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come on, people! They did this exact same rumor for Goblet of Fire, and that turned out to be crap. Now, with DH approaching, they thought, “hey, let’s through this old rumor out there again and see if it catches.” Honestly, guys.

And a two part DH—please. What a way to kill the franchize. And they’re not considering Steven Spielberg because Jo met with him on movie one and didn’t like him. This is just a crap article, guys. The media don’t know what they are talking about.

It wasn’t a crap rumor Heidi. They actually WERE going to make GOF into two movies but changed their mind later on, due in part to Alfonso Cuaron saying he thought it would be a horrible mistake.

alfonso cuaron would be fantastic as far as the movies go number three was the best i love it he did an awesome job!!!! hope it’ll be him again!

Hmm.. A 2 part movie could work, if done properly.

I’d still want Chris Columbus back more than anyone though.

After reading DH, I actually thought (wished) that they could make two movies out of the book it because I just couldn’t imagine how they could fit the book into one 2+ hour (or even 3 hour) movie, without sacrificing the beauty of the book and how well everything tied back to stuff throughout the series in the resolution of DH. At the time, I was thinking that there was no way TPTB could in fact do two movies, so I have to say that I am absolutely thrilled about this rumor.

On the Spielberg rumor, I’m not so sure. Although he is undoutedly a great director and could really rock the epic aspect of DH, I really enjoyed Yates’ take on OotP and especially the way he got to the emotional core of the characters. I have the same view with regard to rumors of Cuaron or Del Toro coming in to helm HP. I loved, loved POA as a stand-alone movie but abhor it as an adaptation of the book, because the characterizations of the main trio got all messed up. As for Del Toro, he can really pull out some great ones (visually and actionwise) out of his hat but he’s also slipped badly in some movies. At the end of the day though, I really admired how Yates was able to pull better performances out of the kids in the OotP and I think I’d rather have the emotional core of DH ring true in the movie than have all the super awesome visuals, action, epic tone, etc. you would get from a Cuaron/Del Toro/Spielberg film. Hopefully, Yates improves his epic-making skills after having director HBP. He’s not the perfect director for the series by any stretch but I really have to admire what he’s done with the quality of the kids’ acting.

I guess this is my way of saying “bring on the two-parter” but please stick with a director who loves the books as much as the fans do.

Woop 2 parts!!! I knew it, if they put it in one long 4 hour movie how do people know that they r gunna do it right. They may leave important stuff out, but if they do it in 2 films then its a bonus cause they’ll put in everything (hopefully). It’s not like us harry potter fans havnt waited. I think its better if u wait then u wont get disapointed 2 quickly : )

Not Spielberg,his last movies are all around special effects and little plot. WB should have done 2 movies since book 4,now its just ridiculous to do that just for DH. What WB should do is not to cut so much and make the movies a bit longer,30 minutes.And put some decent extras on the dvds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It wasn’t a crap rumor Heidi. They actually WERE going to make GOF into two movies but changed their mind later on, due in part to Alfonso Cuaron saying he thought it would be a horrible mistake.

It wasnt Alfonso Cuaron doing,it was Mike Leigh who said he could include all in 1 movie ( and destroyed the movie for fans,thanks so much!).

I really don’t think this is going to happen. There were similar rumours for previous Potter films, and they weren’t made into 2-parters. They’ll just cut out alot of stuff, as they have done before, and make it into one movie. I’m not a Speilberg fan, so I hope he does NOT direct it.

first. no to Spielberg. For God’s sake, he tried to make an ANIMATED harry potter. He said the plots are too silly to become live action and he wanted Haley Joel Osment to voice harry potter. That’s just plain dumb.

He’s a good director but I would rather have Guillermo Del Toro or Alfonso Cuaron.

I agree to have the film in two parts coz when i read the book, the have all this journey running from the death eater, i was thinking how did they going to show this? in a montage again like in Order of Phoenix.

I’m an aspiring filmmaker so i know they will cut all the journey, the radio, maybe even cut pool thing with ron if they only makes one movie. Coz i think the entire third act (battle with voldemort) would need at least one hour of the time. So that leaves 1and a half hour for the rest of the story?

And they won’t make 4 hours movie either coz they learn a lesson from a screening of Grindhouse. Grindhouse didn’t make a lot of money because people can’t stand sitting for 4 hours straight.

So count me in for two parts of harry potter

they didn’t make GOF two parts because alfonso feels that there’s not enough material to support two films and I agree with him. I didn’t see where they would cut off the film.

But with deathly hallow, it’s different. There’s parts of the books that feels like that’s the end of a movie. Like the burial of Dobby. The escape from the prison would be interesting enough to be the third act of the movie and would be satisfying.

And they can start the next movie with Harry on the journey with Hermione and ron because they don’t want anybody to be hurt anymore.

I would love to have two 3 hr. movies. And Spielberg or Peter jackson would be great. It would take less than half the time to get the footage for the second part because the cast, crew and sets are in place to just keep on with it. And Dan wouldn’t have to where some cheesy wig like he did in GOF because the project would be continuous. A person’s hairline shouldn’t change two inches from scene to scene. Ever. The profit margin would skyrocket as well. The problem is that they are so far off from the books already that they could be more adherent to DH text but have retain continuity with the deviations already made in prior fraudulent movie productions. And yes it is about the money for WB. They could have made just as much money with 3 hr. movies before since the footage was shot but edited out. They just want to extract a bit more gold from the mine.

I think the two-parter is a good idea. There’s simply too much Dumbledore backstory to explore. It could be shot as one film but released a year apart to accommodate the special effects work. And the second part could be called “HP and the Elder Wand” which is a much more relevant title, and by that point in the plot it wouldn’t be a spoiler.

Everyone’s so keen to say who should direct. I say let David Yates do it (if he still wants to). The Harry Potter films have more in common with TV series than a single film. Film directors get far too caught up in their one movie and forget it’s just one part of a longer story. And no to John Williams. Please no. He is an excellent composer, but he did not put his best efforts into the first two films. Keep it as Nicholas Hooper, just so the last films have continuing themes in them other than “Hedwig’s Theme”.

John Williams must come back for the final film, he’s the only one who can do this film justice, especially after the abomination that Patrick Doyle left on the series, at least Nick Hooper was a vast improvement. A Spielberg directed finale would be something, the best action director would make the best action of the series thrilling and unforgetable.

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out the “every single thing in this book is important…How can they possibly cut out anything?!” comments. I think that’s just the fandom-craze talking. There is no need for two separate films simply because there is not enough material to fill two 2 1/2 hour films. Sure, maybe if the filmmakers translate every scene.

But how important is the camping, “A Place to Hide”, the wedding, “The Ghoul in Pajamas”, Shell Cottage, Ravenclaw Tower, “The Goblin’s Revenge”? Not terribly crucial. A great deal of the fragmented Dumbledore history could be melded together. Much of the first 2/3 of the book is just discussing what should be done. If the filmmakers cut the some of the planning and cut straight to the actual “doing” of the plans, a great deal of unnecessary time could be saved.

This sounds like the logical way to go. It would be awesome if Guillermo Del Toro did the final films, can you imagine 4plus hours of beautiful Del Toro shot Potter. It would be awesome and so easy to do You end the first half right after the whole snake head affair at Godrics Hollow. That would be a killer movie ending. If they did it like Pirates or the Matrix with only a month or two between movies it would be awesome. I’m excited now I just hope Guillermo Del Toro gets hired as director forget Spielberg, sure JAWS was great but we won’t wonder and beauty and surreal realism you get that with Del Toro not Spielberg.

Well, I’ll believe it when I see it, but they should have done that for the OOTP movie too, I hope they do do it, it will be so much better. I don’t see how they can give it justice if they don’t, there is too much that will have to be left out to fit 3 hours.

Personally I think the two penultimate horcruxes need heavy revision. The locket was hidden in such a cool place in book 6, it was like travelling into Voldemort’s mind. But hiding it in Gringotts? (The logic being that as a child he envied not having an account… The irony is his horcrux is hidden in someone else’s account. That’s just sad) These two could be re-written to make a much stronger plot, and two horcruxes that delve further into Voldemort’s psyche, Harry’s link to him and the people that were killed to make them. It really needs some detective work to be there! (As a side note, why didn’t Harry go to Durmstrang to investigate the Deathly Hallows symbol? I mean, it gets him away from the Ministry and it is the logical next step. Instead he sits around in a tent for months).

Personally I think the two penultimate horcruxes need heavy revision. The locket was hidden in such a cool place in book 6, it was like travelling into Voldemort’s mind. But hiding it in Gringotts? (The logic being that as a child he envied not having an account… The irony is his horcrux is hidden in someone else’s account. That’s just sad) These two could be re-written to make a much stronger plot, and two horcruxes that delve further into Voldemort’s psyche, Harry’s link to him and the people that were killed to make them. It really needs some detective work to be there! (As a side note, why didn’t Harry go to Durmstrang to investigate the Deathly Hallows symbol? I mean, it gets him away from the Ministry and it is the logical next step. Instead he sits around in a tent for months).