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*Since we’re talking about story details for an upcoming movie, there are SPOILERS possible. If you’ve read the books, forge ahead. If you don’t care, forge ahead. If you can’t forge ahead, don’t forge ahead.*

So obviously the internet world is all a buzz over the biggest question of the century: Why haven’t they released Season 1 of “Duck Tales” on Blu-Ray? I’m up in arms over the issue, but I can still devote a small amount of time to a much less important question. Namely, where the filmmakers behind the Harry Potter series will make the cut between their seventh and eighth film.

As you already know, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

is too big a book to cram into one movie, and the minds behind it already have an idea of where they will drop the editing blade to cut it into two.

From the Empire exclusive interview, the money quote:

“We’ve played around with a couple of places,” said Heyman, “and ultimately settled on a place that we think is very exciting, and I think quite bold, in that it’s not necessarily where one might expect. You want to give a sense of completion, on one hand, but a sense that there’s another piece, more to come. We tried one and then Steve (Kloves, screenwriter) came up with the idea to try it another way and when we tried that, it felt just right.”

A spot that wraps things up…and is a cliffhanger? Interesting.

I have no idea how many Harry Potter fans we have in our readership, but it’s time to speculate. Where will Team Potter cut?

My suggestion would be to end the first film after Voldemort breaks Harry’s wand. It’s a great moment of intensity, sets up a face-to-face conflict between the two main characters that doesn’t fully get resolved, and leaves the audience on a note where the bad guys have won. Perfectly setting up the next film. If done correctly, it could be in the same style as Empire. If done poorly, it could end up being the thrill-less version of Blair Witch. Camping is not inherently interesting on film.

What do you think?