Harry Potter fans want to create the definitive fan film with £40,000 A group of students from Manchester are looking to raise £40,000 by the end of November to produce a film based on the Harry Potter book series by JK Rowling, the BBC reports. Cameron Cairnduff, who attends Futureworks School of Media in Salford, has developed Mudblood and the Book of Spells, an original script that would centre on a rebellious wizard expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the establishment that educated Harry Potter. He hopes to raise the necessary money to fund the project by the end of November, via crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Asked why he wants to make the film, Cairnduff said: "We want to make something people will want to watch and we want to create our own opportunities. There are no good Harry Potter fan films - they're all American and have low production values. Working with students from Futureworks and others from universities in the north-west, including Manchester, Salford and the Royal Northern College of Music, Cairnduff wants to start shooting in January 2015, with a long-term plan to premiere the film at festivals in Manchester and London at the end of the year. Casting for Mudblood and the Book of Spells has already taken place. Bretton Lord, who featured in the acclaimed 2013 independent film Lad: A Yorkshire Story, will play Charlie, the protagonist. Forbes KB, who portrayed ironborn raider Lorren in Game of Thrones, will also be part of the cast of 100.