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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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People are being delusional. There will NOT be a 4 hour movie, or a movie with an intermission. It just wont happen. Sorry. Your choice is either 2 movies or a 3 hour movie. Thats realistically the only think I see WB willing to do. Take your pick.
this would be a good idea, however I hope i wouldn’t have to wait another 18 months for the second part to come out. This would be a very good financial move for the movies allowing it to be extended even further. All that I know is this last movie has got to be the best allowing everything to be wrapped up. I have faith that WB will allow this to happen.
I pick two films!!! I’d see them both multiple times! I don’t care how long I have to wait for the second half, as long as both films do justice to the tale, which is the point of them spliting the book in the first place. YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
Isn’t anyone else thinking “Peter Jackson”? He is a brilliant director! Look at the fantastic job he did with LOTR.
PLEASE, NOT Peter Jackson. I was entrenched in LOTR when the films were coming out, and frankly, PJ could have done a lot better. The Two Towers was a total train wreck. No, I want Guillermo del Toro or Alfonso Cuaron.
I’m so shocked at this news! I really hope Spielberg has nothing to do with this film! how can they make a two part film! Isit going to becalled DH part2 that doesn’t sound to great… Surely they could make the film at least 3hours like others such as lord of the rings and many others..glad this is a rumour!
It won’t be called DH Part 2, it will have a good subtitle, I’m sure. Same with the first part. Maybe JKR will come up with a subtitle for each half that makes sense for each respective film. Like the second one could be called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The Elder Wand, or something like that. I think two films is definitely the way to go! But I say NO to Steven Spielberg.
I say NO to both!! I would love a LONG movie, but not split in two please!!! Oh and please don’t even think of Spielberg, he’s a great director, but not for HP.
Two Towers was hardly a train wreck. Pacing-wise it was better than Fellowship, and PJ did an amazing job getting a good beginning and end on a book that doesn’t have much of either. (Because LotR was supposed to be one long book in Tolkien’s eyes.) The ending of Two Towers is one of my favourite moments; I found it very moving and powerful.
Sorry, I’d go for anyone BUT Cuaron. If it is released in two parts, hopefully there won’t be a long wait inbetween releases.
I don’t want it to be in two parts!! I don’t care if I have to be in the cinema for 5 hours, but I want it to be all in one!! As for the directors, Cuaron did a good job in the third film and i really liked Chris Columbus in the first and second… at least he followed more the books than the others. Please!! Not Spielberg!!!
Oh gosh, no! Please don’t ask me to sit through HARRY POTTER AND THE CAMPING TRIP and then HARRY POTTER AND THE CRAMMED RESOLUTION.
Oh gosh, no! Please don’t ask me to sit through HARRY POTTER AND THE CAMPING TRIP and then HARRY POTTER AND THE CRAMMED RESOLUTION.
I would be happy with the two parts. Being the last movie of the series, I(and I think all of us here) really want it to be done real well. As someone said earlier, I want the movie version of the series to “go out with a bang”.
I hope it is not Cuaron. It wasn’t too bad but I was not too happy the way he did Prisoner of Azkaban. I would love to see Spielberg do the movie though!
No No No two parts!!!!!
I’m not trying to sound mean or anything, but the people who are all “yay more HP if there’s two movies!” are being a bit selfish…. I mean it in the sense that it is ONE book so it should be ONE movie, you know?!
“HARRY POTTER AND THE CAMPING TRIP and then HARRY POTTER AND THE CRAMMED RESOLUTION.”
LOL!
But I agree! It’ll compromise the integrity of the ending and it’ll TOTALLY kill the mood if it’s cut off at the halfway mark! An hour and a half movie spends an hour and fifteen minutes building up to the last fifteen… what’ll happen if the second movie is just that last fifteen? There’s no build-up because it’s already been shown in the first movie! You can’t replicate that build-up in a shoddy catch-up slide show, either.
One book. One movie.
WB, start a trend and be the first modern film with an intermission.
I think two parts would be great. The interesting question is where to break it. While it is a little close to the end, I think the rescue from the Malfoy’s would be the best spot. End the first movie with the fight and the disapparation and start the last one at the same spot. A good cliff hanger for those who haven’t read the books.
I think they could get the second movie out 4-6 months after the first one.
I do not like the idea of a 2 part Deathly Hallows movie. it’s ONE book. it should be ONE movie…Order of the Phoenix was the longest book and deathly hallows is about the same lenght as Half-blood Prince. If they make it a 2 part movie it’s only for financial reasons regardless of what they say. I like the idea of Steven Speilberg directing. I’m not sure what ppl mean when they say “what he was going to do to the first movie” can someone enlighten me?
i’m all for a two-part film! nothing should be left out! and i would love for DAVID YATES to direct it. he did a fantastic job with OotP and really understands how important the movies are in relation to the books!
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Ideally we would have Cuaron and Del Toro working together to create a 4hr+ movie split into two halves. Or just Cuaron alone. It would be great if this happened because finally they could go ALL OUT with both the story and the big effects sequences.
Reading DH, especially the last few chapters, I thought there’s absolutely no way they can do this justice in the movie because there’s not enough time. That whole last section from smashing out of Gringotts to the death of Voldemort would easily take a whole hour and more of movie time. So that leaves around 90min to deal with everything else. Not enough time at all. 2 movies would rule.