Dark Horizons has some quite

Dark Horizons has some quite interesting news about future movies – including that Book 3 is currently being transformed into a screenplay and official (though second-hand) word that Book 4 is being considered for 2 movies due to it’s length. Maybe we’ll get back into the realm of the double-feature 😉

Harry Potter 2-4: ‘Raven’ has this update from a top Warners guy about the fate of the Potter sequels:

“Warner Bros. President and CEO Alan Horn dropped by a UCSB film studies class, which focuses on different aspects of the entertainment industry and brings in guests with different roles in television and movie-making to come in and speak about his or her profession and Hollywood in general. Before Horn was interviewed by the professor, we were treated to various trailers of films to be released by the studio, which included the trailer for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” What took me by surprise was that this particular trailer was extended: the scenes included in the original trailer are the same but just longer because more dialogue and shots were thrown in, cuts from a few new scenes were added (my favorite – Harry and Ron playing a game of chess in the Gryffindor den with Ron’s magical chess set – simply awesome!), and some new shots had rough animation in place of the computer-animated special effects. This is because even though the film is due out in a month, some of the special effects are not completed.

More info about “Harry Potter” was revealed during the Q&A session. They are in the process of shooting the second installment of the series and the screenplay for third is currently being written, all so that the child actors can “age appropriately.” Due to its length, the fourth novel, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” is under consideration to be adapted into a two-part film.

As for the rumor that Steven Spielberg is directing the third film, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” Horn was quick to respond, “Not true.” As you all know, Spielberg was offered the first film but passed on it, although he believed the third to be the most cinematic. Horn says that after Steven passed on the first and it came together under a different director and a different vision, a certain kind of “process” in making the Harry Potter project was developed, a process that Horn prefers.

In conclusion, I have no idea if the trailer we saw is going to be released once the special effects are done. Hopefully it will, because the new material is stunning.”