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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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Hang on! Did I miss that Spielberg is now a Brit. I always placed him in the US.
Is this correct? So how can he direct a movie that is supposed be created by british crew? Or is this long forgotten that Jo originally wanted brits for her movies?
Well, they’d have to do it in two parts to put everything right that they messed up before. That’d be awesome….more premieres to go to :D I dont think, I’d mind waiting between the two parts.
If they make it a two-part movie, make it a double-feature like in the old days. Rocky Horror Picture Show anyone? ;)
When will they learn that time is not time matter anymore. I mean look at Return of the King. It worked great. If they just stop thinking about the money and making little children happy we would have a good 2hr + film. Its the last film, of course its going to be long! Look at OotP, if they could make that big of book on to the great short film that it became, Hallows wont be that hard. And what do they mean by the battle between Harry and Voldemort? All they did was talk, are they going to completely change that? I’m sure that the film is going to be in one whole piece and it going to be great.
Hey! Can I just say that I am from the UK where the Daily Mail is from, and it is regarded as a load of bull** over here! Its a bit like the Prophet when Rita Skeeter was writing all the stuff about Hermione and Harry etc. I think its a good idea to release the movie in two parts, but I bet what they have said is all lies! xx x
Guys!!The only way DH would be made into a great film is to split it!There is no other way to do it.You want a 20 minute ending battle?That’s ok but keep in mind that in a 3-hour long film all the other battle sequences will be cut out or reduced to 5-minute scenes…regardless of the battles,the only way to make this film tragic enough and emotional enough is CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT,something impossible in a 3-hour long,action-packed blockbuster.Take LOTR3 for example,nobody took it seriously when Sam and Frodo started talking about the fields and the strawberries…Dh must have its own time to breathe,the audience ought to have time to comprehend the emotional depth and the ultimate closure that this last film will bring.I am definetely for a two-part Deathly Hallows film. As for the closing scene for the first part..it should be the return to Shell Cottage,the burial of (spoilers!)this house elf and the ultimate choice of Harry not to act,to choose Horcruxes over Hallows,to trust DD and look past his own survival! As for the director,I think that Spielberg is capable of ending Harry Potter with a bang and making the last film an excellent movie.My personal choice would be Tim Burton or Del Tro.However I would hate to see DH be handed over to a director with no experience(like -i am sorry to say-David Yates)...That is all.These news(rumors)are definetely good!!!
LOL – it probably hit them that soon their money-making movies will be over – I wonder whether they will start regretting that they haven’t made two movies out of GoF etc.. rolleyes – lol – Oscars – let me laugh – the movies are ok at best, well maybe one of the non-actor oscars… well, we’ll see… in any case it would feel strange if all of a sudden, with more movie-time, they started paying attention to important plotlines. :)
No and no.
It’s perfectly doable to have DH in one (long) movie. RotK was one gigantic movie and didn’t it win like 11 Oscars? I just can’t see the movie being in two parts, it would be kinda lame. And DH is one movie that could benefit of cutting chunks out of it, since there are number of scenes that aren’t vital to the plot. (DH was NOT that well-written, if you ask me.) I think it would break the flow, and people would feel annoyed if they’d have to wait like sixth months to see what happens. LAME.
Spielberg? I hope not. I’m hoping for either Cuaron or del Toro to take the job. I just can’t see this as a Spielberg movie, while Cuaron or del Toro would be excellent choices considering that they both have experience of the fantasy world etc.
Oh and I forgot. If RotK was 3h 11min, I think DH should be something like 3h as well. People will watch it, since it’s the last movie and all. And they can make a super-long director’s cut for the DVD.
I hope DH will rock the house so that Harry Potter will leave with a BANG!
Secunda Jo only wanted the actors to be British.
Spielberg is American as is Chris Columbus. Alfonso Cuarón is Mexican and Mike Newell & David Yates are from England.
Also the HP crew has people from all over the world working on them. They might not be born in England but they work and some probably live there as well.
Hmmmm, I don’t know what to think. When I first read it, I was thrilled, but a lot of you make a good point. There are 7 books, so there should be 7 movies.
I could live with either way. I just want to see DH done right because everything in it is important. I cannot think of anything they can cut that isn’t directly connected to the main plot.
Making it into two films wouldn’t be too hard. Part one could easily end with Harry deciding to search for Horcruxes over Hallows easily. You would be ending briefly after a major climatic experience like all the films have done and still leaving a cliffhanger. It works.
Those who are saying you would have to split the book right in half should reconsider. the first half of the book is easier to condense, so you can go further into the book and still have plenty to put into the second film. The Battle at Hogwarts, from Hogsmeade to LV’s death, would easily be at least an hour.
I am ok with two parts as long as it doesn’t take too long for the second part to come out. WB could easily choose the same months they always have for HP and make it work. Part one would come out in July 2010 and part two in November 2010. Four months is not too long.
I agree that there should be a DVD of the entire film as a 4 or 5 hour movie available becuase I want to see this movie as one, epic story! And then there should be a box set released of the director’s cut of all the films!
No to Speilberg, btw. I don’t trust him or any new director. My choice is David Yates and if not him, Chris Columbus.
I REALLY hope they do it in two parts ! That way we get to see most of what is in the book ! There are so many interesting parts in the movie i really want to see. I think the best time to split is when they get captured as it will hold the suspense. What sort of time will be between the two releases though?
I REALLY hope they do it in two parts ! That way we get to see most of what is in the book ! There are so many interesting parts in the movie i really want to see. I think the best time to split is when they get captured as it will hold the suspense. What sort of time will be between the two releases though?
well, re-reading the book at the moment, I can’t see how it can be anything but VERY long to do it justice. Maybe they can film it all at the same time but release two halves shortly after one another.
Not sure about Spielberg though. Some critic once said that he’d have ruined HP made it all cutesy.
Hmmmm. A two part movie: naaaaah Steven Spielberg: I wonder if I´m the only one with a vision of Dobby´s deathscene; The last thing the little elf will manage to say is : “Dobby phone home”
Nah. A three hour and half movie is okay, to be honest. This is their way of saying, “Sorry, we messed up so bad with the previous movies because we included random comic relief rather than the plot that we need to extend the last one to squeeze in all the facts.”
WB you really should have made all the movies longer, but two parts is ridiculous, and ugly. Don’t give us this “the last battle must be long” crap. It wasn’t that long, and whatever “battle” you want to acheive wasn’t really achieved because Harry isn’t that great at dueling, he just threw himself in front of a spell, then shot another spell, letting the Elder Wand do most of the work. Unlike Dumbledore’s spells, that were CGI-tastic and made sense, Harry can’t do that, and it’s not on par with the story.
I don’t want to be a cynic, but is this the movie where only Harry Potter fans will enjoy, and where “Harry Potter movie” fans will be disappointed? As in, make them go for the fake-funny stuff from before, like Ron acting unlike his own character, Trelawny being a retard, Hermione being a sexy “heroine”, Harry being the brave Hero, and Dumbledore being annoying in general, then throwing them all these facts from the book in the last installment?
As we all know, Book 7 is a “romantic comedy”... so uh, yay?
Spielberg NO PLEASE!!! he’ll make a slushy childish movie for childrens of it, please don’t let him ruin it!
About a 2 parts of movie I think they should’ve considerated it before with the 5th movie too, it could be fine at least with the last one, I still think they have missed some important points from the plot already in the movies.
thanx for the info
I so hope this is true -
Yes- a two part Hallows;
and Steven Spielberg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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yes. Spielberg is great for the last film. but i prefer peter jackson. he’s better. much better….