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I don't know, but I do know the next movie comes out this year, the movie after that comes out next year, and the one after that supposedly comes out in 2007.
Just in case you were interested.
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GoF comes out the year after that? That's insane that they're that far along in filming already. I can't imagine packing that movie in in under three hours.
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But breaking long movies into two (or more) isn't impossible. Check out Matrix 2 and 3 and the Kill Bill installments.
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I never noticed your member number before, Chris. Awesome! It's such a geek number.
Anyway, Matrix 2 & 3 were always planned to be released as individual films. Kill Bill was divided after the fact.
They're planning for this film to be no longer than 2 1/2 hours, tops. The screenplay will reflect that.
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Book, I don't think they meant to be rude, it's just that the same conversation came up many times about LOTR.
Any good book would be impossible to be made into a movie, word for word. I think they will be able to do a good version of it in2 1/2 to 3 hours, same as they did for the LOTR films. They had to leave a lot out of the LOTR films, but their version is still as good as it gets as far as film goes.
It's like OSC says about the EG movie. He said that not everything the fans will want will be filmed, but the books will always be there even after the film is made.
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What bothers me about the movie version missing chunks of the plot is that some of them become more important later on, and I don't want to see the movies become progressively awkward trying to cover plot points that should have been included earlier.
Minor example: None of the movies have included much about the ghosts (except for Nearly Headless Nick and Moaning Myrtle). Peeves shows up much more in the 5th book and heavier use of them later on (should it happen) might look a bit odd.
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Yeah, I know, that's why it seemed rude. I was just stating the obvious, I didn't expect so much hostility for almost no discernable reason.
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I really wish they'd lengthen GoF. I KNOW that the movie can't be as complete as the book, but I was reading the book and thinking to myself, if you include even just the pertinent parts and leave out 90% of it, you still have an entire movie by the time the first trial is over. Anyway, the book ain't coming out anytime soon, IMO. There was such a long time between the last two...and having a baby couldn't have had too much to do with it, since the bulk of her work would have been basically over by the time the baby came.
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Yeah, don't you just miss the days when JKR was pressured enough to come out with all her books yearly? Those were the days...
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I started reading right before Prisoner of Azkaban came out. I waited for Gof and OotP very impatiently. I'm used to it though.
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There are so many scenes in GOF that shouldn't be cut out... Sometimes I really hate when people make movies out of books I love.
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That's the problem. How are they going to include all those things intricate to the plot without reconstructing the plot altogether?
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You know, since LOTR came out I bet they're going to try and more MORE movies out of books. The excuse will be "Well, hey, it worked for LOTR." And next thing you know, Alice in Wonderland involves a serial killer and a steamy love affair.
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Well, Lord of the Rings movies have been attempted already. They were terrible. The recent LOTR movies are rare indeed.
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The L of the R movies kept the spirit of the book and managed to enthrall audiences. They at least made logical transitions for the most part. But most books to movies don't do that. Worse ever books to movies- Practical Magic. It was horrible. There are others, but I can't think of them. Best book to movie- Matilda. It kept a lot from the book and added new stuff as well. A great movie! And also the movie version of the Little Princess was very, very excellent.
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Ilove Harry Potter! I want to figure out what the sixth book Harry Potter and the Pureblood Prince is about . Does anyone know? Posts: 4 | Registered: Nov 2004
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Is it Harry Potter and the Pure Blood Prince? I thought it was Half-Blood Prince?
When Order of Phoenix came out we rushed out to buy it the first day--we had to go to three stores before we found it and then we had to pay FULL price Then we read it out loud as a family and had a rule that no one could peek ahead (this rule did get broken a few times ) It took longer this way- took us about a week- but it prolonged the experience.
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It's Half-Blood Prince. There was interesting speculation before Rowling clarified as to where the dash should go...and by this is the author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves justified. She would have hysterics.
Anyway, Half Blood-Prince or Half-Blood Prince. The former had fans speculating if the next book is primarily about Snapes with verification of his half vampiric nature. But no...it's Half-Blood Prince. Oh well.
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We were guessing that it might refer to Hagrid...
As to John Malkovich playing Voldemort, THANK HEAVENS that he's not. (He's so monotone!!!) I'm so excited to see Ralph Fiennes do it, I know he'll be disgustingly evil!! Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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Narnia, I think that's probably a good guess. I went to a book signing by John Granger where he talked about it....it was really interesting. If you ever get a chance to hear him speak, he's very entertaining.
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Hagrid does seem like the most likely candidate as there has been serious mention of the giants and it seems poor Harry already has enough titles heaped on his head at present.
I was working at Kroger when OotP came out - so I had it on release night and was already a quarter done by the time my shift ended.
I have to second the "if you want to enjoy the movie, ignore the book" chorus. I've yet to see a movie truly capture the essence of any book I really enjoyed. Of course, that may just be a comment on my literary tastes and movie expectations.
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Ok I work for a Harry Potter site, so I can give you what I know
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been speculated to be out next summer, as she has finished at least 14 chapters of the book and has said it will be shorter than Phoenix. This is just speculation.
The release date, like the title was, will be released on J.K. Rowling's site, www.jkrowling.com, so until then just wait and see.
UPDATE: According to a book store, the release date will be announced in January...
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You are such geeks! Aren't you ashamed!? Next thing, you'll be posting in some forum dedicated to some obscure Sci-Fi writer. Oh, wait...
Fond memories...he...I had quite an adventure buying "The Order of Phoenix". It came out in Brazil (in english) and in the rest of the world at the same time. And evey book was sold VERY fast. In English. I had to run a lot to get mine, hehehe.
quote:PS blacwolve, Rowling herself on the site mentioned above stated clearly that the half-blood prince is neither Harry nor Voldemort.
Narnia- I know, the essay takes care of that. I could summarize here, but they say it so much better.
EDIT: I would quote it, but I'm not at all sure that would be ok with the author, which is why I'm not. I'm not trying to be a brat and force you to go out of your way just to see what I mean.
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Cast of The Goblet of fire can be seen at This Site called Veritaserum. Best Harry Potter Website I've seen. The lady for Madam Maxime... doesn't look anything like a giant to me.
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mmm. I read that essay blacwolve...very curious. I'm not convinced, BUT I was really interested to see his theory. It makes sense. I also had missed that Rowling had said that talking about Tom Riddle would "ruin everything." Yikes! I thought we had gotten rid of him!
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