Two-part DH film confirmed

[Carol]

It's official! Two parts for the "Deathly Hallows" film, approved by
JKR, to come out respictively in November 2010 and May 2011. (Do those
years even sound real to anyone? I can't get used to 2008!)

David Yates will direct again, which means that we'll have a
consistent vision from OoP through HBP to both parts of DH, and he's
not going to be dropping subplots as he did in OoP since he views the
whole thing as a single story (including, evidently, the Dumbledore
and Snape backstories). He doesn't seem to want to drop anything.
(Matt Lewis, who plays Neville, is already talking about killing
Nagini.) Oh, and Steve Kloves will be back as scriptwriter, of course.

Anyway, the stories are up on Leaky if anyone wants to check them out.
The question that evidently hasn't been decided is whether to wrap up
the first film as a seemingly complete story or leave it unresolved. I
think that ending Part I with "The Doe Patronus," which ends almost
exactly halfway through the book, would be perfect--the Trio reunited,
one Horcrux down, a hint of Snape's true loyalties. But there's no
clear point at which to end the first part, so they'd have to come up
with something that indicated there was more to come (like Frodo and
Sam looking toward Mordor, only I can't think of anything that would
have a similar effect). Or they could leave it as a cliffhanger, Harry
being strangled by the Horcrux, and upset all the children in the
audience. Nope. That won't work, either. I guess Ron rescuing Harry
and saying, "Are you mental?" with an exchanged glance and "To Be
Continued" flashed across the screen. Anyway, surely "The Doe
Patronus" is the right point at which to end the first film. But that
would mean they'd open with the endless camping trip and Xenophilius
Lovegood. I suppose that part could be made both comic and scary, so
it might work.

Or maybe, they could end Part I with Harry following the mysterious
Patronus and open the next film with his rescue and the reunion. After
all, they'll have just had the Bathilda!Nagini scene. Maybe they won't
need that much excitement so close together in the first film.

Carol, glad that it isn't her decision to make