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by Amy Judd | March 12, 2008 at 07:14 pm
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LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he'll star in eight films. The final book in the wildly successful series will be made into two films, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Producers are expected to announce Thursday that J.K. Rowling's last "Potter" installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be split into two parts on the big screen. The first film is slated for release in November 2010, with part two following in May 2011.
"It was born out of purely creative reasons," producer David Heyman told the Times. "Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book."
The two final "Potter" films will be shot concurrently, much like the blockbuster trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings."
Another famous Tolkien tome, "The Hobbit," is also being split into two live-action movies set for back-to-back shooting to begin next year.
Filming on the sixth "Potter" flick, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," began in September.
"It's been brilliant," said star Daniel Radcliffe. "It's also, I think, the funniest of the films so far."
The "Potter" film franchise has pulled in $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office.
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Amy Judd
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at 04:13 on June 9th, 2009
I was very disappointed in the movie's "Prisoner of Azkaban", which was chopped up so badly in order to fit it in the time alloted, that the people I went to the movies with, who had not read the book, could not even follow it; how sad!
I was also extremely disappointed in the "Goblet of Fire" because the book was totally awesome, but once again they chopped it up to fit it into the time frame alloted for a movie.
"The Order of the Phoenix, however was better than the book in my opinion, as the book dragged on and became tiresome, the movie however kept you glued to your seat.
The first two movies and books were great in my opinion.
I'm hoping someday, someone will remake all of the books in computer animatiom and leave out nothing. I say computer animation because the special affects could be that much better, and these books are just too good. They deserve only the very best for the world to share now and for future generations.
at 04:16 on June 9th, 2009
I am eagerly awaiting the movies and the books
at 15:32 on July 8th, 2009
I hope very very very much that the Deathly Hallows is not in 2 films. That would ruin it completely and would practiclly give them rights to change it even more.
Is there ANY proof?