'Harry Potter' Final Movie Split Into Two

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The final "Harry Potter" book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be adapted into two films, Warner Bros. said Wednesday. Titled "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the movies are set to be released in November 2010 and May 2011.

David Yates -- who is directing the adaptation of the sixth novel, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and is slated to helm the seventh film -- will direct both movies, which will be shot back-to-back. Steve Kloves, who has written all but one of the "Potter" movies, also is returning to write the two-parter.