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 Lord Voldemort 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
A two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is planned. The film is to be split in two, with David Yates, who directed the preceding two films, directing both parts. The first part will be released in November 2010, and the second in July 2011. The films will be shot back to back, and treated as if it were one film. The idea to split the films had been around since the middle of 2007, but only really came into serious consideration after producer David Heyman was able to talk to writer Steve Kloves when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike ended and Heyman had Rowling's approval. As of April 2009, Kloves is working on the script of second part.

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. According to Warner Bros. executive Alan F. Horn it will allow "an extra hour and a half to celebrate what this franchise has been and do justice to all the words and ideas in the amazing story." Heyman described the workings behind the split: "Deathly Hallows is so rich, the story so dense and there is so much that is resolved that, after discussing it with [Rowling], we came to the conclusion that two parts were needed." Due to the WGA strike, Kloves was not able to start work on the script until it ended.

Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, others had expressed an interest in the job. Alfonso Cuarón, director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, had said that he would be "tempted" to return to direct. Guillermo del Toro, who passed on Prisoner of Azkaban, had expressed interest in directing Deathly Hallows, but an increased workload ruled him out of the project.

Heyman noted that the films will be a closer recreation of the books than the previous films because of the length a two-part adaptation entails. Daniel Radcliffe said: "This is a road movie, particularly in Part One of the film. People have been so used to seeing Harry Potter at Hogwarts and we're just not there for the first part of the film. That seems to have really freshened things up, and hopefully will get people seeing the films with fresh eyes again, because its just a totally different look when you're not just sat in the same room the whole time."

Although Yates had retained composer Nicholas Hooper for Half-Blood Prince, John Williams, who composed the scores to the first three films, has expressed interest in returning to score the film, and Hooper has not been confirmed as composer.

Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of this film had effect on the way the sixth film was written.

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.

Filming
Pre-production began on 26 January 2009, and filming began on 19 February 2009 at Leavesden Studios, where the previous six films had been shot, and Pinewood Studios. Eduardo Serra is the cinematographer. Yates said that the film will be shot "with loads of hand-held cameras. I want to shake things up every time I go into this world. I like experimenting as we go along."

During production at Leavesden, Radcliffe's stunt double David Holmes suffered a serious spinal injury, during filming of an aerial sequence. Holmes fell to the ground following an explosion which was part of the stunt.

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 on this Site. These are the Shell Cottage scenes, most likely.



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
 * Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
 * Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
 * Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick and Griphook the Goblin
 * Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
 * Brendan Gleeson as Alastor "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


 * Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
 * Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
 * Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
 * Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
 * James Phelps as Fred Weasley
 * Oliver Phelps as George Weasley

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. Chris Rankin will reprise his role as Percy Weasley. Devon Murray has confirmed he will once again play Griffindor student Seamus Finnigan.

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  , Hazel Douglas as Bathilda Bagshot , and Rade Serbedzija as Gregorovitch. Chase Armitage and Adam Brashaw will portray two of the four Snatchers, while Toby Regbo has been cast as a young Albus Dumbledore. Rod Hunt has been re-cast as Death Eater Thorfinn Rowle.

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. It is rumoured that Hebe Beardsall will have a minor part as Ariana Dumbledore. Imelda Staunton wishes to reprise her role as Dolores Umbridge, but there has been no news regarding her role. Timothy Bateson will most likely reprise his role as House-Elf Kreacher.

Many of the Death Eater actors are expected to return: Lord John Paul Castrianni (Yaxley), Peter Best (Walden Macnair), Richard Cubison (Antonin Dolohov), Tav MacDougall (Travers), Ralph Ineson (Amycus Carrow) and Suzanne Toase (Alecto Carrow).

There is a very strong possibility that Alfie Enoch, Katie Leung, Jessie Cave, Shefali Chowdhury, Afshan Azad, Jamie Waylett, Josh Herdman and Harry Melling reprise their roles as Dean Thomas, Cho Chang, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Padma Patil, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle and Dudley Dursley.

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.