Why didn't Steve Kloves write the screenplay for Order of the Phoenix?

Answer 1

In his own words, "You know, I don't even know why. The fourth film, Goblet of Fire, was really hard to do. I wrote on it for two years. But it's not that simple and I don't know that I'll ever fully understand why I didn't do it. This will sound glib, but it's somewhat true: They asked me on the wrong day. They asked me for the last time on the wrong day. Had they asked me the next day, I probably would have said yes. There's always stuff that goes on around these movies and I felt an urge - and I still feel an urge - to do other things. To go back to making movies nobody wants to see, and I'll do so. But I think I was feeling that urge particularly keenly at that time. I always said too that if the kids left, I would leave too. And there was some talk about Emma Watson leaving and that would have been hard for me if Emma had left because I like writing for the three kids."