Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows wll be 2 movies

[neocisco]

I'm surprised they didn't do this with the most recent movie since the book was so long. It's especially surprising since they could have essentially doubled the box office off of one book. WB is regretting not doing this sooner, I'd bet. Of course Daniel Radcliffe would probably be 25 by the last movie if they did.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982303.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Warner Bros. will split the last "Harry Potter" tome into a two-part film, with the installments unspooling six months apart.David Yates will direct and Steve Kloves will write both parts, which will be filmed concurrently.
Part one of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will bow in November 2010, with the second to debut the following May.
The unusual "Kill Bill" strategy solves a thorny problem for the studio, which had been wrestling with a way to adapt J.K. Rowling's hefty tome and successfully conclude its lucrative franchise, which has generated $4.5 billion at the worldwide B.O. It's not yet clear exactly how studio will split the 784-page book, however.
Warner Bros. prexy Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov, prexy of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, are expected to discuss their plans for "Deathly Hallows" during the studio's ShoWest presentation at 2:45 p.m. today.
"Deathly Hallows," the seventh in the series, is weighty in more ways than one: The boy wizard and his pals battle archnemesis Voldemort to the death. Tome sold a record 11 million copies during the first 24 hours after it hit bookshelves last July.
The sixth movie in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," debuts on the bigscreen in November. It is also being directed by Yates, who helmed the fifth installment, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Kloves has also been a steady presence for the franchise; he will have written seven of the eight adaptations, having missed only "Order of the Phoenix."
David Heyman has served as producer on the entire series, which last year surpassed James Bond as the top-grossing film franchise (Daily Variety, Sept. 11). Franchise has also proved lucrative on DVD and in other ancillary markets; among other ventures, Warner and Universal have partnered on a theme park attraction devoted to "Potter."

 

[Liquid 2]

Not gonna end well.

 

[SpottedNigel]

Been wanting them to do this with the last two books worth of stories, but it REALLY makes sense with this last book (insert jokes about sitting in a tent here)

 

[Ikohn4ever]

good hopefully no half assed movies

 

[Will]

I dont have the patiences for the books so its good I dont know what Im missing but from what my gf tells me, theres no way they can do the last movie "right" unless they break it off into 2 parts.

 

[ph33r m3]

I thought the last book blew ass, which sucked since Half-Blooded Prince was money.

 

[Moxio]

Interesting.

 

[coolsteel]

I don't know about this one, honestly first half of the book was pretty boring. Translated into a movie I guess it will be good for a nap

 

[ryan838]

[quote name='coolsteel']I don't know about this one, honestly first half of the book was pretty boring. Translated into a movie I guess it will be good for a nap[/QUOTE]

its been a while since i read it but wasn't the first half them running around from fake camp to camp? i love harry potter and the first 2 movies were good since they were pretty true to the book. after that it went down hill. regardless ill still see them.

 

[lordxixor101]

This doesn't surprise me one bit. The book is rather complex, and to get everything into a 2 hour movie would be nearly impossible. Not only that, but this will be the last movie (at least for quite awhile) of the franchise, so it helps to extend it. I'm just hoping we don't have the 18 month wait in between, hopefully one comes out in June and then one for Christmas (or some arrangement like that).

In some ways, I really want to see everything get made. I still think you could set an interesting tv show in the HP universe (with new characters or even some existing ones) and I think any really good HP video games will come after the movies are all out (the best star war games aren't based on any singular movie). So, I think the franchise can get better once everything is out.

 

[Nirvanaguy777]

I wonder how they are going to divide it up...very interesting.

 

[johnnypark]

This is fantastic. Maybe they won't actually ruin the story by rushing through everything and ignoring subplots.

 

[lokizz]

[quote name='SpottedNigel']Been wanting them to do this with the last two books worth of stories, but it REALLY makes sense with this last book (insert jokes about sitting in a tent here)[/quote]


yeah same here book 1 and 2 were the only ones that could be done in one film competently and even the second film needed more time. if anything when the movies are alll done im hoping they give the books the tv movie treatment. it make for an amazing tv event because alot fo what made the books got cut in the films and too youd be able to see the kids age properly. itd just ke a massive committment and bankroll to make it happen.