The year 2004 in film included major releases of sequels including the third installment based on a novel by what author?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 British-American fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the third instalment in the "Harry Potter" film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by Chris Columbus (director of the first two instalments), David Heyman, and Mark Radcliffe. The story follows Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts as he is informed that a prisoner named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban intending to kill him.
Ocean's Twelve Ocean's Twelve is a 2004 American comedy heist film, the first sequel to 2001's "Ocean's Eleven". Like its predecessor, which was a remake of the 1960 heist film "Ocean's 11", the film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and used an ensemble cast. It was released in the United States on December 10, 2004. A third film, "Ocean's Thirteen", was released on June 8, 2007, in the United States—thus forming the "Ocean's Trilogy". The film stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy García, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac. It was the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2004.