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One of the interesting things about the Harry Potter films has been the way the series has grown and evolved through its direction by several different directors: Alfonso Cuaron in Prisoner of Azkaban, Mike Newell in Goblet of Fire, and David Yates in last summer's Order of the Phoenix. (Chris Columbus did a workmanlike but less inspired job when he directed the first two Potter films, Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets.) Producer David Heyman and the Potter cast and crew seemed to have really hit it off with Mr. Yates, because he was also asked to direct the sixth film, Half-Blood Prince, now in production. HBP also marks the return of screenwriter Steve Kloves, a native Texan, to the Potter series. (He skipped writing OoP in order to work on his own film project, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.) There has been much speculation about who would direct the film of author J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Potter book, Deathly Hallows. Rumors flew: Would Mr. Cuaron come back? Would superstar director Steven Spielberg perhaps take the helm? Mr. Heyman and Warner Bros. aren't talking. Yet. But a nugget of news arrived from a most unlikely source: the blog of Lois Lowry, another well-known children's author. Ms. Lowry wrote The Giver, a Newbery Award-winning book that is expected to become a movie. But, as she posted on her blog a couple of days ago: 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. Well, Ms. Lowry soon found out what the Internet is all about when her little bit of "non-news" (as she called it) created a "tsunami" of interest. Today she writes that she sent an apology to the producer, and it was graciously accepted. We'll see whether Mr. Heyman, Mr. Yates and Warner Bros. decide to confirm or deny this bit of information. Our guess is that all we'll get is a non-committal "No comment." |
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Posted by Vogmuggle @ 1:46 PM Fri, Feb 22, 2008
I enjoyed Cuaron's work the most; I thought he brought out the darkness without making it too foreboding for the anklebiters. Columbus' style puts me to sleep, so I'll be happy as long as they stay away from him. Of course, I am not the target Potter audience.