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Guillermo del Toro
Though I'm sure the short list of directors available for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been processed by Warner Bros a plethora of times, Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro admits he would be open to directing the last film which, as a relief to him, is super dark.
Guillermo Del Toro Contemplating Potter
The good people at ComingSoon have caught up with Guillermo del Toro and, though the director passed on the third installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he wouldn't mind if Warner Bros. offered him another chance at the franchise.
"They came to me once, for the third one," Del Toro told us, confirming earlier rumors. "When I read the books before the movies were done, I always pictured Charles Dickens. They were very Dickensian. The situation of Harry Potter reminded me a lot of Pip from 'Great Expectations.' I saw them as deeper, more creaky, more corroded, but they were textured very differently when the first two movies came out. They were so bright and happy and full of light, that I wasn't interested."
"They seem to be getting eerie and darker, and I'm up to be the one who kills twenty guys," he said with a laugh, possibly referring to the plot of the last book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which has yet to have a director attached to helm. "If they come back to me, I'll think about it."
I'm still hoping for the return of Alfonso Cuaron for the seventh installment, but Guillermo del Toro would make a great consolation.
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