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12-10-2006, 02:21 PM
| | |  Who's That Guy With Harry Potter?
Newsweek's December 18 issue contains a story about David Yates the current director of the Harry Potter movie number 5. WB, after using better known directors, chose a director relatively unknown to most of the world to guide the making of it's next Potter film. You'll find a few quotes below but to read the full story go to MSNBC's Newsweek Periscope. Quote: |
After creating a $3.5 billion franchise with a string of high-profile filmmakers—Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón and Mike Newell—Warner Bros. hired David Yates to take the reins for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which will be released next summer.
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"He's one of the most exciting directors coming out of this country at the moment," says longtime "Potter" producer David Heyman. Fair enough. But what's a guy who makes gritty, hyperreal socially conscious films doing in the "Harry Potter" universe? "Well," Heyman says, "this movie is bit of a revolution."
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In person, Yates, 43, seems like anything but a colorful individualist. He's so unassuming that it's hard to find him on set, even when he's only a few feet away. It's only in private conversation, when his knees start knifing up and down and his words start coming faster, that you sense the red blood pumping beneath that beige exterior. "I'm having the time of my life," he says. "It's like being at filmmaking gym. You're working every single muscle as a storyteller.
These films are full of comedy, adventure and a bit of thrills. It's terrific." Yates has pushed all the actors, in particular Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, to deepen their performances this time around. "I've stretched Dan quite a bit. He's a very intuitive person, very bright, quite sensitive," he says. "I'm just helping him wake those things up. You can see his determination and ambition, and he can switch things on a sixpence, so I can't wait for people to see what he's achieving."
Yates does a lot of rehearsal before he shoots a scene, a rarity on major studio films. "It takes as long as it takes," he says. "The most important thing on screen is the actors. If the performance isn't real, that million-dollar special-effects shot behind the actor doesn't count for anything." And if he pulls off that piece of magic, his days of anonymity are numbered.
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12-10-2006, 02:23 PM
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Good article, tells us a bit more about who Yates is and what his credits are from the past. It also may shed light why Daniel Radecliff has been quoted as saying he would like to see Yates in control of another installment of the HP series. | 
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12-10-2006, 02:23 PM
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Aww! Wow! I look forward to see how the movie comes out then! Hope it's a good'un!
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12-10-2006, 02:24 PM
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Cool interview, he sounds like a really nice man! | |
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12-10-2006, 02:24 PM
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It is true - they change directors a lot! I hope he stays!  3.5 billion dollars, though - that's a LOT of money! | |
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12-10-2006, 02:48 PM
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Cool interview! Hopefully everything will go okay for the movie...and 3.5 billion dollars IS a lot | |
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12-10-2006, 02:57 PM
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I'd like 3.5 billion dollars. Hehe. I'll still have to wait for the movie to see if I'd want him to direct another. Personally, I still think M. Night Shyamalan would be good. But, we'll see. | |
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12-10-2006, 03:01 PM
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great....i like the interview  | |
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12-10-2006, 03:07 PM
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Nice interview. | |
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12-10-2006, 03:07 PM
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unknowns always strive to do good so they can make it! im lookin forward to it! | |
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12-10-2006, 03:08 PM
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Very cool Interview.  I hope its as good as PoA. My fav movie.  | |
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12-10-2006, 03:16 PM
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WOW thats alot of money lol cool interview! | |
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12-10-2006, 03:26 PM
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A nice article. I'm just happy to get more information on David Yates and his past credentials! Good to know we're in safe hands with OotP!  | |
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12-10-2006, 04:12 PM
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Hehe, we'll truly see how well he does this movie when it's released this summer... | |
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12-10-2006, 04:33 PM
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Wow, a lot of money, but he seems like a great person. | |
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12-10-2006, 04:54 PM
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Thanks for the article, David is agreat director, I think HP5 is going to be Fantastic.!!! | |
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12-10-2006, 04:56 PM
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The money Hp has brought in is incredible! billions of dollars for WB, I'm sure their happy right now. I've always wondered if WB started the movie series not intending to do all seven because that really is alot of years to hold a cast and crew. But It's HARRY POTTER! Hp rocks the world! By the looks of this movie it seems to be very impressive and I can't wait to see it! | |
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12-10-2006, 05:05 PM
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Yates sound like a good director. I'm impressed by him so far and I hope he doesn't disappoint like Newell did. | |
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12-10-2006, 06:03 PM
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Cool interview! | |
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12-10-2006, 06:18 PM
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I was trying to figure out who Yates was. Well if the fifth movie comes out looking as good as the trailer makes me think then I'll defintely be voting that he directs the next. Awesome interview. | |
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12-10-2006, 06:32 PM
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I hope all goes well for him! | |
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12-10-2006, 07:12 PM
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Hmm ... I withhold all judgement until I see the film. I thought what's his name Newell was cool until I saw GoF which was cool, but mainly because of the dragon, and Rupert being so cute ...
I love the films but ... Cuaron was still the best, and people can whine all they want but Columbus' vision is what they've all built up from and honestly his vision wasn't so bad ... he just has no style ... *crosses fingers* I'd love to see Hoffman direct though ... sorry Terry's such a baby but ... *shrugs* Tarantino would be cool ... he should try a kid flick  or they could just make rated R for violence keep the midgets out ... Hmm ... who else could direct ... who does good romance? *Sighs* Too bad Billy Wilder isn't around anymore ... | |
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12-10-2006, 07:34 PM
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Hm, nice article. I like the interview. He seems like a great director, but we'll see when the 5th movie does come out. Nevertheless, Cuaron did do the best job at directing on POA. | |
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12-10-2006, 07:51 PM
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Well, from the snippets of what I've seen, Yates done the best of the films. (Next to Columbus, he was the best.  ) | |
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12-10-2006, 07:52 PM
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Sweet. I might have a new favorite movie. | |
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