Hang 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.
Personally I do enjoy the idea of a 2-part movie… Kill Bill was split as such, though it didn’t need to be (IMO) but that it REALLY worked well and I’m so biased at this point about DH that I honestly can’t see how they’d fit that entire book into a 2 hour film.
NOOO!!!!!! NO NO NO NO NO UGH I CANT BELIEVE THEY WOULD EVEN SUGGEST SOMETHING SOOOOO HORRIBLE AS THIS!!! I AM SO MAD I AM FURIOUS!! FIRST OF ALL THEY CAN NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPLIT THE MOVIE IN HALF THAT WOULD RUIN EVERYTHING!!! I MEAN EVERYTHING! I AM A BIg!!! HHARRY POTTER FAN AND I WOULD BE ULTIMATELY DISSAPOINTED!!!!!! I HATE THE THOUGHT OF THIS!!!!! I DONT CARE IF THE FLIPPEN MOVIE WAS FREAKIN 92 HOURS LONG!!! ITS NOT GOING TO BE SPLIT INTO HALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SECOND OF ALL SPIELBERG ARE U FREAKIN KIDDING ME! OKAY HES REALLY GOOD BUT HES NOT BRITISH HE HASNT BEEEN WORKING WITH THE CAST/ACTORS COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER ACTORS HE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!! I NOW PRAY THAT THIS “RUMOR” IS FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM PRACTICALLY IN TEARS OVER THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmm, I’m not sure about this yet. Spielberg is a great director, but I’m not so sure on how he’d be with DH. If he had been working on it all along then it would be different, but having him just come in for the final installment may be a bad call.
2 parts. That’s got me thinking. The pros are them keeping a lot more in than they have in previous films and more detail, but the con is we’d have to wait to watch the second half! I’m not so sure on how a lot of us would fare waiting at least another 6 months for the next movie. Personally, I think it’s a huge rumor that WB is going to shoot down. I don’t see how they could cut the book in half (although someone did say it would probably be after Dobby died or the whole Greyback thing). Either way, it would leave everyone hanging, and the darn non-readers would be completely confused. I’m kind of on the fence about this. I think it would keep a lot more in, but is it worth that wait? I guess since we waited years for the book, we could wait a year for the end of the movie…
Amanda, honey calm down a bit. lol, deep breaths. it’s nothing to get that upset over. We’ll have to deal with it no matter what, but I understand where you’re coming from. However, Christopher Columbus is American and Cuaron is from Mexico so they’re not worried about where the directors come from more of their skill level. WB is going to do what they want, but they’re going to try their best, just like they have with the last 5 movies. I would prefer an extremely long movie 7 (cough and movie 6 cough) but that’s probably not going to happen. Heck, if they do a 2 parter, it may not be too bad.
I think I’d rather have a two parter than a short film. Heck, if they’re going to work into putting as much detail as possible, I would settle for a two-parter. When I rewatched OotP, it kind of dragggeeeed on. I wouldn’t like a 7 hour movie, to be honest.
i dont like the idea of there being two parts but the speilburg parts a deffinant good idea. as long as the movie captures the amazment as the book did im down
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I would be all for the two part Deathly Hallows. I wonder at which part they would end the first half… Probably after Shell Cottage before all the crazy stuff happens, or maybe that’s too into the book already. Then they could make this really long movie out of the last part of the book and leave everything in…
Yay!!!! That means a very londg movienessieness! That’ll mean they’ere not going to cut a lot from the last book! Finally! But I don’t think spielberg’s quite the typr for this film…he’s more of a sci-fi person than a fantasy person. But I don’t know, cuz all of the directors up to this point are either former kids’ movie people, romance movie peoples, comedy peoples, or gritty TV-for-adults people. I’d just rather have Alfonso Cuaron or Guillermo Del Toro, and maybe (not likely) Peter jackson.
I really hope they make it 2 parts, so they can fit everything in it. I know it would be frustrating not getting to see all of it in one bit, but having more would be so worth the wait.
That sounds like a * rumour. I typed the swear word in with stars but it starts with a B if you want to know what it is.
Next it will come out saying New line will be producing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Come on there is so much you can cut from Deathly hallows it is ridiculous to think that it is going to be a two parter. Most of the book they are in a Tent. come on you are not going to need much to say they are moving around in a tent.
start off with Lord Voldemort accendant 5 mins for that, maybe 10 because they are walking. 5 mins for the departure of the Burrow they can cut Dumbledore’s Memorial and just say Daniel’s already read it.
Where are they going to cut it and make another movie, when Harry gets attacked by Nagini. Please they are just going to cut it up and leave a lot out of the movie. Spielberg going to be the next director you have got to be joking. Some one thinks it is Fred and George’s birthday I reckon.
Nope nope nope. I’m not really buying into this right now. It would seem so… odd… for WB to do this. I don’t really see the great advantage to having a two-parter- just b/c more stuff is packed in doesn’t mean that the movie will be better. But I guess two parts wouldn’t be too bad if done well…
But whyohwhy would WB ‘test out’ a new director on the FINAL film, even if it is Spielberg? I’m betting they’ll go with someone they’ve had experience with, probably Yates or Cuaron.
Besides, is the Daily Mail the one that isn’t always reliable for news?
Well, who knows- I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens. :/
Personally I do enjoy the idea of a 2-part movie… Kill Bill was split as such, though it didn’t need to be (IMO) but that it REALLY worked well and I’m so biased at this point about DH that I honestly can’t see how they’d fit that entire book into a 2 hour film.