Columbus directed the first two films in the series, but stepped away from the camera for the third one.
Instead Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron is making the decisions, and he's kept his film shorter.
All the trailers and pictures from POA look really cool, but news the film isn't as long as the first two may surprise some fans.
Filming on the fourth film, The Goblet of Fire, has already started, this time directed by Brit Mike Newell.