Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Highly unlikely

A link on BuzzSugar took me to this article:

"Harry Potter fans are set to get a double treat in the film of the final story – and movie makers are set to double their money.

Crew working on the sixth Potter film, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, have been told J.K. Rowling's seventh novel, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, will be released in two halves.

For film-makers Warner Bros, whose first five Potter films have made £2.5billion in box office receipts – more than any other movie series – it could mean a £500million bonus in ticket sales.

But sources insist the reason behind the two-movie plan is artistic rather than financial.

The books got progressively longer – the first, the Philosopher's Stone, had 223 pages while Deathly Hallows has 776 – and fans have complained chunks of later novels have been left out of films.

A film source said: "There's so much to fit that the view is the last movie should be in two halves. There is a huge battle when Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, takes on Voldemort that needs to be done really well."

And Ms Rowling points out on her website: "It is simply impossible to incorporate every storyline into a film under four hours long."

At Warner Bros, who are rumoured to be thinking of Oscars and a big-name director such as Steven Spielberg for the final film, a spokesman said:

"People are discussing all possibilities.""

I highly doubt this will happen--and please, if they can turn a Tolkien novel into a reasonable film, they can handle Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Making this into two movies would be totally stupid. Where would they cut it off? There's no great stopping point in the middle. And would the second movie just be a great big fight scene?

4:37 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

stupidest idea ever

2:10 PM

 

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