richard Griffiths, who has played Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter movies, told BBC's CBBC Newsround Online that Harry's reviled relatives, the Dursleys, won't appear in the upcoming fourth Potter movie, The Goblet of Fire. Griffiths was reportedly "very disappointed" not to be appearing as Uncle Vernon in the film, the site said.
Griffiths also said he'd even asked Potter author J.K. Rowling to get his character reinstated, but she demurred. The fourth book is reportedly too long for a movie, and something had to be cut. The fourth movie will begin at the Burrow or the Quidditch World Cup, the site reported.
That actually makes sense. The film would be 3 or 4 hours long otherwise. But what happens when they make 'Order of the Phoenix'? There is enough material there to make two films, but no cliffhanger ending in the middle, so they are more likely to just cut it down to 2 hours. That will miss out on a lot of details.