While young Daniel Radcliffe is busy reinventing himself as a mature actor in the stage play “Equus”, he isn’t giving up on the role that made him famous worldwide. Radcliffe’s publicist has told fans at his official website that a deal has been arranged that will see the seventeen-year-old finish off the seven part “Harry Potter” film series for Warner Bros. According to the site, Radcliffe’s deal guarantees that he will star in the sixth and seventh movies based on J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” (the latter to be published on July 21.)

Warner Bros. will begin filming on “Half-Blood Prince” later this year and already has a release date announced, that being November 21, 2008, with the final movie arriving in theaters most likely in 2010. A director for the sixth movie has yet to be picked but both Chris Columbus (the director of the first two “Harry Potter” movies) and Alfonso Cuaron (the director of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) have both said that they would love to come back and make another screen adventure set at Hogwarts.

While Radcliffe’s short-term future plans seem to be solidified now the question arises where the contract discussions are with Harry’s two on-screen companions, Ron Weasley (played by Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson.) Both actors have said that they too would like to finish off the movie series but so far no official statement from Warner Bros. has been issued.

Fresh from his Oscar celebration this past Sunday evening, Best Supporting Actor winner Alan Arkin is working once again with his “Little Miss Sunshine” co-star Steve Carell in the feature film version of “Get Smart“. Arkin will play the head of CONTROL, the secret spy agency that fights against the evil forces of KAOS. Carell is playing Agent Maxwell Smart, the role made famous by Don Adams in the 1960s television series.

Rounding out the cast are Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 (played by Barbara Feldman in the TV show), Terence Stamp (”Elektra”) and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Agent 23. Peter Segal (”Anger Management”) is directing and the movie is scheduled for release in June 2008.