The Third Man Theme sold strongly. Four other versions charted in the U.S. during 1950. According to Faber and Faber, the different versions of the theme have collectively sold an estimated forty million copies. Karas also performed "The Third Man Theme" and other zither music for the 1951–1952 syndicated radio series, "The Adventures of Harry Lime", a "Third Man" prequel produced in London. Orson Welles reprised his role as Harry Lime. "Whenever he entered a restaurant in those years, the band would strike up Anton Karas's "Third Man Theme", wrote Welles biographer Joseph McBride. The full soundtrack album was ready for release when "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