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Indeed a very good decision, for a change.

From the early beginning, I was utterly dissatisfied with changes that happened on the director position in the Harry Potter movies. Although I thoroughly respect all four directors that have so far been chosen for the mission of directing, I thought that for the series’ sake, one director should have been selected to direct all seven movies and create one whole plot, such as the case with Rowling – ahem, ahem – and the books.

He gets to ruin the 5th, 6th and now the 7th?

I hear Tim Burton is a very good director. whistles

Few thoughts:

1. It always made sense to me that the director of the 6th is best suited to be director of the 7th (despite the fact he also did 5).

2. The director has some sway in the decision to do 2 movies or 1. I hope the fact that Yates has done two already when he takes up 7 means he is still willing to do two parts. They can be filmed at the same time (as thats the logical thing to do)

3. I think hes a great director, though there is a little bit of me that wishes the 7th film had a fresh director…I’ll see how I feel after watching HBP

well I’ll be happy if that’s true. I’m happy with Yates or Cuaron.

But please can we have a 4 hour film (as one film with interval), so that we don’t have to see too many cuts or rushing from scene to scene?

Excellent news – now someone lock Steve Kloves in a well stocked cupboard for the next couple of years and get Michael Goldenberg to write the screenplay!

another plus of Yates is that he does a good job with the acting and the actors seem to like working with him. That’s a major plus in my view.

Jason, I just want to let you know that actually the director has most of the say in what gets cut and what doesn’t. My dad is a producer, and though not for anything even nearly as big as HP, I’ve been to a lot of movie sets and seen how things tend to work behind the scenes. If the director doesn’t like the way something sounds or ends, they usually have the right to change it. They can also request certain scenes to be written to specifically fit the director’s vision. Like in the third movie, I can guarantee that the writer didn’t write in the talking heads, but that they were added at Alfonso’s request. I hate when people blame the writer for things, when the director is the one who put it in the finished movie 99% of the time. Of course it could be different for the HP movies… but I doubt it.

So anyways, I’d be very happy if Yates returned, I think he did the best job by far condensing the longest book into the best movie. People who still want Alfonso to return need to look at the facts, the 3rd movie made almost 100 MILLION dollars less than the second least-grossing HP film. I don’t know about anyone else, but 100 million dollars is A LOT of money. People blamed the length of the book, and again the writer, for all the cuts that he made, but since the writer was the same for the first four movies, and since the actors were for the most part, the same, then the only thing that changed was the director. So I think the decrease in profit should weigh 100% on the director, and he should not be allowed to return. If you watch the behind the scenes interviews, he seems way too full of himself… which is enough of a reason for me to not want him back.

Congrats David Yates if this is true!!

I think Yates did a good job. I finally felt that there was real acting in the scenes rather than a bunch of type-cast people playing themselves (with some exceptions of course). In spite of the short length, Michael Goldenberg did a GREAT job staying true to text rather than changing which characters delivered lines and adding in a bunch of crap that wasn’t in the story. I also like how he incorporated plot points like Neville’s parents into the script when the overall scene had to be cut.

I did think OotP would have been difficult to follow if one was not familiar with the books and it’s shortened length didn’t really give me the feeling of the drawn out torture and angst felt by Harry throughout the book.

I really, really, really hope this is just a rumor!!! Or it would be three movies screwed…........

I hope WB waits to see what HBP looks like before giving the DH reins to Yates. OoTP was a decent film but extremly underacheived in the screenwirting and the finished product imo. it was very disappointing after all the build-up to it and the only HP film I feel about this way. The acting and cinematography was great but that was about it.

I can only hope that this is true. After helming two films, WB obviously has faith in him and his abilities. He loves this story and gives it the spirit that it needs to survive as a respectable medium of the books. :)

While this is still very much a rumor, given that it came from Lois Lowry and that “The Giver” has been planned and delayed for quite some time, it adds some credibility to it. Would I say this is official confirmation that Yates is doing Deathly Hallows? No, but keep in mind, he could stay on as a producer if he left the directorship.

I cannot say that I am entirely pleased with this news. I do not regard him as a good director, though I am supportive of those who may disagree with me. I merely think that we should find a director who puts more artistic flair into his work for the last installment. I would love to see Alfonso Cuaron come back, or G. Del Toro (although his involvement with the Harry Potter movies was only a rumor). If you’ve ever seen Pan’s Labyrinth, with which both Cuaron and Del Toro where both involved, in my opinion it screams Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. David Yates, in my opinion, did not do the Order of the Phoenix justice, and instead might’ve confused those who do not read the books. I should hope that a more qualified, artistic director will direct the Deathly Hallows, instead of David Yates.

Seriously, No.

I hope they are still undecided – OOTP was good b/c it was a HP film but I can honestly say that as things began to get more serious (in the series) Alfonso Cuaron did the best job as director. I just don’t think DY is the right choice, period.

Sorry!

oh my…’The Giver’ as a movie better be perfect. It is my favorite book of all time, and Lois Lowry is a gift to the authoring gods. All of her books are amazing and among her start were the Anastasia Krumpnik books…mmm, a story about a young girl growing up…sounds similar to a start of someone else I love and was a gift to those same gods.

IMO the worst HP film was GOF. It was chopped up and if you didnt read the books you had no idea what was going on, and they cut important stuff out of it! I had a horrible time watching it in theaters just because I was the only one in the group of people who went together and they kept asking me “what the heck is going on?”, “Who is that?”, What does he mean I can touch you now?”.

Besided the fact that I agree OOTP should have been a half hour to an hour longer, I think Yates did a decent job. We’ll see now after he had his experience with OOTP how HBP will come out. As long as DH is long and nothing is cut out from the book, they can tie up loose ends that they’ve lost in previous movies, and done in a way that someone outside of reading the books can understand whats going on, Im all for Yates to direct it.

Tim Burton is a fantastic director and I agree he would do a great job if he had the opportunity to do DH but hopefully they dont come to a final decision until after HBP is complete.

I wouldn’t mind if Yates stays but…....I want Alfonso Cauron!!!! And to all those who are against Kloves-I think he’s great…come on….Goldenberg…he ruined the story!!! Harry/ Cho relationship-completely different from the book!

back to director…Yates is ok. but I feel sorry for all film fans that didn’t read the book. They couldn’t get it! Film is brilliant but so different from the book. I want Alfonso!

but who ever will be…we’re going to see the film because we love the story!!!! THANK YOU J.K.ROWLING. GO ALFONSO!

O YEAH…p.s. I want 2-parts DH film. But in the same time!!!! maybe second film one week after first film!

please please please please please please please please please please?

the giver can wait. let kids read the book!!

How sad and disappointing.

The gasp that comes with big news escaped my mouth before I saw that freakin’ question mark.

Even so…I think it would be amazing if Yates directed again! More importantly, though, I want Goldberg back to write.