by Nightcrawler » Wednesday 16 February 2005 11:10:45am
While it would be nice if Peeves had a cameo or two, I can understand why they chose to leave him out. He wasn't in any of the previous films, so if they just threw him in there now, it would thougrally confuse anyone who hasn't read the books. So if they did have him in there, they would have to come up with some sort of explanation about WHY he is suddenly at the school, since in the "movie universe" he has not been there for the last three years. This would waste valuable screen time and would only deviate from the books even more by making unnecisary plot details.
And I would hardly call Peeves a "major character". I doubt that JKR has any huge plans for him in the books either, otherwise she would have insisted that they include him.