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On Saturday we told you Production Weekly had reported that David Yates would direct the sixth Harry Potter film. However, Warner Bros. has just informed us that a Half-Blood Prince director has yet to be chosen, so consider this false for the time being.
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11-13-2006
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GeekMonthly has posted the second part of their interview with Order of the Phoenix director David Yates. Check out a snippet below: Right at the beginning, you always have these rehearsals with any actor you work with. With Dan, in particular, who had to go through this quite complex journey. We sat down several months before we started shooting. We would meet every week and we would talk about what Harry was dealing with. One of the things we did, and it sounds quite intense for a family film, is we brought in a bereavement counselor to talk to us about how Harry Potter dealt with witnessing the death of Cedric [Diggory]. This woman came in to talk to both of us about how people deal with quite intense emotional and disturbing experiences. She deals with people in the police and the rescue services who every day witnessed trauma and death, and she kind of showed us how people process that and deal with that and what it does to them.
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03-15-2007
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In a new interview with Ain't It Cool News, Rupert Grint discusses both the upcoming movie Order of the Phoenix and filming Half-Blood Prince. Concerning the fifth movie, Rupert talks about one of the disappointments he faced:
"I was a bit disappointed when Quidditch didn't make it, but I mean... it's such a big book, there's so much to fit in I can understand why they pared it down.
But I'm kinda hoping it'll be in the next one."
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix comes out in theaters on July 11th.
UPDATE: Ain't It Cool News also has a report from this morning's press conferences with the OOTP cast and crew. It contains information about the fifth and sixth movies, but more interestingly, Book 7. In the original draft of the screenplay Order of the Phoenix, they had decided to remove a character from the story. Rowling read over the screenplay and said “I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” that they were free to do whatever they liked, of course, but "if you make a 7th movie you’ll have tied your hands." The report is spoiler-free for those concerned but contains theories from the author.
UPDATE #2: A second interview was also conducted with David Yates. Yates talks about the new movie and the sixth movie as well. In the interview he discusses the relationship between Dumbledore and Harry:
"It’s a very different dynamic this time because there’s a lot more between Dumbledore and Harry. I think we’ll be alright on this one. I’ve got a good feeling."
He has also said that he has "talked about" coming back for the Deathly Hallows movie as well.
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06-22-2007
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At Saturday's OOTP press conference in London, producer David Heyman was asked which character was referred to when they were advised by JKR not to cut it from the movie. Heyman responded with this:
"Jo reads each draft. She reads each screenplay, and she said, 'You know, I wouldn't do that if I were you. Or you can, but if you get to make a seventh film, you'll be tied in knots.'"
"Which character was it?" he was asked, but Heyman teased, "I thought you might ask that. I'm not going to say."
Luckily, however, MTV News caught up with director David Yates yesterday where he submitted. Please hightlight below to see what he said because it contains Book 7 spoilers:
---> “It was Kreacher, actually. We took Kreacher out, and Jo said, ‘Listen guys, you don’t have to put Kreacher back, but I’m just telling you, if you want to kind of keep a thread going for six and seven, you might want Kreacher to come back.’ She basically told us Kreacher plays a role in Seven, in a sense. She hinted. We thought about it for five seconds, and he came back.”<---
Read more on this here (link contains spoilers).
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06-25-2007
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In a new audio interview that will leave us die-hard fans very happy, Half-Blood Prince director David Yates talks about how he understands the fan's connection with each film. With that in mind, he says, he's going to make HBP a very character-driven film with a coming of age story (thanks in part to screenwriter Steve Kloves' "fun" draft).
To listen to this 6 1/2 minute interview, head on over to Voices From Krypton who got the scoop. Thanks to those who e-mailed with the tip!
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09-24-2007
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A new MTV Movies blog entry comments on yesterday's Deathly Hallows rumors. MTV says that a source at Warner Bros. told them an announcement was coming within the "next week or two," but we've learned that MTV may have not been told this at all.
If true, this falls in line with recent quotes from Potter producers David Heyman and David Barron, who both said an announcement about the DH movie split would come in the "not-too-distant future." We'll let you know as soon as we do!
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02-20-2008
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Lois Lowry, a children's book writer, has updated her online blog with information about The Giver movie. She had hoped Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince director David Yates would be able to direct The Giver. However:
...he has just decided he wants to do the final Harry Potter first, thereby postponing The Giver by several years.
While this is not confirmed by Warner Brothers yet, it appears to be a pretty reliable source. We'll let you know if we know more. Thanks to Ms. Lowry and Leaky for the tip!
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02-19-2008
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Emma Watson has added a new post to her official site where she talks about the Empire awards taking place tonight. She says, "I think I'm also presenting an award which will be great! I really hope it will be a good night for Potter! Fingers crossed!"
Emma has been nominated for Best Actress, Dan Radcliffe for Best Actor, David Yates for Best Director, Nicholas Hooper (who composed the fifth film's soundtrack) for Best Soundtrack, and OOTP itself for Best Film and Best Sci-fi/Fantasy.
The awards will be broadcast tomorrow at 9 PM on ITV2.
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03-09-2008
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In a new interview, Harry Potter director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves discuss the Half-Blood Prince movie.
Kloves, the adapter of all but one Potter novel (Phoenix ), writes first drafts that tend "to be both wishful and practical" in his desire to retain Rowling's details and plot twists. "Wishful in the sense that I want to get the entire book on the page and practical in the sense that I know the wishful side of me is insane."
Prince presented challenges because of "a series of memories that inform the past and the present." While Yates "enjoyed the flashbacks enormously as separate incidents, he didn't feel they were satisfying within the whole. In other words, they diluted the dramatic experience from his point of view and he felt we needed to concentrate exclusively on those memories that informed one particular thread of the story - the story I was, by and large, telling."
Thanks to everyone who emailed.
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04-30-2009
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Continuing with their series of Potter reports leading up to the release of Half-Blood Prince, the Los Angeles Times now has a piece with Director David Yates:
It was about 3:20 a.m. yesterday when my phone rang: It was David Yates, the soft-spoken British director whose second "Harry Potter" film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," arrives in theaters across America on July 15. He sounded apologetic: "It's quite early there isn't it? Thanks for doing this, mate."
Despite the hour, it was my pleasure to take the call -- Yates is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet and, after visiting him outside London last year on the set of "Half-Blood Prince," it was a treat to catch up, even if his schedule required the pre-dawn appointment. Right now, Yates is in the midst of filming the final boy-wizard adventure, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which will be split into two films.
"We're here in the forest, we've just finished the scene where Harry, Hermione and Ron are captured by the Snatchers after being chased through the woods. The Snatchers are brutal and scary but they aren't the most intelligent of creatures.They're trying to figure out exactly who it is they've caught."
Read much much more with David right here. There are some great comments from him about the casting of the trio and much more!
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06-19-2009
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Two days before the premiere of the long awaited sixth movie, ComingSoon.net has posted a great interview with director David Yates. In it, he discusses how he got the job to direct four movies in a row, the MPAA rating for Half-Blood Prince, and how filming for Deathly Hallows is going. He reveals that while they are aiming towards directing part one of the two-parter Deathly Hallows first, filming for the second half had to be done as well due to the availability of the actors. Shooting for both movies is scheduled to end around spring, according to Yates. He also mentions a bit about Bill Nighy, who talked a bit about working with the director earlier today.
In reference to the humour in the sixth movie, Yates had this to say:
I really love the humor. I like humor. I think it leavens the load a little bit, and Dan, Rupert and Emma do it quite well. Even though the next script is quite intense, and Steve's really great at pairing it with little moments that are quite charming. They're not gags. They're just really delicate funny humorous bits. Then I'll throw in a few things, like the scene with the pies when Rupert sits down. That was just a bit of improvisation. There was just a big plate of pies and I went, "Rupert, I know what we'll do, let's try this" and then Steve writes a lot of really funny stuff which I adore, and the guys adore doing. I think we need to keep that. I think audiences enjoy it, it keeps them in the right mood.
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07-13-2009
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Director David Yates recently spoke with Vanity Fair, where he discusses the decision to split Deathly Hallows, the challenge of adding an additional scene in Half-Blood Prince, as well as the series in general. When asked about the task of having to please millions of fans:
"It’s a very difficult juggling act but you just do your very best to make the film as in-the-moment as possible and you have to make certain choices, which are difficult at times, which just make that adaptation fit more into that cinematic experience in the theater."
On knowing he will have directed the majority of Potter films:
"I’m really cool about that. It sort of raises the bar somewhat when I leave Potter and I move on and start doing other stuff."
Thanks to Tom for sending this in!
Posted by Micah
07-25-2009
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Director David Yates and the cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows spoke to Brazilian blog Vira-Tempo about the Half-Blood Prince Blu-Ray and DVD, filming the final movies and the characters they play.
David Yates commented on the Half-Blood Prince live community screening Dec. 12:
It’s happened before, but not on the global scale that we're going to do because obviously there are Harry Potter fans everywhere on the planet. It's on December 12th of this year and Daniel Radcliffe and I will be answering questions directly from fans via BD-Live about how we made the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and some of the things that were challenging as we made it, and some of the things that I'm sure the fans will begin to know about: Why did we leave some things out? Why did some things come in? And it will be the first time that we'll really engage with that global fan-base on a minute-by-minute basis, so it'll be really cool.
Thanks to Snitch Seeker! Read more of the interview here.
In addition, Snitch Seeker has scans from a similar interview with producer David Barron and more of the cast here.
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11-29-2009
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UPDATE: The screening has concluded! View a list of everything we learned during the screening at this link!
EDIT: It looks like there was a last minute change. Producer David Barron will be hosting with Dan instead of director David Yates.
Dan Radcliffe and David Yates are currently hosting a community screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with those fans who are digitally attending via their Blu-Ray disc/player.
If you can't attend the screening, no worries! We'll be tweeting from a brand new Twitter account we created specifically for live events. We're using a separate Twitter account so we don't clog up your Twitter feed with messages from @MuggleNet. The box on the right side of this page displays the latest updates about the screening!
Once the screening is over we'll write up a news post with complete details.
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12-12-2009
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The Times Online has a new "Significant Others" feature online where Potter actor Tom Felton names six very important people in his life. He talks about members of his family and his friends, including Order of the Phoenix through Deathly Hallows director David Yates:
David Yates [who directed the past three Harry Potter films] has this beautiful calmness and clarity about what he wants. I had no confidence in my ability to be an actor for the rest of my life, but he embedded a passion for film in me.
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12-18-2009
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UPDATE: Mr. Yates has now commented on this story. He denies the rumor.
With four major fantasy films now under his belt (Order of the Phoenix through Deathly Hallows, Part 2), SlashFilm is reporting that director David Yates is the frontrunner to direct The Hobbit. This, after Guillermo Del Toro pulled out of the project two weeks ago citing production delays on another film. From SlashFilm:
I’ve been seeing on a few industry insider tracking boards that David Yates is supposedly the studios top choice to direct The Hobbit. Note: we have no real confirmation of any talks taking place, so for now take it all as purely rumor.
This would certainly be a great film to take on right after Potter! What do you think? Thanks to HPANA for the tip!
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06-14-2010
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Director David Yates chatted with Geoff Boucher and a Hero Complex screening audience recently to discuss the Harry Potter series and the challenges to create the films.
When asked about the process to put the film together, David Yates said:
"It would all start with Steve Kloves, who has adapted all but one...He has a fantastic ear for Jo's characters, and Jo has said on more than one occasion, that he is able to write them almost better than she could herself"
To hear the full interview, click here.
Posted by Keith
07-19-2011
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Earlier today, MuggleNet staff member Eric Scull had a chance to sit down with Harry Potter director David Yates as part of the Harry Potter Home Entertainment Celebration in Orlando, Florida.
One of the topics of discussion was the recent push for Deathly Hallows - Part 2 at the 2012 Academy Awards. Here is what David Yates had to say:
"We're starting a campaign to try and push it and WB is doing a really great job at that. We're going to do some junkets and some press stuff to help that process. I think the film deserves a bit of Oscar attention - the visual effects, Stuart's [Craig] design, Alexandre's [Desplat] music, David Heyman and David Barron as producers have done this extraordinary job.
David Heyman, in particular has made eight of the most successful movies of all time with this enormous, popular reach. And critically, the films have always been given a reasonably good ride. We got a great response to the last one - I think, one of the best reviewed movies of the year.
So you kind of say, 'Come on guys, it's time to the step up to the plate!" and acknowledge that there is a lot of good work from a lot of good people that has gone into this movie and these movies. I hope the Davids... that sort of 10, 15 years of incredible input and output is somehow acknowledged.
We've always been ignored slightly, and we're all totally cool about it, equally. Let me say that. It's very important. But we're going to to go all out and get some Oscar buzz. We're very zen-like in our attitude toward the Oscars. Having been overlooked so many times before, we kind of fully expect to be overlooked again. But that doesn't mean we're not going to go without a fight."
Yates also didn't seem opposed to Eric's suggestion of getting the fans involved.
"That would be cool! You can be our guerilla campaign. We need to bring you guys in to help with the cause!"
Posted by Micah
11-11-2011
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Today is the day that Harry Potter fans in the U.S. can own Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 on DVD and Bluray home video. Additionally, an entire 8-film collection is available of the series.
And, like many fans might be, we were surprised upon playing the movie to see an advertisment for the aptly named Harry Potter: The Definitive Collection with a non-specific release date of 2012.
Today, we caught up with David Yates during Warner Bros. Harry Potter Home Entertainment Celebration and asked him about the release. From our chat:
MN: On this home video release, there's an advertisment for "Harry Potter: The Definitive Collection." 2012 release date.. ish.... very vague details. Can you share any details about that release?
DY: Not much, other than everything that the Warner back-catalogue has in terms of extras and documentaries... will go into it... It will be full-on.
MN: Including bloopers?
DY: We've got some great bloopers. They've got some great bloopers. I can't wait for [fans] to see some bloopers, they're terrific. We've got a really good bloopers reel, actually, which I was hoping would make it into this home video release, but clearly it hasn't.
Although the release of the eighth Potter film on home video is an important milestone and, to some, an "end," it is clear that many behind-the-scenes footage collected by Warner Bros. throughout the years has yet to see the light of day, or an official output. We will excitedly await a more solid release date and details about the features on this upcoming release.
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Variety is reporting that David Yates, the director of the last four Harry Potter films is taking the helm of the even longer-running British pop culture series, Doctor Who.
However, if you are hoping that this movie will be out soon, we are sorry to report it won't be out for several years. David Yates stated, "We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right. It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television that depicts the adventures of a time travelling humanoid alien known as "the Doctor" who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS.
The show starred former Potter actor David Tennant - who portrayed Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - from 2005 until 2010.
Posted by Keith
11-14-2011
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On November 11th, the date that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 was released on home video, MuggleNet sat down with David Yates, director of the final Potter film, discussing his work on the film and its three predecessors. As we have previously mentioned before, David answered our questions about the Oscar campaign and the forthcoming "Definitive" home video collection.
Today we are pleased to release our full interview with Mr. Yates, in its entirety. Given inside the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, Orlando FL, David also spoke about fan feedback from the rarely-mentioned test screenings held months prior to each of the films' release, and revealed a scene during the Battle of Hogwarts that the filmmakers really wanted to add to the film but couldn't.
We would once more speak with David that weekend, on the red carpet during Warner Bros.' Home Entertainment Celebration event inside the park. You can watch that video at this link.
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In this new video from Yahoo! Movies, some of the cast and crew are asked to sum up the Harry Potter film franchise in two words.
Here are their responses:
Mark Williams - "Ten Years" (after his first rubbish answer of "Harry Potter")
David Baron - "Bloody Brilliant"
Warwick Davis - "Amazing, Magical"
David Heyman - "A Gift"
Evanna Lynch - "Crazy Fun"
David Yates - "Spectacular, Global"
Jason Isaacs - "ALL DONE!"
Which one was your favorite and how would you sum up the Harry Potter franchise in just two words?
Posted by Kat
12-02-2011
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Twelve new wonderful movie stills, promotional images, and behind the scenes shots from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part One & Two have surfaced online!
The images show great moments captured directly from the film, as well as great behind the scene shots such as David Yates directing Evanna Lynch during a scene at the wedding of Bill & Fleur.
Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the tip, and to Potterpix on Tumblr for providing the images!
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12-04-2011
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