I find it ironic that the decision to make Will American was so that he would be different than Harry Potter, but then they re-cast his family as indifferent or bullying, just like, er, Harry Potter! As Kermit would put it,"What the Hey?"

BTW, does anyone remember a TV mini-series allegedly based on Ursula LeGuin's "Earthsea" books? I heard that the adaptation had little in common with the actual stories and that Ms. LeGuin hated the adaptation and said so in no uncertain terms. Looks like we may be hearing something similar from Ms. Cooper.