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Brian Damage · 03-12-2008, 09:51 PM

Harry Potter fans rejoice! Warner Bros is expected to officially announce plans to release the adaptation of the last and final Harry Potter book, split into two separate films. This makes more than perfect sense considering the 36 chapter plus epilogue book is a whopping 759 pages long. Fans have complained that the last two movies which suffered from plot compression. That’s probably because to hardcover releases of Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix ranged from 734 to 896 pages in length.

Warner Bros will release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I in November 2010, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II six months later in May 2011. Both of the movies will be filmed concurrently. Screenwriter Steve Kloves, who wrote five of the fix films, is hard at work on both screenplays. Director David Yates, who directed both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince (which began production in September) has already signed on for both sequels. Producer David Heyman explained to the LA Times:

“I swear to you it was born out of purely creative reasons. Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book. You can remove scenes of Ron playing quidditch from the fifth book, and you can remove Hermione and S.P.E.W. [Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare] and those subplots . . . but with the seventh, that can’t be done.” “The question will be, where do you break it? And how do you make them one but two separate and distinct stories? Do you break it with a moment of suspense or one of resolution? These are the interesting challenges. But each book has presented its challenges.”

comedyfreak · 03-13-2008, 04:30 AM

I figured they would do this.

Why not just do one four hour movie so we don't have to wait longer for the series to finish.

Mikado · 03-13-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I figured they would do this.

Why not just do one four hour movie so we don't have to wait longer for the series to finish.

How many 8-12 year olds would watch a 4 hour movie in one sitting?

Dean Winchester · 03-13-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

How many 8-12 year olds would watch a 4 hour movie in one sitting?

Harry Potter's not really kid-oriented anymore. It was in the first two movies, but I'd say at this point, it's mainly adults who are into the films. Goblet Of Fire and Order Of The Phoenix were PG-13, the characters have grown up and it's now more popular with the adult crowd whose into sci-fi/fantasy type movies, at least that I've noticed. It's more the Star Wars/LOTR crowd who is into HP in 2008 compared to in 2001 when it was eight year olds.

comedyfreak · 03-14-2008, 03:57 AM

Well stated Dean, it's more adults who watch now.

RoryGilmore · 03-15-2008, 10:29 PM

and teenagers like myself who were 9 when we read the first book

I heard they were doing this with book six but it makes so much more sense to do it with book seven..If I were them i would release both DVD's together though

03-12-2008, 09:51 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to be Split into Two Movies Harry Potter fans rejoice! Warner Bros is expected to officially announce plans to release the adaptation of the last and final Harry Potter book, split into two separate films. This makes more than perfect sense considering the 36 chapter plus epilogue book is a whopping 759 pages long. Fans have complained that the last two movies which suffered from plot compression. That’s probably because to hardcover releases of Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix ranged from 734 to 896 pages in length. Warner Bros will release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I in November 2010, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II six months later in May 2011. Both of the movies will be filmed concurrently. Screenwriter Steve Kloves, who wrote five of the fix films, is hard at work on both screenplays. Director David Yates, who directed both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince (which began production in September) has already signed on for both sequels. Producer David Heyman explained to the LA Times: “I swear to you it was born out of purely creative reasons. Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book. You can remove scenes of Ron playing quidditch from the fifth book, and you can remove Hermione and S.P.E.W. [Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare] and those subplots . . . but with the seventh, that can’t be done.” “The question will be, where do you break it? And how do you make them one but two separate and distinct stories? Do you break it with a moment of suspense or one of resolution? These are the interesting challenges. But each book has presented its challenges.”
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03-14-2008, 03:57 AM	#5
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