It looks like they're planning on combining books 1 and 2 into one movie.
Dadgummit!
The ending of book 1 is too powerful to use as some mid-movie thing. I could see combining books 2 and 3 but 1 and 2? Sacrilege! *hoists pitchfork* Burn them! Burn them all now!
(Edit: forgot to include the link)
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/49...html?fromint=1