London
(ANI):
Novelist
JK
Rowling
has
been
credited
for
the
first
time
as
producer
on
the
latest
film
adaptation
of
her
Harry
Potter
series,
which
possibly
leaves
the
author
in
line
to
win
an
Oscar.
This
means
Rowling
–
worth
an
estimated
800
million
pounds–
could
walk
down
the
red
carpet
to
collect
an
Oscar
for
Harry
Potter
And
The
Deathly
Hallows:
Part
1,
should
the
film
win
the
Best
Picture
category.
Nominations
for
the
83rd
Academy
Awards
will
be
announced
in
January,
ahead
of
the
ceremony
in
February.
The
film
earned
more
than
210
million
pounds
when
it
opened
last
weekend,
and
is
likely
to
be
the
highest
earner
in
the
seven-film
series.
“Jo
had
the
option
of
taking
a
producer
credit
as
early
as
the
fourth
film,
but
she
chose
not
to
until
the
final
two
films," the
Daily
Mail
quoted
David
Heyman,
who
has
produced
all
the
films,
as
saying.
“Things
were
coming
to
an
end
and
she
wanted
to
put
her
stamp
on
it,"
he
said.
However,
the
mother
of
three
has
always
influenced
production,
insisting
that
the
films
be
shot
in
Britain
with
an
all-British
cast.
Rowling,
45,
who
was
once
a
struggling
single
mother,
has
sold
more
than
400
million
books
worldwide
since
the
first
Harry
Potter
was
published
in
1997.
Harry
Potter
is
the
most
successful
film
franchise
in
history,
selling
3.7
billion
pounds
worth
of
tickets.