The Adventures of Harry Lime later expanded by him and served as the basic plot for his film "Mr. Arkadin". A recording of the 1951 "A Ticket to Tangiers" episode of "The Lives of Harry Lime" series is available on the Criterion Collection DVD edition of "The Third Man". In addition, recordings of the 1952 episodes "Man of Mystery", "Murder on the Riviera" and "Blackmail is a Nasty Word" are included on the Criterion Collection DVD "The Complete Mr. Arkadin". Fifteen episodes were adapted into a short story collection, "The Lives of Harry Lime", published in the United Kingdom by Pocket Books in 1952. The
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) out. British television director David Yates was chosen to direct the film after "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" director Mike Newell, as well as Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Vaughn and Mira Nair, turned down offers. Yates believed he was approached because the studio saw him fit to handle an "edgy and emotional" film with a "political backstory", which some of his previous television projects including "State of Play", "Sex Traffic" and "The Girl in the Café" demonstrated. Producer David Heyman supported Yates' comments about the film's political theme, stating that "["Order of the Phoenix"] is a