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WHOOHOOO!!!!! FINALLY!!! I have been begging for this for years. I definitely think that this is the way to go. Everybody wins. WB makes more money, and the fans get all the goodies that they want from the book. Who cares if we have to wait for it? We fans are used to waiting long for what we want, and waiting for a while for a 5-hour telling of the last novel is more than worth waiting for! And, I really hope that Guillermo del Toro or Alfonso Cuaron directs them!!!! YAY!!! :D :D

“Not if you want this to be the film people remember. This series needs to go out with a bang…one big loud impressive leads to acadamy nods bang. Not two fairly good bangs. WB would be shooting themsleves in the foot if they did that. I pray to God none of this is true. Posted by ccm&hp on January 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AM”

WELL SAID! Exactly. I hope someone from WB sees your post.

i think a to part release would be great! I just wonder how long inbetween part one and two we would have to wait…..However, and i don”t want to start a fight, I think everyone is entitled to his/her opinion….. Spielberg would kill it! I like him and some of his work but it would bring a fast passed, “Hollywood”, cookie cutter action film feel to Harry Potter which would kill the magic. (which is what HP is, magical, on screen,in the books, and in the minds of viewers and readers everywhere) Aside from the extensive cuts, and short scenes, which were probably forced on Yates by the producers and the studio, who actually probably forced it on the writer before Yates. I liked him the best!..

I think that OotP was the least successful of the films precisely because everything was rushed and there was no time to really develop the plot correctly. Some really important things were left out: the Locket in the drawing room, Lily Potter in Snape’s worst memory and Harry giving the interview to Rita and the Quibbler (not to mention the scene I wanted to see with Harry getting “Career Advice”).

People are mistaken if they think that a two part movie means that there would be a year between the first and second part. It would all be filmed at once so the second half would be released like a month later or something like that. Every time I read DH I cringe at the thought of any of it being cut. A single three hour movie might very easily lose the entire Dobby subplot, since we haven’t seen him in the movies since COS.

As for Spielberg, he’s one of my favorite directors, but given a choice I’dlike to see Cuaron direct DH. If you saw “Children of Men” you know that he could keep the intensity level up to the standard set in the book.

I think you can have it in two parts and still have it end with a bang. The entire battle at Hogwarts is epic and could take up to 30-45 minutes to film (hogsmeade, the DA and everyone meeting in the RoR, snape leaving hogwarts, getting the house’s together, snape’s memory, the diadem, the first fight, going into the forbidden forrest, the fight after the forbidden forrest) on second thought…I would say an hour is right there…if it’s done right! The first film would be good to end at the part when they get caught in the forrest, or the best being when our favorite house elf dies. To me, that is a turning point in the book. Harry changes right then and there and everything starts to click. Plus it would leave the audience wanting more. It would also give plenty of action for the first and second part.

Also keep in mind the people that run studios (WB) are only worried about how much money there gonna make and not much else. Not only that but alot of them dont even know much about movies ! some of them probably dont even read!!!!!!

Two parts would be great, Speilburg, would be a HORRIBLE choice. I hope that part is a rumour, and the just use a mixture of some of the past directors, like Alfonzo. But if they had two parts for DH, that would be so great. I would watch a three part, if it meant including everything. Although, watching the deaths of favorite characters on scene would be far more depressing.

oh, that would be awesome!!! i would love having 2 parts! then they could fit everything, even all the little subplots, into it. plus if we have to wait, that would just draw out the excitement more and make the harry potter movie’s magic last just a little bit longer. but i hope spielberg doesnt do it, after finding out what he wanted to do with the first movie, im just not sure this is the best series for him.

People are mistaken if they think that a two part movie means that there would be a year between the first and second part. It would all be filmed at once so the second half would be released like a month later or something like that.

WB would never do that, because the casual movie goers will say screw this I’m not going to the first part, I’ll wait a month till I got to watch the big battle movie. Anyways everyone’s entitled to their opinions, but I’m really worried about how many people seem to be supporting a 2 part movie, I’d love a 5 hour movie if that was possible, but its not and the next best thing is a 3 hour movie, not two 2 1/2 hour movies, that could ruin the credibility of the films in years to come.

Personally, and I know I am one of very few who believe this, but I love OotP and what Yates did with the movie. I am so excited about HBP because of how OotP went. And obviously I am not alone because it was the second highest grossing movie of the franchise! I would love for him to do DH as well. Anyone but Columbus and Speilberg.

LMAO Spielberg? They’re kidding, right?

Im on the fence about this one. I was hoping for Del Toro but I guess Spielberg would be ok. I just hope if anything they do like what they did in Titanic and make it to be something like 4 hours long and tie up all the loose ends that WB has been sweeping under the rug. I deffinitely dont want a 2 part movie. It would completely ruin the whole sequence of things. For some reason after GOF and OOTP I think WB is actually afraid of longer films lol.

I agree with you EMUBari83, I think a two-part movie would be the only way they can include everything and do it justice. I mean, there is soo many sets they need to work on and film that its just mind boggling.

Sam, there is no way that it could be released within 1 month of eachother. Technically it would be 2 movies. I can see 6 months inbetween, but not a month. If WB really wants to be considered for Oscars than a June/December release schedule would fit perfectly.

This is exciting news, but it IS just a RUMOR. It sounds a little too good to be true if you ask me. It would definitely make sense for Warner Bros. to release the film in two parts because the book is sooo detailed that everything needs to be in the film and also because they would make like 600 million dollars off the two halfs combined and that’s just in the US alone. So it’s a definite possibility. As for Speilberg directing it, that’s doubtful and I’m not sure I would want him to considering what he initially wanted to do with the first film: He wanted to make it an ANIMATED film and have HALEY JOEL OSMENT do the voice of Harry Potter. I get sick everytime I think about it. I think one of the directors who have worked on the films already would be best because they know how the process works already and they already know the trio.

The first thing my brothers and I said after reading DH was that they need to do 2 movies for it. First of, JKR writes exceleltn first chapters (wholes books too but the first chapters are awesome). So thats what part one would start with…the malfoy manor scene. part 1 would need to have rescusing harry (including the deaths) because that forcasts the things wrong with voldemort’s wand. then the time at the burrow and getting the objects form dumbledore’s will, and the wedding needs to eb there (side note “Scrimgeour is Dead. The ministry has fallen” si one of my favorite lines in HP history. gave me chills). Then theres the whole attack at the ministry (needs to be in for the locket), then the fact that ron leaves and such and getting the locket and then the story of the deathly hallows and escaping that attack. then gettign captured and getting away from the malfoy’s…it all needs to be in. that’s one movie alone.

I see some of your points for a 2 part series, but I think what you are missing is how it disassociates itself from the books. In 5 years I’ll have a stack of 7 books that represent not only Harry’s journey from entering the wizarding world to becoming an influential adult in it year by year, but that also represent 7 the most magically powerful number, and one that is very important in the series. While beside it all have a stack of eight movies, that dissociate from the books as I said before. I think a 3 – 3 1/2 hour movie is the way to go it will give the director time to tell the story properly, while still keeping it as one story which was the way it was written.

You actually just changed my mind on how you think about it EMUBari83 6 months is actually not that bad for me anyway.

And second, key plots in the story are more important than cutting them. That battle at the end is what im looking forward to the MOST and the person i think that can handle it is Alfonso or Guillermo Del Toro. I know they can figure some way where there won’t be a long waiting period in between films and where the first half would end.

Sam, there is no way that it could be released within 1 month of eachother. Technically it would be 2 movies. I can see 6 months inbetween, but not a month. If WB really wants to be considered for Oscars than a June/December release schedule would fit perfectly.

I agree with you if you read the whole post you’ll see I was quoting someone else and saying why it wouldn’t happen.

You guys are both spoiled and stupid. There isn’t a BETTER choice out there than Spielberg. Most of the things you may have heard about his plans for the first movie were lies. In reality, Speilberg didn’t go as far as casting the movie because he wasn’t interested just like wasn’t interested in Spiderman. It’s just too easy for him. At this point, I’d rather see him do “Interstellar” and “Tintin” but if he does decide to do it (very unlikely) he would do a fantastic job. Why wouldn’t he?

It’s just that no matter what producers think, I don’t think he would be interested. Also, expect Indy 4 to outgross Potter 6 in box office.