Sadly for Fincher, Warner Bros. apparently informed him they have been hoping for one thing extra “Thom Browne schooldays by the use of Oliver!” for the Harry Potter sequence.
Ultimately, it was Chris Columbus who landed the gig directing Harry Potter And The Thinker’s Stone, having beforehand loved success helming Mrs Doubtfire, Stepmom and the primary two House Alone films.
Columbus directed the primary two Harry Potter movies, with Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell and David Yates taking on to finish the eight-part sequence.
