Harry Potter 7 to be split into 2 films.

[DiBiase is Good]

Yep, it seems the rumours are true.
Both parts are being directed by David Yates (who directed parts 5 & the upcoming part 6).
So, a blatant attempt by Warner Bros. to make more money or considering the size of the book the only way they could fit it all in?

Here's the article


And please. NO SPOILERS.

[Dave the Dave]

So they want to giant opening weekends?

Not a bad idea as it will make a fortune twice instead of once.

[Push R Truth]

This completely reeks of being a money grab. Lame.


If they stay true to the story and do what they say, good for them.



But I distrust about everything from the movie industry when it comes to "sticking to the source material"

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

pushvalvenis said:

This completely reeks of being a money grab. Lame.


If they stay true to the story and do what they say, good for them.



But I distrust about everything from the movie industry when it comes to "sticking to the source material"

Actually, this isn't really money grabbing. It is listening to the fans. The fans of the books have said that since book 3 became a movie that they needed at least two films to tell each book because they were too big for one film, if they were to include ALL the plotpoints, both major and minor, as every plotpoint and detail in the books became important at some point.

[Dr. T is an alien]

They should have been doing this since the first time they considered it (GOF).

[comahan]

Good. Nothing big will be left out now.

I was thinking the whole Hogwarts part of the book was going to be butchered by time restraints. No way in hell you fit Deathly Hallows into a 2 hour format without leaving out a ton of stuff.

[Erik Majorwitz]

This proves J.K. Rowling is a greedy bitch.

[comahan]

y2ejm said:

This proves J.K. Rowling is a greedy bitch.

Right..

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

There is no where they could condense Deathly Hallows into one movie, even at a run time of 2.5-3 hours.

More so than any of the other books, every little bit of the book is important, and it needs 4 hours or more for sure

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

muskrat said:

There is no where they could condense Deathly Hallows into one movie, even at a run time of 2.5-3 hours.

More so than any of the other books, every little bit of the book is important, and it needs 4 hours or more for sure

Only problem is, a decent chunk of all those important details in the 7th book were cut from the films of the books they appeared in....

[machinegun]

Sounds good.

Can't wait for both of them

[Steve Corino Mark]

I don't like how long you have to wait between the films. Five months in between films, and it takes a little longer than that for DVD's to be released. I think they should release part one in November, and part two in January.

[Bo Rida]

Sounds good as long as it means the 6th book gets cut down to a hour long TV special.
It's basically a few flashbacks and some action at the end so I really can't see it filling even an hour and a half without a lot of boring padding.

[Next Level was WRONG]

muskrat said:

There is no where they could condense Deathly Hallows into one movie, even at a run time of 2.5-3 hours.

Not even if they made the actors talk really fast?

[Hensley]

I think the last Potter film I watched in full was the third one. Maybe the fourth. I'm not sure. I know haven't read the last one.

[Bang Bang Bart]

A good decision. Better to split it into two separate films, than to cram everything into one film, either being too long, or leaving out too much.

[Deleted]

Good move.

[Sir Woodrow]

dibiaseisgood said:

NO SPOILERS.

Not even the fact Hermoine's a dude?