'Harry Potter' Director Tackling 'Doctor Who' Movie

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The wizarding world of "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/383853/moviemain.jhtml"]Harry Potter[/url]" and the Whoverse are about to collide. [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/68529/personmain.jhtml"]"Deathly Hallows" director David Yates[/url] has announced his partnership with BBC to direct [url="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/11/14/doctor-who-movie-harry-potter-david-yates/"]a big-screen take on "Doctor Who,"[/url] the long-running British television series about the sci-fi exploits of the Time Lord. Yates says the movie has no writers as of yet, is two to three years from beginning production, and will have little to nothing to do with the "Who" continuity that's come before. Get all the details [url="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/11/14/doctor-who-movie-harry-potter-david-yates/"]here[/url].

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