Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Officially a Double Pay Day for WB
Warner Bros. is officially cashing in on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The L.A. Times is reporting WB and Producer David Heyman will release the seventh Potter novel in two parts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be filmed concurrently with one director.
The best news? Director David Yates will direct Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II. Yates scored with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the highest grossing film of the series after The Sorcerer’s Stone, and is currently helming The Half-Blood Prince adaptation (out in November).
As convoluted as the seventh book apparently gets (didn’t read it), The Deathly Hallows as two films may make sense. Rowling’s meandering has always been the flaw in the book series, but the streamlined film versions have given way to some of the best screen adventures of the decade. With The Deathly Hallows, Part II getting a May 2011, we’ll be able to remember 2001-2011 as the Decade of Potter. Take that Peter Jackson.
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