If I were to suggest a director for the final Harry Potter installment – It would be Guillermo Del Toro. As luck would have it, he wants the job and is letting it be known. We get this glorious news from our friends at MTV Movies Blog:
Just two months after talking “Harry Potter” with MTV News from Budapest, director Guillermo del Toro was back stateside making another pitch to helm the series seventh installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” “I’m definitely interested,” he insisted, “now that the movies have grown darker. They have a contrast between the gloomy existence of the kid and the world he’s exposed to. They have evolved into a really nice universe.”
This is down right huge. If I was a gambling man, I would bet that Warner Bros. is going to let the bearded dream-smith have his way with this one. He is a fantastic talent that is amassing a pile of work that demands respect. He has an outstanding eye for fantasy and is arguably one of the top go to guys for the genre. It’s smart for Guillermo to announce this, because everyone will be fighting for him.
The Harry Potter series has been better than I ever thought possible. I look forward to each installment and have enjoyed the use of different directors; I like to see the differences in style between them. In The Goblet Of Fire, Mike Newell did an amazing job capturing schoolhouse spirit and this film stands out as my favorite thus far.
I am pumped at this news, international friends do you share in my excitement, or would you prefer another director?
