Watts signs up for next 'Harry Potter' movie

 

Actress Naomi Watts has signed on to star in the next Harry Potter movie, according to reports.

The pregnant Mulholland Drive star, 38--who will give birth in August--will play Draco Malfoy's wicked mother Narcissa in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth movie in the fantasy franchise.

The film is currently in pre-production but is expected to hit cinemas in November 2008.

The latest of the boy-wizard movies to be released, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, has already given Warner Bros. bosses their biggest opening ever, taking $561 million worldwide in its opening 12 days earlier this month.