Not sure how I feel about this, but apparently Warner Bros. is giving the go-ahead on turning Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, both parts, into 3D.

Apparently the conversion cost is only $5 million, plus another $5 million in expenses for 3D glasses and such, which the studio assumes it will easily be able to make back in added revenue.

It’s hard to deny that 3D movies currently tend to make more money, especially when Avatar is still raking in millions, about to breakthrough Titanic’s record $600 million gross.  But is 3D right for Harry Potter?  The series doesn’t take place on an alien world, it takes place in England, and Deathly Hallows Part 1 in particular takes place largely in the woods.

Hopefully it won’t hurt the movies…it just feels unnecessary.  But hey, studios are in the business of making money.