“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” parts one and two will be the first in the long-running series based on J.K. Rowling’s books to be shown entirely in 3-D. The two movies, which hit theaters on November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011, respectively, were shot using traditional cameras; the finished films will be converted to the increasingly popular format during the post-production process.
“Potter” producer David Heyman is very excited about the possibilities offered by 3-D. The decision to use the format for “Deathly Hallows” grew out of a number of factors. “I think that it emerged organically,” he said in an exclusive interview with MTV’s Eric Ditzian. “Clearly, the success of 3-D movies has had an impact on the economy and making of films. We saw an opportunity and grabbed it. Also, ‘Harry Potter’ itself has so many exciting possibilities for 3-D, both in things coming at you and also just in making that world seem even more epic than it already is.”
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Heyman expects to begin getting to the conversion “very soon,” but there are still details left to be worked out. Of the epilogue, he only said that the team hasn’t “had those discussions yet.” There’s opportunity for the future though; six “Potter” films were released before “Deathly Hallows,” and all of them have that epic scale which might made a 3-D conversion worthwhile.
“Those discussions haven’t yet happened, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time,” Heyman said in reference to converting older “Potter” flicks. Then he hedged. “You know what? I actually shouldn’t say that. Who knows? It would be great. You can never tell. I hope so.”
Translation: 3D makes money. We want more money!
I think I’ll just catch the 2D version in theaters.