Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I is the first of two movies, based on the book by J. K. Rowling. Two movies are planned to be made of this book, of which the release dates are listed below.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II is the second film of the two movies.

Synopsis
''After the tragic death of Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter has to fulfill the impossible task that Dumbledore has left him: he has to destroy each Horcrux that keeps LordVoldemort alive. But while Harry waits for the Order of the Phoenix to escort him away safely, Voldemort and his Death Eaters are preparing a huge take-over of the entire Wizarding World. Not wanting to abandon Harry in these dark and difficult times, Harry’s friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger decide to join him in his search for the remaining Horcruxes.''

Two Films Out of One
On March 12, 2008, Warner Brothers confirmed that the movie would be split into two, to do justice to the book. David Yates, director of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince will return to direct and Steve Kloves is going to write the screenplay.

Where the films are to be split remains a mystery. Many popular rumors include the split taking place when Ron Weasley returns to the group and destroys Salazar Slytherin's Locket, when the group are taken prisoner by Fenrir Greyback and taken to Malfoy Manor, or using the Manor sequence as a climax for movie one and ending with Dobby's funeral. There also is a rumour that Daniel Radcliffe said: "There's going to be two movies out of the seventh book, or else I'm not going to be Harry Potter."

The reason for the two films as David Heyman has stated is so that no major cuts can occur e.g. characters and scenes. Another reason is so they can go in more depth than any of the other films.

Shooting's Schedule
David revealed work will begin in early 2009 on the seventh movie in the series. "We finished the sixth film which'll be coming out next summer and we start filming the seventh which we'll be breaking into two parts for a 54 week shoot starting in February (2009)."

Test shoots were done on January 26, 2009 as Emma Watson revealed on her Official Website. Unfortunately, just days later it was reported that a stunt double for Dan Radcliffe was seriously injured while testing an explosion scene.

Filming started officially on February 15, 2009.

Filming on Location

 * On mid of April,2009, Photos of Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) with a tent camped in a open field along with the Deathly Hallows staff and crew has been circling around the web. The report says that it was shot in Scotland.


 * On April 21, The-Leaky-Cauldron.org first reported that location filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been set in Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Avenue portion of London, England.
 * Hundred of Photos of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint including the crew & staff & 200+ extras for the film production has been released on the net during shooting hours from midnight to 6 a.m. and on the next day, April 22.


 * On April 22, BBC News reported the actual dates of Deathly Hallows filming on the coastline of Wales will take place May 11th through the 15th, 2009 on Freshwater West beach of the Pembrokeshire National Park where the scenes for Shell Cottage are said to be shot.
 * On 24th of April, The T-L-C website released the first photos of the Shell Cottage while under construction on the coastline in the Pembrokeshire area of Wales.


 * Various pictures can be seen of the cast of HP-DH filming scenes from the film...one of those scenes are of the burial of Dobby,and the other,a scene---Unknown to me..im pretty sure that it might not have been in the book.It has,im sure,some chick (Bellatrix?)pointing her wand at someone(Serius?)..who im not so sure i know..unless its Bill or some shit..i don't know...just look at the freaking pictures..Hahaha...



The Soundtracks
John Williams said he is confident he will return for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but there is not yet an OFFICIAL announcement made by WB or John Williams himself.

Release Dates

 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I - November 19, 2010
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II - July 15, 2011

Cast

 * Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
 * Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
 * Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
 * Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
 * Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
 * Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
 * Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
 * Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
 * Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick and Griphook the Goblin
 * Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort
 * Brendan Gleeson as Mad Eye Moody
 * Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
 * Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
 * Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
 * Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
 * Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
 * Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
 * Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks
 * David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
 * Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
 * Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
 * James Phelps as Fred Weasley
 * Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
 * Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy

Additionally, Toby Jones reprises his role as Dobby the House-Elf. Order of the Phoenix members Mundungus Fletcher, Aberforth Dumbledore, Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour will be portrayed by Andy Linden, Ciaran Hinds , Domhnall Gleeson and Clemence Poesy respectively.

Furthermore, John Hurt, Helen McCrory, Dave Legeno, Miriam Margolyes and Miranda Richardson reprise their so far one film role as Wandmaker Mr. Ollivander, Narcissa Malfoy, Werewolf Fenrir Greyback , Herbology teacher Pomona Sprout and Rita Skeeter.

Some small roles have been given to Rhys Ifans, who joins the franchise as Xenophilius Lovegood, Steffan Rhodri as Reg Cattermole , Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Granger  , Jamie Campbell Bower confirmed as Gellert Grindelwald  and Hazel Douglas as Bathilda Bagshot.

It is expected that Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Adrian Rawlins and Geraldine Somerville will reprise their role as the late Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, James Potter and Lily Potter. David Bradley will presumably reprise his role as Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch, while George Harris is likely to return as Kingsley Shacklebolt. There has been no news regarding the role of Jim Broadbent as potions teacher Horace Slughorn, but it can be expected that he will return as well. Chris Rankin and Imelda Staunton wish to reprise their roles as Percy Weasley and Dolores Umbridge, but there has been no news regarding their role. There is a very strong possibility that Devon Murray, Alfie Enoch, Katie Leung, Jessie Cave, Shefali Chowdhury, Afshan Azad, Jamie Waylett, Josh Herdman and Harry Melling reprise their roles as Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Cho Chang, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Padma Patil, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle and Dudley Dursley. Timothy Bateson will most likely reprise his role as House-Elf Kreacher.

Emma Thompson will not return as Sybill Trelawney because she chose to work on Nanny McPhee sequel.

Staff and Crew
Both parts will be written by Steve Kloves, who wrote the first, second, third, fourth and sixth films, and directed by David Yates, who directed the previous two films. David Heyman and David Barron are producing both parts. Academy Award-nominated cinematographer from Portugal, Eduardo Serra is appointed to be the Director of Photography. Special effects will supervised by Paul J. Franklin.