Author Lois Lowry wrote on her blog today that David Yates was expected to direct the film version of one of her books, The Giver, but "has just decided he wants to do the final Harry Potter first." Warner Bros. has yet to announce who will direct Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, so for the time being, regard this as a rumor. But as we have said before, this is a highly likely prospect, as WB has always given each director the opportunity to continue, and Yates isn't showing any signs of losing steam. According to MTV, an official announcement is expected within one to two weeks.

As said on Mugglenet. Hopefully it's true. I'd like to see someone last a while. With the last three books being a lot darker than the others and he directed OotP so he'd probably be the best for the job.

Actor Name	Character	Confirmation Info
Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter	WB Press Release
Rupert Grint	Ron Weasley	WB Press Release
Emma Watson	Hermione Granger	WB Press Release
James Phelps	Fred Weasley	Interview
Oliver Phelps	George Weasley	Interview
Bonnie Wright	Ginny Weasley	Interview
Matthew Lewis	Neville Longbottom	Interview
Evanna Lynch	Luna Lovegood	Interview
Jessie Cave	Lavender Brown	WB Press Release
Tom Felton	Draco Malfoy	WB Press Release
Katie Leung	Cho Chang	Interview
Michael Gambon	Albus Dumbledore	Interview
Ralph Fiennes	Lord Voldemort	Set Report
Natalia Tena	Nymphadora Tonks	Associated Press
David Thewlis	Remus Lupin	UK Vogue
Helena Bonham Carter	Bellatrix Lestrange	The Independent
Helen McCrory	Narcissa Malfoy	WB Press Release
Jim Broadbent	Horace Slughorn	Interview
Mark Williams	Arthur Weasley	HBP video footage
Julie Walters	Molly Weasley	WB Press Release
Alan Rickman	Severus Snape	WB Press Release
Maggie Smith	Minerva McGonagall	WB Press Release
Warwick Davis	Filius Flitwick	WB Press Release
Robbie Coltrane	Rubeus Hagrid	WB Press Release
David Bradley	Argus Filch	WB Press Release
Hero Fiennes Tiffin	Tom Riddle (11 years old)	WB Press Release
Frank Dillane	Tom Riddle (16 years old)	WB Press Release

This is my new blog my last one wasn't doing so hot. It will mostly be me posting news and such. So without further or do here is the first bit of news that I've found.

David Barron has revealed to the Herald Sun that a new scene has been added in the upcoming Half-Blood Prince film in order to remind moviegoers that nowhere is safe. Having JK Rowling's approval of the scene, Barron is confident that people will like it:

But this was brought in because Jo (Rowling) was able throughout the quite lengthy book to keep dropping little snippets of what was happening in the outside world - there'd be people reading newspapers and talking about how somebody's parents had been killed, or somebody had been withdrawn from school because their parents didn't think it was safe.

And we're making aware that the Muggle world is also experiencing these disasters, but thinks they are disasters rather than the work of Voldemort.

The book is peppered with those moments, but we couldn't do that quite so easily in the film.

So (the extra scene) comes in the middle of the film and it just reminds us the world is no longer a safe place. Even in what would normally be considered the safe haven of the Burrow, nobody's safe.

You can see a full scan of the article over at SnitchSeeker's website.