Emma Watson is going from Harry Potter good girl to thief, starring in Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring,” Coppola said Wednesday.

The movie, which Coppola wrote and is directing and producing, is about a group of teens who take part in a string of celebrity burglaries. It is inspired by true events.

“I am excited about the young cast we’re assembling and I’m looking forward to shooting on location here in Los Angeles,” Coppola said in a statement.

The movie follows a group of fashion-and-fame-obsessed teens who track celebrities’ whereabouts online and then break into their homes and steal designer clothes and possessions. Coppola won the best original screenplay Oscar for her 2003 “Lost in Translation.”

Watson starred as Hermione in the “Harry Potter” films and stars in this fall’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” She recently signed to star in David Yates’ “Your Voice in My Head” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Beauty and the Beast.”

Roman Coppola and Youree Henley also are producing the movie. Watson is repped by WME and Markham, Froggatt & Irwin.

Emma Watson might be playing coy about her relationship status but was all smiles and looking happy while shopping and picking up food supplies with a mystery man in Oxford, England over the weekend.

Photographers caught Watson and her possible new beau kissing a few weeks ago. This led many to believe that the “Harry Potter” actress has a new boyfriend.

Emma was rumored to have been dating her “Perks of Being a Wallflower” co-star Johnny Simmons after they were spotted kissing in August, but both of them have not been spotted together in quite some time.

Emma recently lamented about her dating life and she told “Hollywood Life” that men are generally intimidated by her success and fame.

“It must be the fame wall. It must be the circus that goes around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard to believe I would be intimidating,” she said.

Even when she meets guys, Watson admits that it never goes well.

“Because they are intimidated, they feel they have to knock me down. They know perfectly well who I am, but say, ‘How are the Narnia films going?’” Watson shared.

Well, it looks like this lovely lady cast a magical spell on her rumored boyfriend that he does not mind being seen shopping with her even if she is famous.

The pic, tweeted out by Paradiso Films, shows the kids of the cast—including the eminently crushworthy Logan Lerman and the always charming Emma Watson—sitting on a couch in their holiday finery, flanked by poinsettias and presents. So sweet! So seasonal! It’s like a belated Christmas present!

Needless to say, we’ve been watching “Perks” closely ever since it started filming (complete with a sneak peek at some behind-the-scenes stuff, and an exclusive trip to the movie’s set). Plus, with so many members of the MTV’s New Class on board—including Logan, who’s not just a member of said class, but also the president!—it’s one of our most-anticipated flicks of 2012. And if you feel similarly (and really, how could you not?), here’s your chance to show some love for “Perks” in the midst of some stiff competition: It’s one of the films in the race for supremacy in the MTV Movie Brawl 2012. Go vote! Support your president!

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has reportedly asked her boyfriend Johnny Simmons to move to Britain.

The 21-year-old actress, who is about to take up a place at Oxford University, wants Simmons to be with her when she resumes her studies next month, Daily Mail reported.

“Emma is looking forward to her English degree at Worcester College. She is excited to be back but she misses Johnny. She would love him to come here,” a friend of Watson’s said.

Watson met actor Simmons, 24, on the set of her new film, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, in Pittsburgh.

The two have however never spoken about their relationship in public but have been pictured getting intimate on various occasions.

The Emma Watson and Hermione Granger comparisons can stop here.

Watson announced on her website yesterday that she’s stopping her studies at Brown University for the time being to concentrate on doing the press rounds for the final “Harry Potter” movie this summer and then work on her other upcoming film commitments.

“I will still be working towards my degree… it’s just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought,” she wrote.

It doesn’t sound like a compromise that the young Miss Granger would ever make, but as Watson fans, we could not be happier for the actress. Emma has several upcoming projects that we’re really excited for, and we’re glad she’s as willing to commit as we are.

“Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ press rounds
When the Wizarding World of Harry Potter had its grand opening, and for some of the “Deathly Hallows: Part 1″ press rounds, Watson had to make some compromises on both sides of the spectrum for her school commitments. We’re glad that she can dedicate herself 100 percent to “Part 2″ this go around, considering it’s the last time she’ll attend a “Potter” premiere.

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
This project has been stuck in gestation for years, but finally Summit Entertainment purchased the rights to the film and it’s getting underway. This might be one of the main reasons Watson is taking a leave from school, as shooting should get underway soon.

“Incarceron”
But that isn’t the only young adult adaptation that Watson has up her belt. She is one of the frontrunners for the female lead in the Taylor Lautner-starring dystopian young adult adaptation “Incarceron,” and there is nothing that we would love more than for her to get the role.

Something New, Please!
There was a point in time where we honestly were worried we were never going to see an Emma Watson film again. Fortunately that time has passed, and with this latest decision, we’re hopeful that Watson will stick around Hollywood for many years to come.

Are you glad that Watson was willing to put her education on hold for her film career, or do you feel bad that she had to sacrifice it for Hollywood? Let us know in the comments section below or on Twitter!