A follow up today regarding the rumor on a possible two part film of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.Empire magazine is reporting WB told them “no decision has been made about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Also, Empire states Steven Kloves will be back as screenwriter for the final Harry Potter movie, as they say he “hasn’t starting writing the script yet, since the WGA strike prevents him from doing so.” One final note: We are still trying to obtain more on the director rumor for “Deathly Hallows”, and we will update with more on this when we can. Thanks adrian, katy, and d!
The people that ruined these movies are the directors of the 3rd 4th and 5th films. The first two movies were awesome! Nothing would make me happier than if Chris Columbus was hired to direct the last movie. The 4th through 7th movies all should have been made into two part movies, one released in the summer, one in the winter. It would have been perfect, plus they would have been able to have all the other parts of the the books that they cut out that NEEDED to be in the films. I can’t for the year 2040 when they decide to remake all of these movies and actually make them well and as long as they need to be. True Harry Potter fans wouldn’t mind a 10 hour film version of OotP or HBP.
The people that ruined these movies are the directors of the 3rd 4th and 5th films. The first two movies were awesome! Nothing would make me happier than if Chris Columbus was hired to direct the last movie. The 4th through 7th movies all should have been made into two part movies, one released in the summer, one in the winter. It would have been perfect, plus they would have been able to have all the other parts of the the books that they cut out that NEEDED to be in the films. I can’t wait for the year 2040 when they decide to remake all of these movies and actually make them well and as long as they need to be. True Harry Potter fans wouldn’t mind a 10 hour film version of OotP or HBP.
I guess I am in the minority mostly in thinking that a two-parter for DH would be great. I love to see the films in the theater, but it’s the reviewing at home that I spend most of my time with. Ten years from now, when I have my HP weekends, I would rather watch 8 movies that include everything from DH instead of 7 with half of it cut out. I prefer to think long term.
A two-parter for DH would be alright. It would be both good and bad. Hiring Steve Kloves again would be mostly just straight out bad. He’s just not a good writer. Michael Goldenberg really ought to come back. I sound like a broken record I guess. Repeating everything. But seriously, Goldenberg’s script was so much better than Kloves’s. And if Chris Columbus came back… I don’t know if I’d watch it. Columbus wouldn’t be able to handle the dark meat of the story of DH. Columbus would… ugh. Columbus is just bad. I think Guillermo Del Toro would be good. Although he’s not great with actors in my opinion. I’d love David Yates to do the last one, if it was someone who has done it already. Just not Columbus, and not Newell. And if they get another new one, not Spielberg. If Spielberg did it. Oh dear. Voldemort and Harry would like shake hands in the end and say something like “I’m sorry, I was so mean to everyone. Let’s be friends.” No Spielberg!
Yes, please. A two part movie. One cinema could play part one and, another, next to it, could play part two. This way, one could watch part one and see part two at one’s convenience. The same day, the next day, the next week, etc.
One should not be obsessed with adapting a voluminous book with one film, as has been the case with book four…
My local news is reporting it as a sure thing that DH will bea 2 part movie. But Lexington isn’t the most exciting of towns, nor the most accurate. At this point the only “nitpicky fanish” thing I despretly want is Molly and Bellatrix their duel and Molly’s line. Something that would be nice and most likey won’t make it is Molly giving Harry the watch for his birthday. To me it’s rather significant about how he’s been welcome as a part of their family and brings him closer to Ron. Without the people who love him and who he loves and cares for he would not be able to be victorious.
I am very afriad they won’t kill off Fred in the movie, Teddy probably won’t exsist and Lupin and Tonks will live happily ever after along with the trio and D.A. all with thier mates in a sugar coated world where Voldemort doesn’t die but gets sent off to azkaban (the new, humane azkaban with no dementors and only wizard guards)
NOT KLOVES!!!!!!!!!!! He’s gonna make it the Harry/Hermione show! He’ll make Ron seem like the wimp HE IS NOT! In DH he is just as brave and chivalrous (most of the time) as Harry. And now Klove is gonna stuff him up! I’m really worried for DH, first they say they might have it as two movies, whic is just WRONG, and now KLOVES is back!Let’s just hope we get a good director (Del toro).
I’m worried for DH, really worried
**Oh and stuff the writers strike, looks like it’s gonna affect DH!
Posted by HP & HSM Fanatic on January 15, 2008, 12:19 AM
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oh, let’s face it folks, we only know two things for certain about the film version of DH:
Quite seriously, hearing that Steven Kloves is back is the worst news of this day.
And I’ve had a crappy day.
Everyone, you can wave goodbye to a true, honest presentation of Deathly Hallows. Hooray whiny Ron, Hooray SUPERFAB Hermione, Hooray bitchy Harry! I’ve missed you so!
If David Heyman approves a two-part film and gives us Hogwarts Reloaded and Hogwarts Revolutions, just to squeeze every last drop of cash out of moviegoers, his reputation will go into the same bad place that Joel Silver (Matrix) and the Weinstein Brothers (Kill Bill) have fallen into. No director worth the name needs more than three hours to put Deathly Hallows on screen. No way am I paying to see Harry Potter: The First Camping Trip and Harry Potter: The Final Camping Trip months or years later.
Jo Rowling herself says the books could be cut. Maybe that’s going to offend the fandom cult too. The films are an opportunity to improve on the books and we’re lucky to have them. Kloves pretty obviously knows how to make a screenplay work and in filmmaking, that’s all that matters.
To the army of people driving themselves crazy over “Super Hermione” and “Movie Ron”, please try to get worked up about something that actually exists and matters. If you’re so desperate to see Buck-toothed Hermione and Serious, Handsome Heroic Ron starring in your imaginary Potter world, go borrow a camera and make your own, because nobody else will want to watch.
The people that ruined these movies are the directors of the 3rd 4th and 5th films. The first two movies were awesome! Nothing would make me happier than if Chris Columbus was hired to direct the last movie. The 4th through 7th movies all should have been made into two part movies, one released in the summer, one in the winter. It would have been perfect, plus they would have been able to have all the other parts of the the books that they cut out that NEEDED to be in the films. I can’t for the year 2040 when they decide to remake all of these movies and actually make them well and as long as they need to be. True Harry Potter fans wouldn’t mind a 10 hour film version of OotP or HBP.