Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince discussion...
Well I started the last one. Might as well start this one. Is their any official word about when this one starts production and when it will be released? According to IMDB it has a release date of November 2008. But, the IMDB can be wrong.
**Also, please use spoilersif discussing plots to the HBP. I haven't read the book yet. Thanks!**
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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Originally Posted by todd s
Well I started the last one. Might as well start this one. Is their any official word about when this one starts production and when it will be released? According to IMDB it has a release date of November 2008. But, the IMDB can be wrong.
**Also, please use spoilersif discussing plots to the HBP. I haven't read the book yet. Thanks!**
Sounds about right to me. They've all generally been 18 months apart. I'm sure pre-production is already in progress and they'll probably start shooting after the actors are done appearing at premieres and in the press for OoP. Saw Dan Radcliffe was on "Larry King Live" last night. If I didn't hate LK so much, I would have watched.
I'm currently re-reading HBP in preparation for the imminent delivery of my "Deathly Hallows" next Saturday. Too bad BN.com can't deliver by owl.
Last edited by Malcolm R : 07-12-2007 at 03:35 PM.
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Yates and crew start filming this September. During post-production of Phoenix, they started working on Prince. If I'm not mistaken, Steve Kloves has been working on Prince for a long while...I would say somewhere around a few months after it was released.
In an interview discussing his returning to writing, he did state that him and Michael Goldenberg were trading notes while Goldenberg was finishing up on the Phoenix script.
So, it seems that they have had plenty of prep time for this film.
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Just finished my run through of the first six books last night...all for the second time. It's a very well-written series, and I think Book 6 is quite strong...should be some great stuff in the film.
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Book 6 is practically a blueprint for a film, unlike Book 5 which was composed almost entirely of detours. They could take the dialogue for everything up to the Hogwarts train directly as is and have a screenplay for the first 15 minutes of the movie. It's that tight. They'll be no excuse if they screw this one up.
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Adam,
I reread Prince a week and a half ago and I agree, except for the Pensieve scenes. I mean, how many flashbacks can the filmmakers really get away with?
Also, I don't think they can cut Quidditch out of the next film considering what happens to certain characters because of specific Quidditch stuff (Ron heroics getting him Lavender and Harry and Ginny's moment after they win the House Cup.)
Harry's suspicions of Draco is the driving plot of the story, so that should translate fine for the film.
Still, I'm a bit worried how they'll handle the wealth of information that involved with the Pensieve scenes.
\"Don\'t be too proud of this technological terror you\'ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force\"
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I'm going to spoilerize this post just for people who haven't read the book:
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Originally Posted by Cory S.
Adam,
I reread Prince a week and a half ago and I agree, except for the Pensieve scenes. I mean, how many flashbacks can the filmmakers really get away with?
Spoiler:
Also, I don't think they can cut Quidditch out of the next film considering what happens to certain characters because of specific Quidditch stuff (Ron heroics getting him Lavender and Harry and Ginny's moment after they win the House Cup.)
Harry's suspicions of Draco is the driving plot of the story, so that should translate fine for the film.
Still, I'm a bit worried how they'll handle the wealth of information that involved with the Pensieve scenes.
Spoiler:
I think the flashbacks are fine as is, because — unlike many of the revelations in OOTP — they are inherently visual, and most of what they show would be incredibly interesting to watch. I'm sure they'll simplify them, but as long as the evolution of Voldemort survives intact, I think it will play fine regardless.
As for Quidditch, I think it can work well as a primarily off-screen storyline, ala Prisoner of Azkaban, particularly since Harry is oblivious to what happens in the climactic match.
The book divides, rather cleanly in fact, to the following relationships:
Harry and Dumbledore/Evolution of Voldemort
Harry/Ginny & Ron/Lavender/Hermione
Harry/Half-Blood Prince
Harry's suspicions & Draco/Voldemort/Snape
If they simply donate 30-40 minutes to each storyline, they'll have a cracklin' good movie. If I were tackling the screenplay, I'd pull each of the storylines out of the book and streamline them into 40 minute mini-scripts, then look at how to weave them back together.
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What has me most optimistic about the sixth movie (aside from the source material itself) is that Kloves read the book and basically asked to come back because he felt so strongly about it. That indicates that he probably had a pretty instinctive grasp on bringing it to film.
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A long shot, but J J Abrams, who has a hard-on for non-linear storytelling would have been a good choice to pen HBP. I don't think it's possible for this guy to write anything without a flashback.
Christopher Nolan, who shares a similar propensity for messing with time line could direct
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My biggest concern at this point is with Yates coming back, since I didn't think the acting and editorial work in several key areas fell short in OOTP. It is nice to know that Kloves is coming back, since I haven't hated any of his scripts for the series and outright loved the one for Goblet of Fire. We can just hope that Yates doesn't strip all of the flavor out of it in order to bring in the shortest movie possible.
