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Mar 13, 2008 -
It was a rumor before, and now it's confirmed: the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is to be made into two separate films: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The films are set to be released in November 2010 and May 2011.
The movies will be shot back-to-back and will be directed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince director David Yates.
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Jan 14, 2008 -
It's nothing officially official yet, but word from UK source The Mail on Sunday is that the seventh and last Harry Potter book will turn into two movies instead of one. While the obvious reason for this would be that Warner Bros. stands to make even more gazillions of dollars with a Harry Potter 7 and a Harry Potter 8, the article claims that "sources insist the reason behind the two-movie plan is artistic rather than financial."
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Jul 30, 2007 -
Aside from J.K. Rowling, I'm pretty sure nobody on earth is more intimately involved in the story of Harry Potter than Daniel Radcliffe, who has been playing Potter in the movies since age 11. Can you imagine reading the conclusion of a story starring a character you alone brought to life onscreen?
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Jul 27, 2007 -
Recently J.K. Rowling talked to Meredith Veira on "TODAY" in her first interview since the release of her seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. According to Rowling, she left the epilogue purposely vague, though in the interview she revealed details left out of the epilogue that many readers were dying to know.
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Jul 24, 2007 -
Now, I love movies a whole lot, but this news still made me smile: In a rare occurrence of a literary work outselling a hit movie, the revenue generated by J.K. Rowling's 7th Harry Potter book far surpassed that of the latest movie's (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) opening weekend. Check out how impressive this is:
The final volume of J.K.
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Jul 02, 2007 -
- Jaime Foxx has been cast in the lead part of a racially charged drama titled Blood on the Leaves, says Hollywood Reporter.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has become Amazon's most pre-ordered book of all time, with 1.6 million copies already ordered worldwide ahead of the book's July 21 release, Reuters reports.
- The LA Times looks at the challenges of playing God on screen.
- Megan Fox, the "hot girl" in Transformers, will join Kristen Dunst and Simon Pegg in the film adaptation of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Zap2It reports.
- Speaking of Transformers General Motors is hoping the movie — in which, according to the company, the cars "are the heroes" — will boost their auto sales, the AP states.
- The final "Drive" episodes will air Friday, July 13 instead of July 4 as originally scheduled, Zap2it reports.
- P.J. Harvey is readying a new album for fall release, with songs based more on the piano than the guitar, Billboard reports.
- The premiere of "Burn Notice" actually got better ratings than "The Starter Wife" finale, drawing about 4 million viewers, Variety reports.
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Mar 28, 2007 -
Let the rampant plot speculation begin! As reported by the AP, U.S. publisher Scholastic Inc.
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