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David Yates Returning for Harry Potter 7?

Source:Lois Lowry

February 20, 2008

Children's and young adult author Lois Lowry says on her official Blog that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince director David Yates will be returning to helm the seventh and last film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

Bad news from The Giver Movie front. David Yates, the director currently working on the next Harry Potter film, was supposed to begin The Giver film next. But he has just decided he wants to do the final Harry Potter first, thereby postponing The Giver by several years. Maybe the opening of this film could be held simultaneously with my celebration-of-life service after I succumb to old age? Or the producers will decide to get a different director. Stand by. But without holding your breath.

It hasn't been officially confirmed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which is planning a 2010 release date for the film.

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COMMENTS (106)

Posted by:

Brian

February 20, 2008

considering the amazing job he did on Order of the Phoenix, this is AWESOME news

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February 20, 2008

This guy sucks

Posted by:

andy

February 20, 2008

you kidding me? OOTP sucked! i hated yates on the helm...i say del toro

Posted by:

Edward Lee

February 20, 2008

I say let's get a fresh take on Harry Potter and bring in Woody Allen to direct.

Posted by:

jay

February 20, 2008

well, i don't really think OOTP sucked, it was entertaining, but i do prefer del toto coming back for the last film, the third one was very cool

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Davey

February 20, 2008

Woody Allen?....lol...great comment Edward Lee...lol

Posted by:

DoYourResearchJay

February 20, 2008

Guillermo del Toro did not direct the third film, Alfonso Cuarón did.

As for yates, i really enjoyed order, i felt it was the first film that gave the potter universe it's own voice as opposed to taking from other movies. Cuarón certainly tried his best to do this too and succeeded for the most part but had too much studio pressure to do what he wanted to which, in the end, kept the movie from being as good as it could have been

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Jonathan D.

February 20, 2008

Del Toro didn't direct the third film... or any of them. He was going to direct the 7th but he is directing The Hobbit instead. Alfonso Cuarón directed the third film.

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David

February 20, 2008

David Yates was responsible for directing what I believe was the worst of the Harry Potter films. There's no way he could handle a film on the scale of "Deathly Hallows". Somebody really experienced and talented with big-scale productions should direct, and I'm not afraid to throw out a name like Steven Spielberg. Del Toro would be great too, but his plate looks pretty full for the next few years. It shouldn't be anyone who directed any of the Potter films, but somebody who can bring something new yet connected to the franchise. And also Nicholas Hooper should never score another Potter film.

Posted by:

Hughezy

February 20, 2008

i thought that Harry Potter 5 was crap, it was really boring. They should get the guy who did Harry Potter 4 back, i thought that one was really great.