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Shyamalan offered first 'Potter' movie 
JULY 9, 2006 at 12:27 AM
Posted by GERI
Source: ComingSoon.net
During the press day for M. Night Shyamalan's
latest movie Lady in the Water, the direct was asked if his new studio Warner Bros., who release the Harry Potter movies, had tried to convince him to direct one of the last two films in the series.
Shyamalan's reply when asked about directing a Harry Potter movie:
You know, that Harry Potter dance has gone on a long time. The problem is that it is a living breathing thing now, all by itself. When it comes over to my camp, it needs to be kind of handed over, adoption papers and everything. That's a tricky move.
I haven't met with J.K. [Rowling]. The first one was offered to me, but that conflicted with Unbreakable, which was unfortunate. I would definitely, but I think probably before that I would adapt a book. I've gotten close a few times to adapting books.
Shyamalan is widely known for his popular movies Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village, all of which he wrote and directed. Lady in the Water opens nationwide in the U.S. on July 21st.
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Witch
Points: 877
Jaci Scully says:
AHHHH!!! Shyamalan for Book 7 movie!! I'm going to start a petition. He's the greatest modern director we have, or at least the most talented. Oh, and if we wrote the screenplay you know it would be fantabulous! I'm totally freaking out now. He'd be spectacular. Please, WB, offer it to him again! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 4:22 PM EST
Points: 10143
GodricGryffindor says:
I woudln't want him to direct harry potter because I've seen his movies and they are completley different then the Harry Potter series..
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 4:22 PM EST
Witch
Points: 877
Jaci Scully says:
kat_snowyowl, yes, he is great. He is the only modern filmmaker who writes, produces and directs his films. He is incredibly talented. The reason most people don't like him is that his movies don't rely on explicit sex and gore to carry them like most "horror" films do.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 4:25 PM EST
Witch
Points: 844
~Silver Potion~ says:
Interesting. I was under the impression that Shyamalan's forte was horror pictures, not really fantasy. I guess they both require vision and creativity.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 4:28 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1221
TheSeventhHorcrux says:
Ooh, Shyamilan's films are really good!!! I think he'd definitely be able to capture the darkness of the films...
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 4:45 PM EST
Head Boy
Points: 415
øffe-joe687½ says:
COOL.
Love his stile. He can make a more spooky stile to the series. Very cool indeed.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 4:47 PM EST
Witch
Points: 633
snakeeyes says:
Harry Potter, a film by M. Knight Shyamalan. Wow, that certainly would've been different (and probably better, too). Can you believe both Shyamalan and Spielberg turned down HP1!?
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 5:21 PM EST
Witch
Points: 695
LunaLove#1 says:
If he directed the first movie, I'm sure it would've been much darker, which I don't find that bad. I can't wait to see 'Lady in the Water'!
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 5:29 PM EST
Lupin's Eternal Love
Points: 3065
BlackKatL says:
Well he must be good if they've considered giving him a movie!!!!
I don't know how SS would have come out, with him as a director, but maybe the later, darker movies are better for his style........
Any way, he sounds great!!! Hope he gets his chance!!!!!
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 5:50 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2401
tonks 27 says:
I simply can't see him doing a harry potter movie because his movie line is so darn freaky! and i just don't see harry potter being on that level of scary. love his movies, but not for harry potter.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 5:50 PM EST
Squib
Points: 107
OMEN_OF_DEATH says:
He is a very good director. However his movies are ussually scary and the harry potter films are in no way scarry so i think that would have been a big disaster.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 5:53 PM EST
Witch
Points: 644
Stage Violence says:
I wish the Harry Potter movies could get a really great director. A name, perhaps; not just some person who has directed a couple TV shows in the UK or who has had one indie flick hit the big time. I want a monster director. I think I would die if Peter Jackson actually directed HP. How cool would that be?
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 6:00 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 341
Puffskein16 says:
No! I mean I like his movies, but I don't think he is suited to do an HP film.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 6:18 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1945
Carrie Weasley says:
I really like his other movies, but for the first or second HP movies.. I don't think those would've been good for him. He's a bit too dark and the movies were actually more innocent back then. I think that he should have been offered for GoF, maybe he could have made the ending better. I expected it to be a lot scarier.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 6:20 PM EST
Harry's Lost Brother
Points: 10058
American Harry Potter says:
I don't know about this. He's a good director and all, but he's all about scary movies. I think it might be cool though. We'll see.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 6:21 PM EST
Witch
Points: 649
Spell_Bound says:
Wow...I can't see him directing any of the Harry Potter films. I wonder why they were considering him. He does scary movies/thrillers. Unless they think that he could add something more to the films that other directors couldn't.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 6:35 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1499
Belle of the Ball says:
Wow! I had never heard that. I don't know how I'd feel about that. I think he's a great director, but I don't know how well he'd have followed the books because he does have so many of his own ideas. That's very interesting to know that though.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 6:43 PM EST
Squib
Points: 186
FobeeOne says:
Wow! I'm not sure I can even imagine what a Harry Potter movie would look like in the hands of M. Night Shyamalan! Somehow, I cannot see him directing the first movie - not dark or mysterious enough for him. I think he would have been good for the third one, but Cuaron did such a wonderful job on that one (other than cutting out a lot of important material) and I generally like what he did. MAybe Shyamalan will get another crack at it.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:27 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1841
Remmy4193 says:
Well that's interesting. I think that getting Shylamalan to direct one of the last two movies could result in being really good, or really bad.
I mean, I liked some of the movies that he directed but not all.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:32 PM EST
Hogwarts Psychologist
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Patronus Wiz says:
I don't hold this against him. I think it would be cool if he did direct it, because he's brilliant. But I do believe there is a lot of nervousness over the movies because a precedence has been set.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:40 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 27
iBeautiful says:
Thank God! I liked Sixth Sense, and I really hated the Village, but I don't think he's the right kind of director. In every movie there's a freaky twist and it makes less sense.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:50 PM EST
Witch
Points: 754
Griselda Marchbanks says:
I think that he could do one of the last few movies. They would probably be more like his style, in the sense that they're darker.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:55 PM EST
Mrs. Roonil Wazlib
Points: 2461
weasleyskeepingme says:
WOW!!! I did NOT know that he got offered the first movie. I'm glad he didn't do it, because although I think he'd do a great job, HP needed a certain magic and feel to be created before it went dark and I don't see Shyamalan doing that.
I do think it would ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC if he directed HBP, or 7 whichever, he can do. I think he eould give the end of the series exactly the right kind of weight and importance that non-reading viewers don't understand. The whole HP would really benefit from a director like him, especially for what is coming in the series!!!
Its kind of bizarre to picture him directing a movie he didn't write though. I have a feeling it wouldn't as authentic. But you never know. WHAT IF THEY LET HIM WRITE IT?? I can just picture him reading through the books and then building up the last one with his own creativity.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:56 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 53
Moonglitter says:
I can totally see him directing Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 7:57 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 27
iBeautiful says:
snap. i never thought M. Night Shamayan was a good director, his movies are good, but seriously, we need grand scary elements than suspense scary elemetns.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 8:03 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 23
RupertsGurl4Life says:
HIM!!!!! i like his movies but him directing harry potter, they have got to be kidding. He's horror, thriller... harry potter is suspense, mystery. Totally different, he'll kill the movies. It's a huge mistake!!! i'm just saying that now.
Posted Jul 9, 2006 at 8:08 PM EST
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