According to Contact Music WB will take a $3.6 million hit “when they stop filming the new movie for 1 month to take exams.” Filming for the fifth film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix begins in February. ContactMusic has been known to exaggerate so we’ll let you know if any other funny facts like this pop up. You can read the full story by clicking ‘Full Story’ below.

STUDENT HARRY POTTER STARS COST FILM BOSSES MILLIONS

The teenaged stars of the HARRY POTTER movie will cost Warner Bros $3.6 million (GBP2 million) when they stop filming the new movie for a month to take school exams.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE, 17, and EMMA WATSON, soon to be 16, must sit Advanced Supplementary (AS) Levels and General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams respectively this summer, halting the progress of the fifth movie, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by a month.

A source says, “Not everyone is going to be paid but Warner Bros are having to factor in an extra GBP2 million into the budget to pay for studio hire and offices.”

Radcliffe, who plays HARRY in J K ROWLING’s blockbuster series, is studying English literature, history, religion and philosophy, while co-star Watson, better known as HERMIONE GRANGER will sit exams for standard subjects including English, maths and science.

“We were really amazed at the response and would like to say a big thank you to everyone who gave up their Saturday.”

She added: “Even though we had many thousands more than anticipated, we were determined to see everyone who came along.”

Chris Rankin in OotP

Warner Bros. has confirmed with Leaky that Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) will be in OotP! That’s good news, considering he couldn’t be there in GoF.

Steve Kloves is not going to be screenwriter only for OoTP. He is coming back for HBP. This has been confirmed by David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter movies.