Great news about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!

[Jo Dawn]

It's gonna be rightly split into TWO HALVES to better tell the story. I, for one, am ecstatic!

And they shoulda made the other ones longer, too.

[Spitfire]

I heard Del Toro was going to direct it, that makes me interested.

[Jester]

Does this mean that they'll shoot the next 2(er...3) movies at the same time. And are they gonna call it "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One and Two or are they gonna come up with an arbitrary title for the 8th film?

[Roseangelo]

Neither the director or the movie being split in two is confirmed yet.

Although they really do need to split it in two. I'm still peeved about how much I disliked Order of the Phoenix.

[Jester]

I've heard that it is confirmed that deathly Hallows will be 2 parts...not sure where. I think it was CNN or Fox News.

[Roseangelo]

I would trust The Leaky Cauldron over any news site on this matter.

[cqb101]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

I heard Del Toro was going to direct it, that makes me interested.

Del Toro expressed interest in directing it if he was approached by the studio, which he has not been so far. The article about the film being split in two does mention Steven Spielberg as another possibility.

[Masked Ninja]

Huh... I actually liked Order of the Pheonix, but then again the book is my least favorite. I was probably just surprised to see that there was a story buried in there after all.

But yeah... while there is a big chunk of "nothing happens" in Deathly Hallows, it's a bit too much to try to cram into one movie, still.

[Mecha Cow]

It's for the best I guess. I wonder if they can find an appropriate climax for the first part, though.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Ehh, I'd rather they just make a really, really long single movie. No matter what they do, it's going to suck. None of them have been any good. Sure it's a good one time viewing, I always go see it in theaters because I'm a fan. But it's going to suck even if it's cut in half, especially part 1.

[Jo Dawn]

I think the other ones weren't as good as people hoped because they were so short and cut down. Alot of the best parts don't include Harry in the books.

...Though I liked the movies. They were pretty good for what they were.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

I think the other ones weren't as good as people hoped because they were so short and cut down. Alot of the best parts don't include Harry in the books.

Yes. Because they all had to be rushed and cut down, you lost a lot of the character moments, and those are the moments that make the Harry Potter books as far as I'm concerned. And, of course, there are the changes that were made for no reason at all. Those are always going to anger people who read the books.

I still think the first movie was the best so far, and I'm sticking with my bet that the 6th will be just as good. Shorter books, more contained story.

[BubblyShell22]

Wow! This is interesting news. I can't wait to see if this will happen.

[Scandia]

I would be a very happy lass if Alfonso Cuaron were to direct this movie.

And I want him to direct at least one Narnia movie. He has done such a good job with A Little Princess and Harry Potter.

[Jo Dawn]

People believe me now?

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Trust me, people. I have Potter info.

And, um... They better seriously show the Ron/Hermione stuff to make up for chopping it out of the rest of the films. I've been hearing how they like all the Harry and Hermione in the forest bits, but Ron's parts are too good to pass up. Especially with Hermione. This news gives them the chance to right (or make up for) ALMOST all wrongs done in the movie-verse storytelling. (At least, R/Hr wise... not that I'm bitter!)

But yay!

[holygrail]

Hmph - sounds like just another way for Rowlings to make herself even richer.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Originally Posted by holygrail

Hmph - sounds like just another way for Rowlings to make herself even richer.

uuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

no.

[holygrail]

Originally Posted by Mr. Snackpants

uuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

no.

Oh really?

Last I heard she was out of job, having finished the Potter books and all. I'm sure from a fanboy POV this is great news but from a business perspective, this is all about the dollars. You gotta admit, this is the perfect way to do just that.

[Roseangelo]

It's really a big win-win for everyone involved.

Yes, everyone who earns money off the movies will earn twice as much, because each half is going to earn a bazillion dollars.

And fans get to enjoy what is likely to be a much more faithful adaptation of the story than we would have gotten in one movie. I'm still pissed about how crappy movie 5 was, so if this prevents another one of those, I have no problem shelling out admission twice.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Originally Posted by holygrail

Oh really?

Last I heard she was out of job, having finished the Potter books and all. I'm sure from a fanboy POV this is great news but from a business perspective, this is all about the dollars. You gotta admit, this is the perfect way to do just that.

Yeah she's done writing Harry Potter, but that doesn't mean she's out a job. She can write other things, you know.

I really doubt she's in any financial trouble. She's made so much money of HP that I hope she's just trying to make these movies half way decent for once.