silentbob007

Saw this at Comingsoon.net

The Times of India spoke to Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair director Mira Nair, who says she's been offered the director's chair for Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

"I'm getting offers to direct 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I read it over the weekend. I'm still deciding," she said, "I'm not letting all this go to my head. I'm grounded. I practice detachment, it helps me keep my balance. I'm a Dilliwalli, only an asana gets me on my head! My son Zoharan's excited. I've seen all the Harry Potter movies with him."

The studio is currently filming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed by Mike Newell for a November 18, 2005 release. "Phoenix" is targeted for a June, 2007 release.

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I wonder if the series as a whole will ever have any continuity after the first two films ... especially considering the differences (for better or worse) from 1,2 to 3.

mverleg1

umm, who?

marty888

Outstanding director ..... check out Salaam Bombay. Powerful movie, and the DVD has a fascinating commentary track.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619762/

Rivero

I liked her segment in 11'09"01 as well.

Duder

Well, I haven't heard of this director before, but then a lot of people hadn't heard of Alfonso Cuaron before he directed Prisoner of Azkaban.

As for any sort of continuity within the series, I think the change in atmosphere was absolutely necessary for Prisoner of Azkaban; the series gets continually darker and the stories get longer, so such a change needed to happen at some point, and better there than in the next movie. Supposedly Mike Newell is taking his cue style-wise from Cuaron, but we won't know that for sure until we see his movie. If those two are similar in feel, I'd hope and imagine that Nair (or whoever gets hired for OotP) will not mess up the continuity.

Cygnet74

http://www.vanityfairmovie.com/

RyoHazuki

While I'm glad they are giving smaller directors a chance, I can't exactly say I'm excited about this.

tofu

Interesting choice. She can definitely handle the drama but I'm not sure how she'll handle the action scenes

harosa

Can we at least have them wear their uniforms throughout the school year this time?

Hokeyboy

DeGalon

Is there any chance for Spielberg to direct a Harry Potter movie?

Lara Means

Is Paul Verhoven going to direct the last Harry Potter movie?

Rivero

Yes, with a cameo from Schwarzenegger:

"Come on Voldemort!! Give dese people ay-uh!!!"

Supermallet

Well, at least we know she can handle the length.

mllefoo

There are two more books coming up, but I want the Jaws/Raiders of the Lost Ark Spielberg and not the sappy E.T. Spielberg.

The next books should be pretty dark and people will die.

Hokeyboy

I so hope they get Ashton Kutcher to play a young Larry Hagman.

silentbob007

I don't think I'd really want Spielberg to direct ... it would then become a Spieldberg movie as opposed to a Harry Potter movie.

NitroJMS

Spielberg was up for the first one, but apparently didn't get along with J.K. Rowling. Rumors were that he wanted to shift the series to being set outside of New York, instead of London, and bring in Haley Joel Osment as Harry. I don't think Spielberg would have taken the series away from England. I couldn't imagine him using Osment either since he's not proven to have played a British character at any point, so he'd have to have played a minor character at best.

NitroJMS

Spielberg was up for the first one, but apparently didn't get along with J.K. Rowling. Rumors were that he wanted to shift the series to being set outside of New York, instead of London, and bring in Haley Joel Osment as Harry. I don't think Spielberg would have taken the series away from England. I couldn't imagine him using Osment either since he's not proven to have played a British character at any point, so he'd have to have played a minor character at best.

Perkinsun Dzees

Does this mean there's gonna be some Bollywood song and dance numbers in the movie? And how is Hermione gonna look dressed in a sari?

Rivero

So then it would kick ass instead of rule??

Rivero

Bullshit. Just rumors and nothing more.

Rivero

I'm guessing quite good by then. Can't wait to see the scene where she and Ron attempt all 64 positions of the Kama Sutra.

mllefoo

I hear McGonagall has made the Pop-Up Kama Sutra required uh...reading for the sixth year students.

DRG

Moving to MATURE