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New writer and a new director for 5th Harry Potter film
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Nov 23, 2004 19:06
British helmer David Yates will take the director' s chair for the fifth installment of the Harry Potter franchise.
By Lisa Johnson, FilmStew.com
Not only will Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have a new writer (Michael Goldenberg), but a new director is coming on as well. British helmer David Yates is in final negotiations with Warner Bros. to direct the fifth Harry Potter installment.
The news came as a bit of a surprise, as Yates has only directed one feature, 1998' s The Tichborne Claimant. But his television work on prize-winning dramas that include The Way We Live Now and the miniseries State of Play are what impressed Warner Bros. Yates is currently attached to helm Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany in Warner Independent' s Brideshead Revisited.
The Yates/WB directing deal is likely to be sealed by next week. Order of the Phoenix is scheduled to go into production late in 2005 for a summer 2007 release.
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