who plays hermione granger?
Emma Watson
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 The series was commissioned by Warner Bros. Television in 2007 as a presentation lasting 14 – 20 minutes . Alex O 'Loughlin , Shannon Lucio , Rade Šerbedžija and Amber Valletta were cast in the lead roles , and Rod Holcomb was hired as director . David Greenwalt joined the staff in May 2007 as showrunner and executive producer with Joel Silver ; however , health reasons forced Greenwalt to leave the series . All of the original actors , apart from the male lead role , were recast in June 2007 , and Sophia Myles , Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon replaced them . With an almost entirely different cast , a retooled , full @-@ length pilot for television audiences was re @-@ shot . 

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 The most recent film version was a television broadcast in 1987 , directed by Stan Lathan and adapted by John Gay . It starred Avery Brooks , Phylicia Rashad , Edward Woodward , Jenny Lewis , Samuel L. Jackson and Endyia Kinney . 

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 As of July 2016 , Chastain has seven upcoming projects . She has completed work on the drama The Zookeeper 's Wife , an adaptation of the non @-@ fiction book of the same name from the director Niki Caro . Chastain co @-@ stars with Johan Heldenbergh as the real @-@ life zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński who saved many human and animal lives during World War II . She has also completed filming for the part of a lobbyist in the gun control thriller Miss Sloane , which reunites her with director John Madden . She is filming for Xavier Dolan 's first English language film , entitled The Death and Life of John F. Donovan , in which she plays a shrewd gossip columnist , alongside an ensemble cast including Kit Harington , Kathy Bates , Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman . In addition , she will feature in three upcoming biographical films — she will star as the country singer Tammy Wynette opposite Josh Brolin 's George Jones in a biopic of Jones , entitled No Show Jones , as the 19th century activist Caroline Weldon , who was an adviser to the Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull in the drama Woman Walks Ahead , and as Molly Bloom , a disgruntled skier who ran a high @-@ profile gambling operation , in Aaron Sorkin 's directorial debut Molly ’ s Game . Chastain is also set to appear in Patrick Brice 's comedy film Plus One , opposite Cecily Strong . 

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 He was offered the chance to direct Iron Man 3 for Marvel Studios but declined and instead signed on to direct Les Misérables for Working Title Films , which he had first heard about while discussing a different project with screenwriter William Nicholson in 2010 . Hooper had not seen the musical , so watched a performance of it in London 's West End . Adapted from the musical , the film starred Hugh Jackman , Russell Crowe , Anne Hathaway , Amanda Seyfried , Helena Bonham Carter , Sacha Baron Cohen , and Eddie Redmayne . As the film required the actors to sing and dance , they were auditioned in front of Hooper , producers and composers . The role of Fantine was hugely contested ; Hooper said , " It was like half a dozen of the biggest female movie stars on the planet wanted to play the role " . 

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 Adams is set to star in an adaptation of Steve Martin 's novella , Object of Beauty , which she will also be producing . Adams is also confirmed to star in a biopic of Janis Joplin , provisionally titled Get It While You Can . Adams will star in the Denis Villeneuve film Arrival as Dr. Louise Banks , an expert linguist . The film is based on the short story by Hugo Award @-@ winning author Ted Chiang . Adams is also set to star in the film Nocturnal Animals , based on Austin Wright 's novel Tony and Susan , directed by Tom Ford and co @-@ starring Jake Gyllenhaal . 
