HALEY JOEL OSMENT PREDICTS `HARRY POTTER' FILM WILL BE LAME

HALEY JOEL OSMENT PREDICTS `HARRY POTTER' FILM WILL BE LAME

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- "Sixth Sense" star Haley Joel Osment has a huge chip on his shoulder regarding the upcoming "Harry Potter" movie. According to "TV Guide Online," Osment predicts the book series will lose it magic once its adapted to film. He figures the movie will ruin the books for kids because, in his words, "[kids] are going to think of what's portrayed on screen." Is it a case of sour grapes? Well, Osment says he was never offered the role of Potter -- which went to British kiddie actor Daniel Radcliffe -- and maintains he never wanted to play the teenage sorcerer anyway. Osment's next movie, "Pay It Forward," opens October 20.