WB: Director for OotP Not Yet Chosen

Two separate WB spokespeople emphatically told TLC today that the info that David Yates has already been chosen as director for OotP is false. Many directors are in the mix and in talks with producers, they said, including Yates. David Heyman told people at last night’s DVD launch party that we’ll have an official director announcement by Christmas or a short while before. Yates is in the running, but so are others, so hang tight.
Update: And now different spokespeople are telling us different things and we’re sorting out which person is more right than the other. We’re keeping this firmly in the rumor column until we get two different confirmations (or the third denial).