Warner Bros. has decided that the final saga by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be made into two films. The two installments will be released within six months of one another, reported Variety.
Warner Bros. has not yet decided how to adapt the final Rowling novel. They will be dividing the 784 page book in half. The release dates have been tentatively set. The first installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be in theatres in November 2010. The sequel will be released the following May.
David Yates will be directing the two parts and they will be filmed concurrently. Yates directed the last two films about the famous wizard, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which will be in theatres in November of this year.
Steve Kloves wrote the screenplay for all of the installments except Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.