Was set to direct Harry Potter, gave up to do 'AI...': Spielberg

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg revealed that he was set to direct 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'. “It was going to be a huge film because the book had already become a cultural phenomenon. I gave that up to essentially do A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” Spielberg said. Notably, Chris Columbus eventually directed 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone'.