The director of the upcoming 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', David Yates, has confirmed that he will return to direct the sixth film in the blockbuster franchise, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'.
Speaking to SCI FI Wire, the news service of the SCI FI Channel in the US, Yates said: "I am doing Half-Blood Prince, and I'm doing it because I love the world, I love the characters. I think I have more business with this world and these characters."
He continued: "I've made a kind of tonal shift with the fifth film, which I want to continue and develop into the sixth film. And I can see the fifth story evolving into the sixth story in a really interesting way. So I'm on a journey with this material and this world, and I'm keen to complete it."
'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' opens in cinemas on 13 July, with 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' due for release on 21 November 2008.
