>> Deathly Hallows Split <<

[Junk Raver]

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I am a Harry Potter Uber Fan, and its just been confirmed that Book 7 will be made into 2 Films!

 

Shocker!

 

 

Quoted from a HP site:

 

It's official: Eight will be the magic number for the "Harry Potter" film franchise.

 

After months of rumors, Warner Bros. and the producers of the massively successful movies will announce Thursday that they plan to split "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," J.K. Rowling's seventh and final "Potter" novel, into two blockbuster films -- one to be released in November 2010 and the second in May 2011.

 

The films will be titled, simply, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II," according to producer David Heyman. Director David Yates, who returned for his second tour of Potter duty with "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and is quite popular with the cast, will direct both "Deathly Hallows" films, which will be filmed concurrently. Screenwriter Steve Kloves also returns and, by completion of the franchise, will have written seven of the eight films.

One devoted "Potter" reader that is especially happy to hear the news is Daniel Radcliffe, the 18-year-old actor who plays the title character in the wizardry epic.

 

Some cynics will see the move as simply doubling the box-office payday, but Radcliffe told The Times that the split is purely in service of the story.

 

"I think it's the only way you can do it without cutting out a huge portion of the book," Radcliffe said recently during a break on the set of "Half-Blood Prince," the sixth "Potter" film, which is due in theaters on Nov. 21. "There have been compartmentalized subplots in the other books that have made them easier to cut -- although those cuts were still to the horror of some fans -- but the seventh book doesn't really have any subplots. It's one driving, pounding story from the word go."

 

Producer David Heyman said the decision was made with some anxiety and only after considerable deliberations. The producer joked that "while my wife and Warner Brothers were pleased" to hear that the Potter movie magic will continue into the next decade, he himself fretted that the cynical observers would see the decision as a purely mercenary move.

 

"I swear to you it was born out of purely creative reasons," Heyman said during an interview in a converted airplane factory outside London that has been home base to all of the "Potter" productions. "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."

 

Heyman said he approached Rowling with some trepidation about the strategy but found that she signed off on its logic rather quickly. "I went to Jo and she was cool with it," Heyman said, "and that was quite a relief."

 

 

 

Now, do you think it was a Good Choice or a Bad Choice???

 

 

I have posted this here instead of in Polls, as its news related and i want a dicussion and debate, not a yes it was good, or a no its not.

 

 

My Views

 

I am very split myself. 2 Films will allow basically everything to be featured from the book, which is brilliant, but;

 

I think its to long to wait, and it may anger alot of people, or leave 'part 1' a bit lame compared to the action packed 'part 2'.

 

 

Now

 

Discuss!

[Poc]

Unless they plan to film 6 hours of content, I only see this as a way to make moar money. I'm not really a fan of the movies though.

[Slash]

What's the point of splitting it :?

 

I would rather watch it all at once =/

[Junk Raver]

So would i, i would rather personally sit for like 4-5 hours all at once then have to wait months to see the other half

 

Its a good but stupid move.

[bury the year]

I'd just read it...

[Egnio]

2 movies? Woah... The movies get worse one after each other (although the worst one was the fourth)... I don't wanna hear about the quality of those last ones...

[Flame Dragon]

I think this is a good move. This way they can get all of the book into the movie. While it might be a pain to waait (I'm also a uber Harry Potter fan, read all 7 books in 12 days) in the end we will get to see the whole book come to life and not just the parts they want because they really destroyed books 4 and 5 because they left out so much.

[Careless Whisper]

hmm, Seems like it would be a cool idea, but waiting that long for part 2 is just a sore-in-the-mind. I'd be happy to sit for 4-6 hours watching a movie, heck,I'd do that like 3 times...If it means passing by the time...

[RiffMaster Alex]

The books were better than the movies by far, however they are still good. Personally, I don't want to wait that long. :p

[HORUS]

Thats kinda weird.

 

 

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[JesusofChaos™]

Personally i think after book 2 harry potter has failed majorly you can always tell whats going to happen. The only reason i watch the films is emma watson =)

[Yaden Yuki]

first wow DJ i didn't know you are a uber harry potter fan to now to the topic

like you said if they split it they can feature almost everything that happens so that idea is good and not like 4th or 5th movie they missed alot of things

[Kizzi]

Yes, it will let them fill ALL OF the movie, with ALL OF the book, giving them ALL OF the money. Though, I'm glad things aren't going to be cut out. =]

[HMNISGwahahaha]

Wow, looks like they learned their lesson with films 4 and 5... A lot of people say that the first 3 films are better than the latter 2

[tallman95]

I do think that's a stupid move. I mean I'm an uber harry potter fan too. I just don't see the point in it and like Dj said I would rather sit there for 4-5 hours to watch a movie instead of waitibg months to see how it ends.

[Guest King of Games]

To me, it depends on where they end part I and start part II. Hopefully a conclusive scene. Also they should definitely release the DVDs as a box set/put both movies together, one after the other, on same disc.

A little off topic, A lot of people think i look like Potter/Radcliff

[casaditymaker]

That's pretty cool, since I am a HUGE fan of HP :P

[Junk Raver]

I think it maybe good now, but yes as someone said, i wonder where they will split it.

[Mad Hopz]

So here's probably how it went down:

 

JK Rowling gets call from the director saying: "We've been thinking about splitting the 7th book into 2 movies, what do you think?"

 

Rowling: "Bloody Hell. It's double the income, let's get to it!"

 

I personally think they should put the 6 hours of content into one film. That means more popcorn in one movie! :D

[Junk Raver]

For little children it would be annoying to sit for hours on end, but for everyone else i dont think we would care.

 

I have sat through the extended version of 1 of the LOTR's films which was like 3 and a half hours, and i was fine, 4 hours, even 4 and a half wouldnt annoy me.

[King of Games]

For the DVD version, i think people should be able to watch the movies as one, 4+ hour, experience.

[Junk Raver]

Yes, i think for the DVD it should be like the extended version of LOTR's, however

 

If they both come out together its gonna be a long time before 'part 1' is finally released.

[God GAK]

Oh boy, it would be better if we waited longer and watch both films in 2 different parts. like, deathly hallows part 1 and after 2 hours for example you watch part 2

[Cyber Altair]

i hate the movies, they lack the details that you get when reading the book, i personally dont watch the movie so i wouldn't care. read the book, dont wait.

[cyberdude]

this isnt about making more money the harry potter franchise does that well this is about the fact that you cant cut out anything from DH and it still make sense