Deathly Hallows Director Found?

I'll go ahead and say it: I'm not a fan of the Harry Potter books. I tried, okay? I gave it an honest effort, but Rowling's rambling prose was harder for me to read than Homer. Not to mention expositionary dialogue that rivals every Grey's Anatomy script ever written. But I do have a great appreciation for the mythical world Rowling created, and the characters within it. I like the stories, just not the storytelling. Don't worry, all of this commentary is going somewhere...

So despite my problems with the books, I actually really like the movies. Well, the third, fourth, and fifth ones at least. The first two were pretty juvenile. Once the writers and directors started treating Harry, Ron, and Hermione like adults (or at least real people), I was hooked.

Thus, I was pretty happy about Warner Brothers' decision to let David Yates (who helmed Order of the Phoenix) stay to direct the sixth adaptation, The Half-Blood Prince, which is due this November. But Yates is not contracted to do the final film.

The word right now is that Guillermo Del Toro will step in. If his name looks baffling, you might recognize him as the weird genius behind Pan's Labyrinth. Strangely enough, Del Toro was considered years ago to direct Prisoner of Azkaban. Guess who else was considered for that one...M. Night Shyamalan.

Other directors that have been rumored for Deathly Hallows include Chris Columbus (who directed the first two), Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys, Brazil, who angrily said they should have come to him first or not at all), and Potter veteran David Yates.

My choice? Christopher Nolan, of Batman Begins and The Prestige. Deathly Hallows is supposed to be dark, so why hold back?

Of course, they could just hire Peter Jackson to do it. I can see it now. Four and a half hours of Potter in theatres, followed by a six-hour version on DVD, followed by a Special Collector's Edition on Blu-Ray with 15 hours of special features, followed by....

What I'm listening to right now on Pandora - Nobody Knows It But Me by The Tony Rich Project