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Rumor Alert: Spielberg and a Two Part "Deathly Hallows" Film
RumorHang on everyone, there is a new rumor tonight regarding famous directors and a possible two part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film. The Daily Mail is reporting tonight that crews currently working on “Half-Blood Prince” have been told the final Harry Potter film “will be released in two halves.” The article then points out while the financial benefit would be significant (“it could mean a £500million bonus in ticket sales”) the paper reports this purported move is artistic, citing an unnamed source who says:
“There’s so much to fit that the view is the last movie should be in two halves. There is a huge battle when Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, takes on Voldemort that needs to be done really well.”
The article then goes on to cite that Warner Bros, which has still not formally announced a director for the final film, is considering some big name directors for the final movie, including legendary Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg. Quotage: At Warner Bros, who are rumoured to be thinking of Oscars and a big-name director such as Steven Spielberg for the final film, a spokesman said: “People are discussing all possibilities.”
Readers will remember, and as cited by J.K. Rowling on her website, Steven Spielberg had considered directing the first Harry Potter film, but declined. As we have reported previously as well, other names have surfaced in regards to directing “Deathly Hallows” including Alfonso Cuaron, David Yates, Chris Columbus, and most recently Guillermo Del Toro. As exciting as all of this sounds, please keep this one very much in the rumor category for the time being. We are trying to verify this, and will update with more when we can.
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As great as this sounds, I’m calling the Daily Mail’s bluff here. Even if both parts of the series were shot at the same time, but released at two different times, many of the actors’ contracts would need to be reworked. DH would essential be two-films, and actors like Dan, Emma, and Rupert, should be paid accordingly.
I think this is bologna.

Wow! If that turns out to be true I wonder when they’ll cut off the first movie! Perhaps after Xeno tells the trio about the Deathly Hallows? Hahaha that would be funny if it was just like “That? That’s the sign of the Deathly Hallows.” BLACKOUT bahahaha I would die.

At least this way the won’t skip alot of parts, like the order of the phoenix movie. I really hope they do this for the Deathly Hallows. I don’t want them to skip anything out, even tho some parts arn’t important. Its the last one, so do it good.

I WOULD LOVE TWO PARTs as long as they include EVERYTHING!! What the hell why don’t they amke a 5 hour movie with a break i nthe middle, i’m all for it!

I would rather it be a 4 hour movie like titanic and come out as 2 disks on DVD than having two separate movies.

OMG the scene with “Bathilda” in godric’s hollow (if they do it) is going to be INSANE!!! if they don’t have that i’m going to cry… wonder what the rating’s going to be if there’s all this violence…

Personally, I don’t see why we can’t have an extremely long movie with an intermission in the middle. It would solve a lot of problems and nobody would have to wait for the second half of the movie to come out. I would absolutely abhor having to wait. There really isn’t any proper place in the book to end it for an excessive time period without causing emotional problems to the viewers (not that we won’t all be experiencing emotional problems anyway when the time comes but do you see what I mean?). An intermission would make many issues moot.
As for the possibility of Spielberg. I do love his work but for DH? No…just….no.

I can understand people being 50/50 on the 2 part thing but what is it with people not wanting Spielberg are you people crazy.

That sounds like a good idea. Fans wanted and got it so… it seems good. Split it into 2 films. Not shoving the book into one very long film. It seems like a pretty good idea. As long as they execute well. The directors… i don’t know. Who knows how it’ll go. I just hope it IS NOT David Yates. I like Chris Columbus though. Spielberg… not sure how it’ll go. Del Toro… well he directs a genre of scary and supernatual. That is Harry Potter, but I don’t think I want his style of directing in Harry Potter. So… for directors I would want Columbus, then Cuaron, then Spielberg. I don’t want Yates or Del Toro.

The problem with Speilberg is, being a bigshot director, he may not be as willing to give up his creativity and stick to the Harry Potter feeling if you know what I mean.

I DO NOT think that DH should be split although I think it should be made into a very long movie.

Comments (190) WOW this is excite well i know that waiting to see the second half would get me a bit upset, but if they try to put the whole book in one movie and mess it up up it would be worse, so i think we need to be patient so we can have a better FILM you got my vote WB

NOOOO, not Spielberg. I like the idea of the 2 part movie but please concider another director. But, it is a rumor…

i’d be cool with a 2 part movie – that gives us much more chance of getting EVERYTHING in the book, without anything being cut
it would be exceedingly better than having them chop it down to 2 hours or some crap like that

NOT happy about the possibilty of Spielberg or anyone in his league directing.
I’d prefer Cuaron or Del Toro.
I don’t mind it being split into 2 parts, hopefully ths will mean the won’t have to cut a lot of stuff out

Two parts is good - but not good. I agree fans won’t want to wait between parts, however it can be done in the style of “Gone with the Wind” and have an intermission in between. Diehard fans would love it!!! If they are worried about ticket sales, just set a higher price - again diehard fans would love it.
In addition Steven Spielberg has proven he can direct gritty, dark scenes - Private Ryan. Actually I think John Williams was one of the best composers for Harry Potter - composing the signature theme song. Don’t sell Williams short he is a motivated, creative person.

Don’t forget what they did with The Lord Of The Rings. A trilogy? No Speilberg for Director. The man walked away at the outset of this franchise. I’m for a two-part film. It will save me having to check the books against the films contents, to keep myself on track. Better editing has to be a must.
Val. Canada.

Two parts? Yes, there are downsides, but to have so much more of the book make it to the screen overrides any objection in my reckoning. Even better, though, is the idea of a very long film with an intermission.
Speilberg? Worst. Idea. Ever.

The truth is that Spielberg had a different view of harry potter. He also wanted some americans to play parts including Harry. When Rowling heard that, well that was it. She wanted a Brits and did not like the screen play ideas.
Another thing is that Spielberg is not what he was. Some have thier great moments and others are headed down the food chain, he is one of those.
Chris Columbus. has my vote.
Forget two movies WB would not do it but they might give them more time than 2:25 no matter what the content. But the holy dollar would not go and would cut into the showing times. WB would never go for that!
These goof directors I would even take Spielberg over them.

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Leaky Poll
Moving the HBP film to July 2009 is:
- Completely unforgivable34 (44%)
- Annoying, but I'll get over it28 (36%)
- Not something I care about.4 (5%)
- Cool; who wants to go to the movies in the winter anyway?1 (1%)
- Awesome! I get to save $10 until next year.3 (3%)
- Awesome! I get to save $10 because now I'm skipping this movie!4 (5%)
- I've made a Facebook group, started a protest, called my local councilman, staged a sit-in, started a boycott, and organized a million-fan march because we won't stand for the - wait, what was this about again?2 (2%)
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