The upcoming director of this July’s newest Harry Potter film David Yates, has signed on to direct next year’s sixth installment as well. I guess Potter fans won’t know whether this is good news or not until they have seen this summer’s movie.
“I am doing Half-Blood Prince, and I’m doing it because I love the world, I love the characters,” the BAFTA-winning director said. “I think I have more business with this world and these characters.”
“I’ve made a kind of tonal shift with the fifth film, which I want to continue and develop into the sixth film,” Yates added. “And I can see the fifth story evolving into the sixth story in a really interesting way. So I’m on a journey with this material and this world, and I’m keen to complete it.”
Do the words “tonal shift?” scare any of you?
My girlfriend is my only real indicator on this franchise, as I haven’t got a clue about the young wizard. Once that first movie was released and I didn’t go and see it, my fate with the franchise was sealed and I’ve pretty much avoided it since. She tells me that the last outing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was one of the best Potter movies so far… does it need a “tonal shift?”
