Two Year Between Half Blood Prince & Deathly Hallows?
Forgive me readers, for I have cyber-sinned. It’s been 14 days since I last blogged. No excuses, just a quick “I suck” before moving on to the actual subject of this post. well, several subjects actually…
First of all, it has been released that Deathly Hallows will indeed be released in two films. They will be released approximately six months apart with part one being released November 2010, and part 2 opening May of 2011. That sounds SO FAR AWAY!!! And it is, with Half Blood Prince coming at us quickly and releasing November 21st in both regular format and IMAX, it will be two years before the release of the first half of Deathly Hallows. Producer David Heyman claims that this is not being done for financial reasons. I think that with the opening weekends that the Potter films never fail to produce, that extra cash can’t really hurt. Rather, he said, the decision was made purely from an artistic point on view. While certain subplots could be removed from the prior films, the same cannot be said of ANY aspect of Deathly Hallows. Well at least he has that right. Although, I am still “peeved” at the removal of Peeves the Poltergeist from the movies as a whole. I think that as a character he added much to the series, a bit of fun that perhaps lightens up some otherwise very serious moments.
In other news, Dame Maggie Smith, otherwise known to you as Professor Minerva McGonagall, is battling breast cancer like the strong woman she is known to be. Sources state that she has had a tumor removed and has had one round of chemo as a preventative measure. She is still in the process of filming the movies and my best wishes go out to her and her family. Blessings on you Dame Maggie, may you recover quickly and with as little pain as possible.
That’s it for now readers, although I will be resuming my read-along this week. Life happened and I was unable to for a little while, but I promise, chapter 5 is coming up!!!
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