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11-19-2004, 07:16 PM
| | |  UPDATED: Order of the Phoenix director chosen - David Yates
DAVID YATES WILL BE DIRECTING ORDER OF THE PHOENIX Earlier we told you about David Yates (a British film-maker) being the director for Order of the Phoenix', the fifth film in the Potter franchise.
It was only a few days or a week ago that David Heyman announced that Michael Goldenberg would be scripting the film - he did also add that the announcement of a director for the fifth film would come before the end of this year. Variety: Quote:
Days after setting relative newcomer Michael Goldenberg to script "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," Warner Bros. and producer David Heyman are close to setting Yates to direct the fifth installment of the franchise. Pic is slated to start production late 2005 and hit theaters in summer 2007.
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Like Goldenberg, Yates was a surprise choice. Yates has only one bigscreen credit: the 1998 feature "The Tichborne Claimant." But his television work is what cast a spell on WB brass and Heyman, with prize-winning dramas that include "The Way We Live Now" and miniseries "State of Play."
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Yates, who sparked to the idea of a film in which the student wizard navigates the hormonal cauldron, will likely have a directing deal in place by next week.
The Leaky Cauldron then reported that David Yates was one of the people in the running for the job however no director had been decided on yet. Quote:
Two separate WB spokespeople emphatically said today that the info that David Yates has already been chosen as director for OotP is false. Many directors are in the mix and in talks with producers, they said, including Yates. David Heyman told people at last night's DVD launch party that we'll have an official director announcement by Christmas or a short while before. Yates is in the running, but so are others, so hang tight.
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And now different spokespeople are telling us different things and we're sorting out which person is more right than the other. We're keeping this firmly in the rumor column until we get two different confirmations (or the third denial).
It seemed someone other than Variety had confirmed David Yates as the director while two sources had claimed that WB were still in talks with directors. Empire are now reporting that David Yates has been given the job of directing OotP: Quote:
It's been mere days since news reached us that Michael Goldenberg would be filling in for writer Steve Kloves on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and now a new director is set to join him. Picking up where Mike Newell leaves of with The Goblet of Fire, David Yates will go on to usher young Harry into his fifth year at Hogwarts.
Who? David Yates, that's who, though we're not surprised you haven't heard of him. Yates is a relatively unknown director whose CV consists mainly of TV work. His primary film credit to date is 1998 Brit aristocracy drama The Tichborne Claimant, but fear not because he's also the man behind the excellent State of Play, which proved John Simm was far more than just Human Traffic.
FINALLY IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! David Yates will be directing Order of the Phoenix - Mugglenet have been sent confirmation by Warner Brothers!
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11-20-2004, 02:02 PM
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ComingSoon are now reporting the news aswell: Quote:
British director David Yates will helm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for Warner Bros. Pictures. Michael Goldenberg is taking over scripting duties from the first four films' scribe Steve Kloves for producer David Heyman.
In the fifth book, by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.
The movie is scheduled to start production late 2005 and hit theaters in Summer 2007.
Yates directed the 1998 feature The Tichborne Claimant and the prize-winning TV dramas The Way We Live Now and miniseries State of Play. He's also attached to direct Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany in the Warner Independent Pictures' Brideshead Revisited.
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OMG he hasnt done anything like HP i mean i looked at IMDB and i know it is reliable but still he has done like 1 film and lots of TV stuff..
I am worried...
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^^ I'm sure he won't be bad,  even though I have never heard of him.. I think that Order of the Phoenix will be very promising because Kloves won't write the script this time! 
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I've never heard of him, but he'll have to be good, as the book shows Harry going on an emotional rollercoaster! Dan's going to have to put his all into that one and show a bit more ability with emotional scenes! ( POA the scene where he's crying, wasn't very convincing! I thought that any minute he was going to start laughing!)
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All we can do is hope. Now that Kloves is gone, I'm thinking that HP will be a lot better. But, I'm worried about Ootp. It's the death scene with Sirius that I don't want them to screw up. So the director is really important to me now. Lets hope he does good.
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11-21-2004, 12:45 AM
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I'd reallly much rather have a more experience director for the fifth movie. Yates hasn't done many films, and those he has are nowhere close to OotP in budget or production size.
I wanted this film to come out so well, because I'm a Sirius fan... but, now I'm worried.
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Originally Posted by karen_ginger OMG he hasnt done anything like HP i mean i looked at IMDB and i know it is reliable but still he has done like 1 film and lots of TV stuff..
I am worried... Oh ye of little faith. Big Budget directors normally have huge egos to go with them. Yates is talented, brilliant and I have every faith in both him and Goldenberg. Quote:
I'd reallly much rather have a more experience director for the fifth movie. Yates hasn't done many films, and those he has are nowhere close to OotP in budget or production size.
I wanted this film to come out so well, because I'm a Sirius fan... but, now I'm worried.
I'd rather have a small time British director than some big shot Hollywood person to be frank. His work is good. Big budgets doesn't make you a good director. Talent does.
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Mmmm well I don't know who that is but all we can do is cross our fingers and hope he does a good job.
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I think that, with this new director and screenplay writer, OotP will definitely stand on its own in the series of HP films. Whether it's amazing, or tedious (which it could very well be), we'll just have to wait and see.
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it is nice to hear that OOTP is going to be a movie.....but somehow,there are some thousands of doubts in my mind about the movie.i dunno about david yates,but i just hope they do well with the movie.
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never heard of him... but how big will be the movie... i think there are many scences that will be not included in the movie
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Yes, Kloves is going! *parties* Finally, now maybe just maybe we can have our original Ron and Hermione back! This HAS to be right, Ron has to be brave in this film and Hermione isn't a super-girl! Woohoo!
I've heard of David Yates and I'm quite satisfied, from what I've seen he's talented and has the right sort of mind for this book. I agree with you Emma, Hollywood doesn't always mean talented. And so he's done small budget films before, in my mind that's a good thing, it means he won't be spending all the money and going for all out special effects, instead he'll be going for the messages and the story which really makes or breaks a film. He's already got the story, now all he needs to do is put it on film, which I think he'll do well. Now, I'll shut up  | |
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It's about time they got someone picked out!!!
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11-22-2004, 02:44 AM
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this is great! i think a new director for each film is good...it changes things up a bit and hopefully each director can improve on where the others had their weaknesses...just because he hasnt done a lot of big budget films doesnt mean anything...from what others say, he seems to have real talent, and i think he will do really well with the 5th book. i have a lot of faith and ootp is my favorite book..the film is going to be amazing!
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Guh, why couldn't they just leave Alfonso? He was so awesome ... besides, now GoF is probably going to be different again, because there's a new director.
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i hope Yates does a good job.
Alfonso should really direct ootp,because it's going to be a really emotional film,and Alfonso is really good at directing emotional films
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I'm a bit worried too...
I hope he'll be good for this...I mean, the HP films are a big thing to be filming.
I hope the screenplay writer is truer to the book than PoA was.
I hope he's good....
*hopeful but still worried*
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awwww i like alfonso
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oh my gosh. soon, the movies will come out before the books.
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Well, I've never heard of him before. I did, however, check him out on IMBD, and most of his work have gotten pretty good ratings. I would feel a little bit more comfortable with someone with more experience in the movie business, but maybe he'll do ok. But, of course, I'm very happy that they have finally got a new screenwriter! Kloves did ok for a little while, but then he just really tore everything apart!! Hopefully this new one will do a little better in bringing the books justice!! GREAT CHOICE!!!
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Originally Posted by lotrfrk11 oh my gosh. soon, the movies will come out before the books. Urm...not likely. OotP is pencilled for release in 2007 and I'm more than positive we'll have HBP way before then and JK will be halfway through book 7 by then.
OotP doesn't start filming until late 2005/early 2006.
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Well, I just hope he does a good job. I don't really know how good he is, but according to IMBD's rating and my calculations, the average of the movies he directed is 7.9, which is pretty good. But then now Kloves is gone, so OoTP would probably be much better.
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I haven't been happy with any of the other directors, so let's let him have a go to screw it all up. | |
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Originally Posted by Siriusly_in_Love I'd reallly much rather have a more experience director for the fifth movie. Yates hasn't done many films, and those he has are nowhere close to OotP in budget or production size.
I wanted this film to come out so well, because I'm a Sirius fan... but, now I'm worried. We can look positive at this too, experienced directors are often stuck in a personal style, an unexperienced one such as Yates might look at Order of the phoenix with a much broader sight of possibilites.
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