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In the Harry Potter book series, Peeves is a poltergeist that roams the hallways causing trouble. He never really adds anything essential to the plot line, but his scenes are amusing. Obviously they had to cut out a lot of details to make the movies, but why did they choose to cut out an entire character? If they had to do that, why did they choose Peeves over other non-essential characters (e.g. Nearly Headless Nick)? |
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As mentioned by @DForck42, Peeves is not a central character in Harry Potter movies. On top of that, in the story Peeves is shown to be doing a lot of destruction (think flying objects, utensils). The film makers would not have wanted to spend precious dollars on doing SFX for a character who has no effect on the story and is very hard to recreate faithfully on the screen. |
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From what I recall Peeves had almost no influence on the main story arc of the series, so he was rather easy to cut out of the story. Also I believe he shows up less frequently as the series continues, so he's not missed as much in the later parts. Nearly Headless Nick (NHN), although not tied very close to the story, is tied in a few key parts of Harry's character development, so he was kept in. |
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Peeves was in the philosophers (sorcerers stone) however he was not needed for the rest of the movies so the character wasn't included |
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