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Posted: Mar 12 2008, 06:31 PM

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From danradcliffe.com:

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According to this article in the Los Angeles Times, it is now confirmed that the much anticipated screen adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be split in two, with the first part scheduled for release in theatres in November 2010, and the second in May 2011. The Times also confirmed that David Yates will return to direct both parts, which will be filmed at the same time. The idea certainly seems to appeal to Dan, who had this to say on the subject

"I think it's the only way you can do it without cutting out a huge portion of the book. There have been compartmentalized subplots in the other books that have made them easier to cut -- although those cuts were still to the horror of some fans -- but the seventh book doesn't really have any subplots. It's one driving, pounding story from the word go."

From mugglenet:

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Deathly Hallows split confirmed, David Yates to direct

Producer David Heyman said the decision was made with some anxiety and only after considerable deliberations. The producer joked that "while my wife and Warner Brothers were pleased" to hear that the Potter movie magic will continue into the next decade, he himself fretted that the cynical observers would see the decision as a purely mercenary move.

"I swear to you it was born out of purely creative reasons," Heyman said during an interview in a converted airplane factory outside London that has been home base to all of the "Potter" productions. "Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book. You can remove scenes of Ron playing quidditch from the fifth book, and you can remove Hermione and S.P.E.W. [Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare] and those subplots . . . but with the seventh, that can't be done."

Heyman said he approached Rowling with some trepidation about the strategy but found that she signed off on its logic rather quickly. "I went to Jo and she was cool with it," Heyman said, "and that was quite a relief."

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