Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire

[movies35]

While this movie is still set for November 2004 what do you guys think the running time, rating, and what will be cut out in this movie... post your thoughts!

Rating- PG- some language, scary moments, some violence
Running Time- 243mins.

[dh1989]

I highly doubt it will be a November 2004 release. PoA is a July 2004 release and they won't shoot back-to-back, both are so different.


Second, Warner Bros. and David Heyman have said that the film will be split and released separatley. Like part one November 2005 and the second December 2005.

Each should be about 150 minutes each.

MPAA Rating:

PG-13 For Violence, Mild Language, and Scary Moments.

[xirtam]

I know that LOTR was contracted to make all three films not go past a PG-13, so I think that Harry Potter was contracted to not go past PG, although they might have to do some heavy editing for that.

Two-hundred and forty THREE minutes, movies35? Is the 3 really that necessary in what is probably incorrect anyway? Sorry, just thought it was kind of funny. (I have also heard from people that book 5 will be 909 pages, or 874 pages...she hasn't even finished writing it!) But I doubt they will make a 4 hour+ movie, the splitting-up idea sounds good, although they will have to make SOME sort of conclusion at the end of the first part, which means they will have to make something up, which might not be very good. But at least it won't be exactly word-for-word the same as the book that way like Sorcerer's Stone was.

[James Logan]

Wow...So the way things are looking, in 2005 we'll be getting STAR WARS: EPISODE III, INDIANA JONES IV, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, and there's a chance we'll get Peter Jackson directing THE HOBBIT and a Bruce Willis DIE HARD 4?

Busy year. :D

[movies35]

come on yall start posting!!!

[dh1989]

There is really nothing to discuss right now. CoS is just under a month away and PoA has not even began shooting yet. It'll be awhile before a GoF topic will be hot.

[malcolm1980]

Originally posted by dh1989

Warner Bros. and David Heyman have said that the film will be split and released separatley. Like part one November 2005 and the second December 2005.

Each should be about 150 minutes each.



There IS a way for The Goblet of Fire to be made without necessarily having to split the the movie into two.

HOWEVER, there's got to be some heavy cutting down of the book. The Rita Skeeter subplot can be excised so is Hermione's crusade to 'liberate' the House Elves (S.P.E.W.). The Yule Ball can also be cut down and the World Cup Quidditch Match shortened. All those easily trim down about 90 minutes from the film.

[movies35]

if they make to they will be around 200 minutes each

[Nate6]

It is not the smartest thing to cut it into two 150-200 minute parts and release them only ONE month apart. People just wouldn't be able to take it. Potter fans would, but not the general public.

[Zing!]

I don't think there will be a Goblet of Fire movie - at least theatrically. Let me explain...
I'm guessing that Daniel Radcliffe and the gang will be a little disenchanted (excuse the
pun) with the whole 'Harry Potter' machine after shooting three movies back to back to
back. You must remember they ARE kids after all. Besides, their parents may want their
kids to have some kind of break to do other projects, or to just rest and have a normal
life like regular kids. The Warner Bros. Harry Potter franchise will, in effect, become a
trilogy at least as far as theatrical releases are concerned. Splitting Goblet of Fire and
Order of the Phoenix into two (or even three) parts each sets up a perfect conversion to
the Straight to Video market, which would easily corner that market for the next ten years!

[xirtam]

I don't believe that; too much money will be lost. They would never pay money for so many special effects that are completely needed if the movie is straight-to-video.

[malcolm1980]

Mad-Eye Moody - Anthony Hopkins
Madame Maxime - Catherine Deneuve
Professor Karkaroff - Max von Sydow (despite rumors I hear that he might play Dumbledore)
Rita Skeeter - Jane Horrocks
Ludo Bagman - Stephen Fry
Narcissa Malfoy - Jennifer Saunders
Mr. Crouch - Hugh Laurie
Frank Bryce - Ian Holm
Fleur de la Cour - Ludivine Sagnier (plays the youngest of the 8 women in 8 Women, France's Best Foreign Film Oscar entry this year and will play Tinkerbell in the upcoming live-action Peter Pan film)
Voldemort - Gary Oldman

[Legolas]

I kind of have mixed feelings about this. If Prisoner of Azcaban isn't released until 2004 then Goblet will be released probably late 2005. If they split it into 2 films (which could include all of the book) then they wouldn't be released until 2006 where the actors playing Harry Hermione and Ron would be all about 16/17 when they're supposed to be 14/15 in the book.

Plus the further and further the films get from 1 per year the older the kids get. However I don't want the cast to change as one of the joys of the Harry Potter series is seeing the same characters grow up and I was really looking forward to seeing those actors grow as the characters. Notice how on the DVD Case for Philosophers Stone is has YEAR ONE and a photo of Harry - well I can imagine all 7 with a similar picture and just think it would be awesome.

However if the kids are getting fed up of the films, or JK Rowling hasn't finished the books yet or the time gap is just getting too much then new people may have to be brought in.

My ideal situation would be to have the current actors make he film in 2 parts to be released Xmas 2005 and spring 2006 both lasting about 130mins.

Thoughts, comments, suggestions anyone?

[Kucha]

Two Comments:



DH1989, is there going to be a 4th movie for sure?



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Fleur should be played me Jessica H (girl in my class) Shes tall, blonde, obbessed with hp and she can have the french accent and she is going to try for it;)

And my other friend Julie L is trying out for Cho Chang, if she hasnt been picked yet but i think cho chang has been picked (cho chang for 3rd )

[dh1989]

Yes there is going to be a fourth film. It was unsure until Chris Rankin(Percy Weasley) said he had signed on to the fourth(the actors were originally only contracted for 1-3).

This is a little thing about who Robbie Coltrane thinks should play Madame Maxime from CountingDown.Com.......

Robbie Coltrane recently told the Brazillian magazine SET that he's already got a preference as to who plays Madame Maxime in the fourth Harry Potter movie. He was quoted as saying that he bets Anjelica Houston will be cast in the role, as she is a Harry Potter fan and would fit the role well.

[xirtam]

I thought Madame Maxime is supposed to be huge. Or is that a different character? I don't remember...

[dh1989]

Yes, but no actress can truly fullfill that trait of Maxime, so why not go with a great actress? Plus, I am sure ILM can pull it off.

P.S. My memory may be a bit foggy, but does the book ever mention her being fat? Or is it just very, very tall?

[xirtam]

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Well, Hagrid thought she was half giant, like himself, and look at how Hagrid looks. I don't think a half-giant would be very skinny.

[movies35]

BUMP!

I know it's an old thread, but there is news on it, so start discussing!

[Horror whore]

Originally posted by movies35
I know it's an old thread, but there is news on it, so start discussing!

There's news on it? Why don't you actually post the news and then we'll start discussing....

[DevilMonkey]

:D Your so hilarious in a correct way.

[Arathon]

Rating- PG- Frightening scenes and some violence
Running Time- 155 mins.

[HedwigX]

It's actually goign to be ONE movie now!

:eek:

If they pull it off without causing uproar amongst book fans, then it will be a miracle!

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by malcolm1980
There IS a way for The Goblet of Fire to be made without necessarily having to split the the movie into two.

HOWEVER, there's got to be some heavy cutting down of the book. The Rita Skeeter subplot can be excised so is Hermione's crusade to 'liberate' the House Elves (S.P.E.W.). The Yule Ball can also be cut down and the World Cup Quidditch Match shortened. All those easily trim down about 90 minutes from the film.

Well there is a problem with the Rita Skeeter subplot being cut out, in that in Order of the Phoenix, that subplot comes into use yet again. This is the problem with making movies on series' that have not been finished yet - they never know when they could be cutting out something important to the end of the storyline, etc. A subplot they decide to cut out in 3, could end up being a major thing in 7, for example. Not to mention the House Elves thing is also fairly prominent throughout Order of the Phoenix, though so far it still seems it could be cut out - however, who knows, maybe this could become a major storyline in 6?! (Elves revolting against the system, could easily be a great aid in the "war"?...after all, we did see that Dobby is quite powerful...)

Anyway, I hope this is not made into two films - I'd much rather have it as one film, albeit a bit longer then. I love this book, out of the five, this is my favorite one, with a fantastic open ending...

Can't wait for it!

And i do hope they make enough money every time to finish the series...It'd be a shame if they decided to stop in the middle.

[xirtam]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
Well there is a problem with the Rita Skeeter subplot being cut out, in that in Order of the Phoenix, that subplot comes into use yet again.

I don't think that is completely true.

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In the book they use Rita to get Harry's interview into the newspaper. They could EASILY come up with another way to do this without Rita. One way is to go straight to Luna (her dad owns the newspaper). I'm sure she would be able to get the story in on her own. In my opinion Rita was just another thing that slowed the story down (i.e. added a few hundred pages to the book...:)) and I wouldn't mind her being cut out, nor would I mind the house-elves thing being cut out, that was kind of irritating.

[cupajoe]

theyd have to show the spew part of the book no matter how trivial it is because they have to show winky all drunk off butterbeer and heart broken because of her being fired. but a lot of the book would have to be trimed down because the film would be to long after a while but the film would have to build up in anticipation for the books big battle towards the end. the film will most likely get a pg-13 rateing because the dark turn of events in the book.