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[Ryck]

''Rebellion'' is how producer David Heyman sums up the plot of the fifth Potter flick, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in which teenage Harry gets dark and angry, while Voldemort just gets darker and angrier. To direct Phoenix — which begins production early next year for a 2007 holiday release — Heyman tapped a relative unknown, at least Stateside: David Yates, an award-winning British TV director (best known for the politically charged miniseries State of Play) with a rep for visual flair, grit, and humanism. ''It's important to ground these movies in reality,'' says Heyman, who'd been itching to work with Yates for years. ''With Harry's world on the precipice of war, I wanted a director that will make that feel true. And David can.''



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NOOOOOOOOOOO ........*weeps at though of a Cuaron directed OOTP*

 

[Memles]

...where the hell have you been? This news is seriously probably near a year old.

The real news...Christmas 2007 for Order? Sons of bitches.

Edit: Oh, and Heyman? One of the most annoying people I've ever listened to in DVD Special Features. Ugh.

Oh...and it's actually only 6 Months old, got a little carried away.

http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---24375,00.html

 

[distantmantra]

I love how it goes from a movie every year to "Oh, whenever we feel like it."

Cuaron would've been PERFECT for Phoenix.

 

[Ryck]

...where the hell have you been? This news is seriously probably near a year old.

The real news...Christmas 2007 for Order? Sons of bitches.

Edit: Oh, and Heyman? One of the most annoying people I've ever listened to in DVD Special Features. Ugh.

There was a thread the other day where people were still hoping for Cuaron to direct.. I thought it was new...If nothing else atleast it's a pretty good article about Goblet Of Fire (movie)

 

[acidviper]

I'm a little wary of an unknown who does good politically charged masterpieces. But he seems to specialize in Yoga tapes too. Can't they dump a pile of money in front of Spielberg or a known non-Uwe director.

 

[Patrick Klepek]

I trust the choices they've made so far...I don't see them botching it just yet. Plus, Cuaron could still come back for another. There's two more films to be made, and the last book's set up to be suitably dark.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Looks like 2007 is going to be another Year Of The Potter, what with the next book probably hitting that summer. 2006 should be pretty boring.

 

[Eric P]

i LOVED state of play, so this is great news for me.

 

[RoadStar]

aww man, i liked the ideas of the director before, really brought potter out of the book