Next for Hogwarts heroes, villains

Unless their agents, accountants, and lawyers are secretly in the employ of Lord Voldemort, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint need never work again. Their investment portfolios should be humming, their futures bright.

But actors like to act - they even need to act - and so the three Brits we've come to know as Harry, Hermione, and Ron are not going to disappear. As in a rocky Quidditch match, they may encounter turbulence en route - it may be years before we can forget their wizardly lineage - but here's the latest on what the Hogwarts alums are up to:

Daniel Radcliffe, who turns 22 on July 23, has said that post-Potter, he plans to continue mixing things up, working in film and onstage, too. He's already proved himself in the latter capacity, starring in a London and Broadway revival of Equus, and currently in the hit resuscitation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Moviewise, look for The Woman in Black, a supernatural thriller in which Radcliffe plays a young solicitor dealing with the estate of a deceased client - and encountering all sorts of ghostly creepiness in the process. The movie, due next year, comes from Hammer Studios, the famous British horror house. (Watch the teaser trailer here: www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1371774233)

Emma Watson, 21, left Brown University unfinished, did her work on Deathly Hallows, and is now filming The Perks of Being a Wallflower around Pittsburgh. An adaptation of the Stephen Chbosky coming-of-age novel, it's being made under the auspices of John Malkovich's production company, Mr. Mudd. Watson plays a high school senior who introduces the hero (Logan Lerman) to drugs and the dark side. Watson also has a smaller role in My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis' film about the relationship between Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the making of 1957's The Prince and the Showgirl. (Michelle Williams is Marilyn, Kenneth Branagh is Sir Larry, and Watson plays a young wardrobe assistant, Lucy.)