'Harry Potter' Cliffhanger

Director David Yates has promised fans a nail-biting cliffhanger between the two parts of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - and he revealed he knows just where the story will be divided.

Yates said he believes splitting the final Harry Potter book into two movies was the right creative decision.

He said it had been too difficult to cram "Deathly Hallows" into one movie, although skeptics have speculated that it was simply a Warner Bros marketing decision to boost the box ofice earnings from the climactic storyline of J.K. Rowling's blockbuster series.

The British film-maker said the decision would be beneficial for fans in making sure as much of the book as possible made it on to the screen.

He told the LA Times: "I will get the benefit of two budgets, the running time of two films and all the resources that brings with it to tell this huge adventure; more time, more money, more special effects.

"There are always things that are lost when you adapt a book to a film. With two films, much less will be lost."

He also revealed they had decided where the first "Deathly Hallows" film would end and the second one would begin.

Asked if they had determined the exact dividing point, he said: "Yes, we have. Things can change when you edit, of course. We've had three or four different ideas about where to cut off the seventh film.

"Traditionally, the movies have ended with a death or a bereavement, some sort of passage or arrival. This time we think we will end with more a cliffhanger. Again, though, that's the thought as of this moment."

He added that he had been very disappointed with the delay in the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which had been scheduled for release last November but will now come out next month.

"I know fans are eager to see it and it's been interesting for us to come back to it now, even as we are busy filming the next installments."

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is released on July 15. Part one of the film of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" comes out on November 19, 2010, and part two on July 15, 2011.

Yates also directed the film of the fifth book, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

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Source: The Geek Files