The Leaky Cauldron has posted another segment from their interview with David Heyman (producer) at the PoA DVD Launch. This time he talks about the new screenwriter, Michael Goldenberg who will replace Kloves and write the script for 'Order of the Phoenix'.
Quote:
TLC: What led you to Goldenberg?
Heyman: Michael is someone who I have been a fan of for a long time.
He was somebody who I'd been speaking to for a while.
Actually, he wrote some pages on spec for me for Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone, and I liked those pages but we were already in discussion with Kloves and I was very happy we went with Kloves. But Michael was the first person I thought of when coming to the fifth.
The scripts are in the spirit of the books and that will continue."
We approached Kloves - he decided not to because he's a director as well as a writer and he made the decision that he wanted to write and direct. Fortunately he's doing it for me; he's writing this project called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time for me, so I feel very, very fortunate that we're carrying on."
Source:
The Leaky Cauldron.
OotP screenwriter Goldenberg was considered for PS 
