David Yates is currently working on the last Harry Potter installment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but may he bypass the film altogether? Take a look at the young adult author, Lois Lowry's official blog...

Bad news from The Giver Movie front. David Yates, the director currently working on the next Harry Potter film, was supposed to begin The Giver film next. But he has just decided he wants to do the final Harry Potter first, thereby postponing The Giver by several years. Maybe the opening of this film could be held simultaneously with my celebration-of-life service after I succumb to old age? Or the producers will decide to get a different director. Stand by. But without holding your breath.

Warner Bros. is planning to release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2010.