Two-part DH film confirmed

[Carol]

Missy Gallant wrote:
>
> Is 2010 the release date?  Because if it is- that is one film a year.  
> 
> I'm very excited, there are a lot of sub-plots that will now need to
be added to HBP in order for DH to even begin to make sense.

Carol responds:
As I said in the original post to this thread, Part I will be released
in November 2010 (almost exactly two years after HBP, which comes out
November 21, 2008) and Part II in May 2011. They're being filmed
simultaneously, rather like the three LOTR films. (Probably Alan
Rickman will do all of his scenes at once, for example. that would be,
if they're including everything: "The Dark Lord Ascending," "The
Sacking of severus Snape," "The Elder Wand," and the adult Snape
segments of "the Prince's Tale." Similarly, Helen McCrory's scenes
("Dark Lord Ascending," "Malfoy Manor," "The Flaw in the Plan") would
probably be filmed close together despite being widely separated in
the book. Just speculating, but it seems efficient to do it that way.

I didn't include the link in my original post, assuming that everyone
could easily find the article (and the slightly earlier article on
Matthew Lewis) by going to Leaky, but for those who don't have that
site bookmarked, here's the link:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/3/12/la-times-says-official-two-parts-for-harry-potter-and-deathly-hallows-movie

Carol, hoping that HBP, which is only one film, will have all the key
Snape scenes, which are more important, IMO, than Quidditch and snogging