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'Harry Potter' countdown:  A late-night call from David Yates reveals magical secrets
'Harry Potter' countdown: A late-night call from David Yates reveals magical secrets
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:...
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'Harry Potter' countdown: Scaring up the Inferi
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David Yates: Snatcher Scene Just Filmed For "Deathly Hallows, Talks Split of Films
The Leaky Cauldron - News — ... The LA Times Hero Complex blog has been updated with a new interview of director David Yates who gives an update on the filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Noting the interview took place in the wee hours of yesterday, David Yates tells the LA Times: "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." In ...

David Yates talks Half-Blood Prince move & Deathly Hallows split
Home — ... The third day of LA Times' Hero Complex preview for Half-Blood Prince interviews director David Yates, who spoke just yesterday about filming camping scenes for Deathly Hallows, during which Harry, Ron, and Hermione were being chased by Snatchers in the forest. ...

David Yates talks Half-Blood Prince move & Deathly Hallows split
TheDailySnitcher — ... The third day of LA Times' Hero Complex preview for Half-Blood Prince interviews director David Yates, who spoke just yesterday about filming camping scenes for Deathly Hallows, during which Harry, Ron, and Hermione were being chased by Snatchers in the forest. ...

David Yates talks Deathly Hallows split plus a new Snatcher sequence
The Daily Potter — The third day of LA Times' Hero Complex preview for Half-Blood Prince interviews director David Yates, who spoke just yesterday about filming new camping scenes for Deathly Hallows, during which Harry, Ron, and Hermione were being chased by Snatchers in the forest. ...

David Yates on HBP, DH and 'Potter' future
Harry Potter Fan Zone — ... david-yates A lengthy Los Angeles Times interview with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince director David Yates is now online. In the interview Yates talks about the decision by Warner Bros. to push back the film's release date, as well as working on  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. On the decision to push back the release of Half-Blood Prince , Yates was initially apprehensive."It was not something I warmed to initially. At the time, I was so adrenalized, I was so caught up in the process of getting the film in on deadline and making the movie on a certain ...

David Yates On Splitting Up Potter: Expect A Cliffhanger
Cinema Blend News — ... just how necessary it is to split the adaptation of the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , in two. An epic filled to the brim with characters, non-stop action, and handfuls of vital scenes, the book lends itself far better to four hours than it does to two. In my opinion, the studio made a smart decision both financially and artistically. Now as the flick is filming, director David Yates is letting out details onf just how he plans to break it up. Speaking to the LA Times this weekend, Yates said, “I will get the benefit of two budgets, the running time of ...

Harry Potter's Secrets Revealed?
Yahoo! Buzz Log — ... " are conjuring up tremendous gains in Search. But that's not all. A recent blog from the LA Times revealed some details on the following flicks, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts I and II. ...

New Transformers Vids And Gamer Photo Will Make You Feel Dirty [Morning Spoilers]
io9 — ... Much like The Hobbit, the final Potter book is being divided into two movies, and there'll be a cliffhanger separating them, says director David Yates. It'll probably happen soon after the scene where the Snatchers capture Harry, Ron and Hermione in the woods. [L.A. Times via ...

Where Exactly Will The Last Two Harry Potter Movies Be Split?
/Film — ... you with where in the storyline of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the narrative would be split to create a cliffhanger between the seventh and eighth films. In case that wasn’t enough for you, an LA Times interview with director David Yeats reveals where exactly he plans to leave audiences hanging. Read more for spoilerish details. ...

David Yates On Splitting Up ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’
MTV Movies Blog — ... had a little chat with the Los Angeles Times recently about his plans for splitting up the narrative. If you haven’t read the book and want no spoilers, you can stop here knowing the following: the first movie will break at roughly the middle of the book. ...

David Yates Teases 'Deathly Hallows' Split
Cinematical — With so many disappointments this summer, it's easy to forget that we'll finally get to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and that we'll finally start hearing more about the final chapter as it makes its way to the big screen. But of course, the biggest question about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows still centers on where they'll make the split between Film 1 and Film 2. Director David Yates dropped a hint to the LA Times, and if you haven't read the book, here be spoilers: "We're here in ...

Harry Potter Mystery: Where They’ll Split Deathly Hallows
Screen Rant — ... To read more of the L.A. Times‘ interview with David Yates (he discusses the benefits of filming Deathly Hallows in two installments and how far his young cast has come since the first film), you can go here. ...

CATCHUP UPDATES JUNE
Muggle Source — ... 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: ...

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