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NO WAY for Steven Spielberg – he’s movies are too flashy with no real heart – way too commercial – and this book is so special I couldn’t bear it to be ruined in this way. Guillermo del Toro would do a great job I think – or Alfonso, though I think we need new blood for the last one.

And as for a two-parter… I reckon they could fit it into one film, but they wouldn’t be able to do it as much justice. I think this is the only book that really could be split into 2; think how much happening there is: (Spoiler Warning) ........................escape from Privet Drive, wedding, on the run, the ministry infiltration, Kreacher’s story, the 3 brothers, godrics hollow, the doe, ron running away, Dumbledore’s life story, being captured at Malfoy manor, gringotts, the attack on hogwarts, getting last horcrux, all of Snape’s memories, Harry’s sacrifice, regeneration and death of Voldemort, + epilogue.

LOADS of little sub-stories to this one – it could all be fit into one, but imagine them rushing harry’s death scene? C’MON!! And people might start getting restless if it’s 4 hours long.

Gosh, I’m so torn on this one – on one hand, they’d be cramming if it was one film, but stretching things out a bit in 2 films!!!

I’d rather have 2 halves of a movie separatively and have it done right than to go throught what happen in OOTP. The editing was cut so sharply in that film it was ridiculous. The editing was done much better in Goblet of Fire. I would love it if Spilberg could do it but I am afraid that he will not do it. Plus David Heyman in the past has been adamant about doing his movies in one film and in 2 hours. That will hurt him severely if he does Deathly Hallows that way. What ever happen to movies with intermission like Gone with the Wind, Oklahoma, My Fairlady, etc. People will pay and stay for a good movie and Deathly Hallow will definitely be the movie of the decade to see potential breaking Titanic record for box office returns. Lets do the last movie right please.

waw! nice I will kil myself! 4 hours! now I don’t know what to do! it will be very good movie Dan and Ralf Finnes at the end of the secend half! Dan an Bonnie kissing! and Rupert and Emma! it will be very very good movies(2 halfs)!

I think that most true Harry Potter fans wouldnt mind if the movie is 3.5 to 4 hours if the movie is done “right”. Personally, I don’t want a film that is lacking some of the subplots or any battle scenes (OOTP). The final battle at Hogwarts needs to be given plenty of time and so does the Horcrux search. There is too much in the book that I feel is essential to the final film in order to make it work properly

Well,I think it is better to make the movie 3 hours than a two movies lasting for 1 and a half hour. And at least 30 minutes for the battle at the end. As for the dirctor,well I don`t know who I would prefer, NOT Spielberg, after what he tried to do with the first movie.

Personally I have nothing against sitting through a long 3hr+ film at the cinema, just as long as there is an intermission… but if they thought it would be better made into two 2hr films say, then I would go and watch them both.

I imagine they would do what the did with PotC2 & 3, in that they would film both parts at the same time, and start post-production on the first film immediately, then start on the SFX for the second film after the release of the first.

People seem to be forgetting that SFX heavy films such as LotR, PotC and Harry Potter, can take almost as long in post-production as they do in filming, and I have to ask… which would you prefer? Something that left you feeling disappointed after watching it? Or something that blew your mind?!

I know what my answer is!!

If they do release it as two films, we will have to resign ourselves to a wait between, it’s just a fact of life. PotC managed it in about 8 months, and maybe the Harry Potter team can do it in 6 months, since they have the advantage in that everything is based in the UK, we shall have to wait and see!!

YAY!! Let´s hope it´s really true that it´ll be in two parts!! I don´t care much about the director as long as it´s good, but I guess Spielberg would do a great job.

Frankly, I’m not all that worried who directs it as I’m sure they’ll want to correct the OotP mistakes (as in cutting out half of the most important parts) so they’ll pick the one they think will do the best job, whether it’s a big name like Speilberg or an unknown. I do hope they have Williams back for score though. Despite him having a very different style from what was needed for the last couple of movies, I think he has the capacity to produce beautiful and melancholy music, which is what will definitely be needed for DH (the scene with the stone couldn’t possibly be scored by a better person, assuming they don’t cut it :P )

As for length, I couldn’t care less as long as they release it all at once. 7 hours? No problem, just give me an intermission and I’m happy. Heck, they could even justify charging more for the dvd then, if they’re worried about money. Besides, think of the marketing potential, it’d make for an awesome event, a full day of DH. They could turn it into a massive convention-like vibe. Even if it’s only 4 hours, they could easily add an intermission and make the whole event a big deal. My point? Don’t release it as two parts at two different times, it’ll only make for losses in the end when people decide not to watch the first because they want to see it all at once (like I would).

Please don’t let it be true, please please please!

I was thinking about two parts film of DH when I read the book for the first time.I hope it’s gonna be in two parts because there is so much informations in DH…..WOW…. I hope each part will last 2 hours…..that’s gonna be like two HP films…awesome….I would like Alfonso Cauron for director of DH….because for POA I can say-— this is totally Harry Potter——do you agree with me?

It’d be so great! Unless we’d have t wait between the two halves, then it’d be the worst thing ever. Then just make a 4-5 hour film! It’d be torture to see the first half, and then have to wait six-twelve months for the next!!

They should get Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens for the screenplay of DH..

but that’s just my opinion..

Ok. Cool, maybe 2 parts! But i am one of few people, i think, who thinks Spielbergs films are too big /glamour. I really hope Cauron or Del Toro direct the last film(s)

I like Steven Spielberg he would do an amazing work with the final movie. As far as the two halves is concerned, well, if it’s the only way to fit everything in then ok. Whatever happens, and whoever directs the 7th movie, it has to be the best. The final battle at Hogwarts and the confrontation between Harry and Voldemort has to be epic.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think they should have like all the previous director work somehow on it!!! I know it probably can’t be done but that book is going to take all of their skill put together!

I dont believe this rumour. The daily mail for a start is unreliable with such reports. The rumour is off the back of the recent decision for the Hobbit to be made into 2 films with Peter Jackson. So someone must have commented ” oh how about Deathly Hallows be done the same way and may be get spielberg to direct?” which the Daily Mail converted into a super rumour fact without any ground. I hope the rumour isnt true about the 2 film split. Spread out into 2 films, we will have 2 boring films. Make into 1 film, then we will have a rip-roaring adventure/thriller end to the series. I dont mind spielberg directing actually. This series has been fantastic for its tone variation so far. But ultimately Warner deserves our trust as they have earned it with 6 brilliant Potter films which have got better and better.

Guys, if they split the movie into two parts, then you would probably have to wait until the next year to see the second part. They wouldn’t release part one, and then a month or two later release part two. That would eat into each movie’s profits and not make any business sense. That is one of the many reasons why we got a new LOTR movie every year.

Splitting up the book is a great idea however!

i’m not sure if anyone’s said this yet but, if they half to do it in two parts, they should just have an “intermission” inbetween like this did in gone with the wind or west side story. that way the movie can be longer but the audience can have a little break without feeling guilty about missing anything in the movie

I have not read ALL the comments, on this article, but I do have an opinion and statement: This is the first BIG RUMOR of 2008. Hang on to your collective hats, ladies and gentlemen. Between now and the release of ‘Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince’, they will abound! Remeber: Rumor, Hear-say, SPECULATION! Thanks, Leaky, I know you’ll keep us posted!

gah… i have mixed feelings…

i do not want to have to wait another year or really, even just a few months, for the second part of DH… but if the end of it isn’t as excellent as it was in the book… i would be SO disappointed. So, if the only way they can make this work well is to do it in 2 parts, so be it… because in my mind i would rather have to wait and have it be excellent than for them to rush it and be disappointed.

but they could always just make it three hours. :-) there have been three hour movies before. I’m for sitting in the cinema that long!

M-B-W