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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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Professor
Points: 1005
HP_obsessor says:
Hah! That's funny...not directing the first movie probably haunts him now. *laughing extremely hard*
Posted Jul 26, 2006 at 12:51 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1005
HP_obsessor says:
WHOA I definitely agree with "crzy Ron+Hermione shipper." You make an EXCELLENT POINT! (I don't think I spelled that right...)
Posted Jul 26, 2006 at 12:56 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 513
Humphrey Belcher says:
I can imagine him possibly directing the 7th movie, but only because it's bound to be the darkest of the series. Shyamalan directing the first one would have been...well, Scary.
Posted Jul 26, 2006 at 8:26 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 321
Danfan09 says:
Well he's more of a scary director... so maybe he'd make a harry potter scary kind of what it's supposed to be like.
Posted Jul 28, 2006 at 11:33 AM EST
Parselmouth
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Thestral Eyes says:
Ooooh, i want to see lady in teh water, looks good. Have to say i didnt like the film unbreakable, he would have been better with HP :P Maybe hell get one of the films now, theyre getting darker adn hes good at directing dark films.
Posted Jul 29, 2006 at 7:05 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 480
Geowitch says:
Shyamalan could have been very interesting for the first movie but it sounds like He would not have been given free reign with the movie to do as he felt so I can understand his not taking it. Even if he were not committed at the time to another project. It certainly would have been a much darker movie than it was I think.
Posted Aug 9, 2006 at 2:23 PM EST
Student
Points: 253
Serpencirce says:
I would love it if Shyamalan directed one of the Harry Potter movies. I think he would do an excellent job with reaching out to the older fans and bring a very mystical quality to the films.
Posted Aug 14, 2006 at 10:10 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2621
missypotter says:
I am soooo glad he did not do the first or second movie. The first two were innocent and the story needed to be told. I think he would have been great on POA and I think he could do a great job on OotP.
I think he is saying he would not do it now because you have to stick to the story and he likes a wide creative license.
Posted Aug 19, 2006 at 3:07 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2621
missypotter says:
I am so happy he did not get to do this movie. I like his stuff, but he is not right for Harry Potter. I can't imagine how creepy they would have been. We would have lost the point.
Posted Aug 25, 2006 at 7:38 PM EST
Student
Points: 267
Jamie*Owns*Your*FACE! says:
Wow, how crazy would that be if he directed one of the films, it would be a constant fright-fest(even though his movies arnt generally scary) but you never know, that would be a craxy thing to go though.
Posted Oct 6, 2006 at 11:47 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1188
SlytherinJen76 says:
M. Night Shymalan could possibly do a great job on a Harry Potter film. I would much rather have him than Michael Bay or Uwe Bolle. Yecch!
Posted Oct 21, 2006 at 12:24 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2307
Queen_Democrat says:
Oh my gosh! I didn't know that piece of information! It feels a little creepy knowing that If things had gone a different way, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone would have been a lot different because of having Shyamalan as its director.
Posted Nov 9, 2006 at 10:43 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1203
Flawed Hero says:
Hmm... that would have been amazing if he directed one of the movies... The most recent movies would have been way better than they were. They would have had humor and suspense all in the right places. EH, maybe Order of the Phoenix will be better.
Posted Feb 8, 2007 at 6:00 AM EST
Witch
Points: 626
Crookshanks535 says:
Having this director for the first movie could have been really wickedly cool. I never knew this fact. I think he'd be really good at incorporating the mystery and plot twists into the movies.
Posted Mar 14, 2007 at 1:51 PM EST
Eternal Meatball Head
Points: 6167
harrysgurl201 says:
I think that it is a good thing that he didn't do the first two movies. But I think that he would have been great directing the third and the fourth movie though.
Posted Jun 8, 2007 at 4:39 PM EST
Squib
Points: 150
icar says:
I can't imagine him directing the first one. I think if he ever did..i'd be so scared of it, I'd run out of the theatre, am also afraid that Harry will end up seeing dead people in the end....he's forte is in making suspense thriller films and I think he better stick with that.. =)
Posted Jun 12, 2007 at 7:51 AM EST
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