Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

"The End Begins"

- Official tagline

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will be the first installment of a two-part film based on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling.

David Yates, who directed the preceding two films, is directing both parts, with Steve Kloves returning to script. The first part is currently scheduled for release in November 2010, with the second following in July 2011. Production of the two films occurred concurrently, 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.

On March 12, 2008, Warner Bros. additionally 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 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 it's 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) had expressed interest in returning to score the film - however he did not state which part he would be contributing to. In January 2010 Alexandre Desplat, a French composer, was confirmed to produce the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

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

The part will end as Lord Voldemort obtains the Elder Wand from Albus Dumbledore's tomb.

In the wake of the success of the 3-D film Avatar in late 2009, Warner Bros. announced that both Deathly Hallows films will be converted to 3-D for showing in 3-D. A standard 2-D version of the film will also be circulated, as stated in the most recent trailer. On October 9, 2010, it was announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 would not be released in 3-D because the film would not be complete before the release. It is possible it could be re-released in the near future as the conversion to 3-D has already begun.

Filming
Pre-production began on January 26, 2009, and filming began on February 19, 2009 at Leavesden Film 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. It is probable that the aerial sequence and explosion is the Battle over Little Whinging. This left Holmes paralyzed from the waist down and it is reported he will be unable to ever walk again.

Shooting Schedule
David Heyman gave additional details on the filming schedule for the two films:

"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 Daniel Radcliffe was seriously injured while testing an explosion scene.

Filming for both parts started officially on February 15, 2009 and ended on June 12, 2010.

Filming on Location

 * On April 21, 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 have been circling around the web. The report says that it was shot in Scotland.


 * On the same day, The-Leaky-Cauldron.org first reported that location filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been set in and  portion of London, England.
 * Hundreds 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 that Deathly Hallows filming on the coastline of will take place from 11th to 15th May 2009 on Freshwater West beach of the  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.


 * They started shooting the forest scenes at  on 10 June 2009.


 * Numerous photos of the main casts including pictures of Sophie Thompson (Mafalda Hopkirk), David O'Hara (Albert Runcorn), and Steffan Rhodri (Reg Cattermole) and the set reports from Deathly Hallows filming in ,  have emerged online since 28 June 2009, which appear to be the scene in which Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrated the Ministry of Magic to obtain the real Horcrux locket from Dolores Umbridge.


 * Stunt sequences for Deathly Hallows were shot Thursday (July 23) and Friday night (July 24) in in Kent, England, with Harry and Hagrid's doubles (Daniel Radcliffe and Robbie Coltrane were not filming) driving against the traffic on Sirius's motorcycle. This scene follows the Seven Potters escapade in Privet Drive; Harry's double is also noted to be pointing his wand at an unknown enemy. Photos from the location shoot has emerged online since 27th July, 2009.


 * According to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, which is hosting a Harry Potter Exhibition, some of David Thewlis' costumes were sent to the UK because Thewlis will need to wear them for the wedding scenes. This filming began on August 10, 2009.

Special Effects

 * For the Seven Potters sequence, Oliver Phelps mentioned on his twitter that a mixture of special effects and makeup has been used to make the actors' face look like Daniel Radcliffe, using a VFX MOVA facial capture scan with 29 cameras and UV makeup.

The Soundtrack
In January 2010, Alexandre Desplat was confirmed to produce the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. The French composer will record the music in London studios with the London Symphony Orchestra. He will score until September.

«''We will start this summer, it will take me all summer, I will not have many holidays, but again it's for good reason, for the soundtrack. I would take every opportunity to use the fabulous theme composed by John Williams, I'd say it has not sufficiently used in the latest movies, so if I have the opportunity and if the footage allows me, I'm going to arrange it, to give it another meaning... Well, I have no obligation to use it but I shall make it with great honor and pleasure.''» - Alexandre Desplat - Interview of the French composer by Cinézik.

The soundtrack will be released on November 16, 2010 in U.K. and the U.S.

Release Dates

 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - November 19, 2010

The Trio

 * Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.
 * Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.
 * Emma Watson as Hermione Granger.

Hogwarts Staff

 * Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.
 * Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn.
 * Suzie Toase as Alecto Carrow.
 * Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow.
 * Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall.
 * Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid.
 * Carolyn Pickles as Charity Burbage.
 * Steve Poulsen as Wizard Teacher.

Order of the Phoenix

 * Brendan Gleeson as Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody.
 * David Thewlis as Remus Lupin.
 * Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks.
 * Domhnall Gleeson as Bill Weasley.
 * Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacour.
 * Julie Walters as Molly Weasley.
 * Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley.
 * James Phelps as Fred Weasley.
 * Oliver Phelps as George Weasley.
 * Alex Crockford as Charlie Weasley.
 * George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt.
 * Andy Linden as Mundungus Fletcher.
 * Ciarán Hinds as Aberforth Dumbledore.
 * David Ryall as Elphias Doge.

Lord Voldemort, His Death Eaters and Followers

 * Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort.
 * Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange.
 * Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew.
 * Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy.
 * Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy.
 * Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy.
 * Rod Hunt as Thorfinn Rowle.
 * Peter Mullan as Yaxley.
 * Arben Bajraktaraj as Antonin Dolohov.
 * Johnpaul Castrianni
 * Catherine Balavage
 * Paul Khanna
 * Jon Campling
 * James Williamson
 * Timothy Shieff
 * Artem Sinelnikov
 * Michael Thompson
 * Jay De Silva
 * Alain Stash
 * Emil Hostina
 * Matthew Bancroft
 * Sam Child
 * Ben Champniss
 * David Sharpe
 * Jeff Lipman
 * Neil Findlater
 * Tony Kirwood
 * Neil Shroot
 * Daniel Pharaoh as special Death Eater.
 * Peter Lloyd-Jones

Snatchers

 * Dave Legeno as Fenrir Greyback.
 * Nick Moran as Scabior.
 * Chase Armitage
 * Adam Brashaw
 * Samuel Supple
 * Sam Parham
 * Cole Armitage
 * Matthew Kaye
 * Shaun Andrews
 * Michael Wilson
 * Sam Lucas
 * Samuel Roukin
 * Nathan Barris
 * Scott Young
 * James Stokes
 * Curtis Small
 * Cane Armitage
 * Daniel Ilabaca
 * Ryan Doyle
 * Phill Doyle
 * Robyn Lane
 * Jennifer Clegg
 * Matthew Morley
 * Chloe Bruce
 * Grace Bruce
 * David Decio

Ministry of Magic

 * Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour.
 * Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbride.
 * Guy Henry as Pius Thicknesse
 * Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley.
 * David O'Hara as Albert Runcorn.
 * Steffan Rhodri as Reginald Cattermole.
 * Sophie Thompson as Mafalda Hopkirk.
 * Sian Thomas as Amelia Bones.
 * Pete Perry as Ministry of Magic Wizard.
 * Louise Walpole as Ministry of Magic Witch.
 * Pete Noakes as Ministry of Magic Policeman.
 * Ian Seale as Ministry of Magic Policeman.
 * Jim Goldstone as Ministry of Magic Policeman.
 * Jamie Clark as Ministry Wizard.
 * Sarah Jane O'Neill as Ministry Wizard.
 * Guinevere Edwards as Ministry Wizard.
 * Kas Graham as Ministry Wizard.
 * Catherine Laine as Ministry Typist.
 * Helen Harbord as Ministry Worker.
 * Vicky Brackley as Ministry Wizard/Worker.
 * Bella Sokol as Auror.
 * Nicholas Dare as Auror.

Hogwarts Students

 * Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley.
 * Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood.
 * Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom.
 * Alfie Enoch as Dean Thomas.
 * Aaron Virdee as Gryffindor Senior.
 * Grace Francis as Gryffindor Senior.
 * Ryan Butcher as Gryffindor Student.
 * Ifeoma Oboko as Gryffindor Student.
 * Georgie May as Gryffindor Student.
 * Lauren Sherry as Gryffindor Student.
 * Jake Lambert as Ravenclaw Senior.
 * Gemma Kayla as Ravenclaw Senior.
 * Joshua Savary as Ravenclaw Student.
 * Chris Chan as Injured Ravenclaw Student.
 * Louisa Warren as Hufflepuff Senior.
 * Kamilla Woodburn as Hufflepuff Senior.
 * Rayman Jilani as Hufflepuff Student.
 * Margotu Margai as Hufflepuff Student.
 * Elliot Francis as Slytherin Senior and Outstanding member of the Slug Club.
 * George Christodoulou as Slytherin Student.
 * Clive Elkington as Student.
 * Luannsa Goodman as Student.
 * Jade Stanger as Student.
 * Lily Tello as Student/Extra.
 * Sammy (Samira) Sidhu as Student/Extra.
 * Melissa Gotobed as First Year Student.
 * Victor Akintunde as Student/Extra.
 * Sophia Kimitri as school girl.
 * Charlie Hobbs as student.
 * Emma Jayne-Corboz as school girl.

Wizarding World Related

 * John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander.
 * Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood.
 * Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter.
 * Matyelok Gibbs as Auntie Muriel.
 * Hazel Douglas as Bathilda Bagshot.
 * Ninette Finch as Augusta Longbottom.
 * Frances de la Tour as Olympe Maxime.
 * Kate Fleetwood as Mary Cattermole.
 * Rade Šerbedžija as Gregorovitch.
 * Angelica Mandy as Gabrielle Delacour.
 * Stanislav Ianevski as Viktor Krum.
 * Luke Youngblood as Lee Jordan.
 * Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Gellert Grindelwald.
 * Toby Regbo as Young Albus Dumbledore.
 * Martin Ballantyne as Scary Face/Mundungus's Associate.
 * Melanie Slade as Hermione's Friend.
 * Russell Alan White as Wedding Guest.
 * Christian Wolf-La'Moy as Wedding Guest.
 * Derek Powell as Wedding Guest.
 * Robert Roman Ratajczak as Wedding Guest.
 * Samantha Warner as Summer Dress Girl.
 * Annette Elstob as Young Woman.
 * George Potts as Balding Wizard.
 * Laurence Richardson as Wizard.
 * David Knijnenburg as Wizard.
 * James Currie as Mudblood.
 * Nathan Robinson as Mudblood.
 * Chris Bowe as Commuter.
 * Andy Callaghan as Wizard Parent.
 * Alison Cain as Veela (possibly Apolline Delacour).
 * Ned Dennehy as Frightened Wizard.
 * Tabatha St. Vincent as Extra.
 * Danielle Bilyard as Extra.
 * Mary Epworth as Extra.
 * Ricky Wilson as Extra.
 * Bosworth Acres-Debenham as Extra.
 * Hattie Gotobed as Extra.
 * Ben Gordon as Extra.
 * Peter Sims as Wizard.
 * Barry Huckfield as Mudblood.
 * Niki Stannett as pedestrian and Extras.
 * Danielle Speight Speight as pedestrian/Extras.
 * Mary O'Mahony as Extra.
 * Stephen Hawke as Extra.
 * Adam Jeayes as Extra.
 * Hayley Michelle in a Piccadilly scene.
 * Jennifer Edwards as Ministry Wizard Extra.

Ghosts and Spectres

 * Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore.
 * Frank Dillane as A torn portion of Tom Riddle's soul.
 * Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter.

Magic Creatures

 * Toby Jones as the voice of Dobby the House-elf.
 * Simon McBurney as the voice of Kreacher.
 * Warwick Davis as Griphook.

Muggles

 * Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley.
 * Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley.
 * Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley.
 * Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Granger.
 * Ian Kelly as Mr. Granger.
 * Jeanie Gold as Coffee Customer.
 * Catherine Cordell as Muggle.
 * Natalie Hallam as Muggle.
 * Harriet Palmer as Muggle.

Animals

 * Gizmo, Ook and Sprout as Hedwig.

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 Eduardo Serra has been appointed to be the Director of Photography.

Special effects will supervised by Paul J. Franklin.

Stuart Craig will again design new sets for both films. New sets include the Malfoy Manor, the wedding marquee, the Tottenham Court Road café, Sirius's bedroom at 12 Grimmauld Place, Dolores Umbridge's Ministry office, Ministry courtroom, Shell Cottage, Godric's Hollow, Bathilda Bagshot's home, the Lovegood home, the Lestrange vault in Gringotts, Ravenclaw Tower, and possibly other new parts of Hogwarts castle.

Wedding designer Jenny Packham is designing outfits for the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film.

Differences from the book

 * It has been confirmed that the movie will begin with a scene with the Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, making a speech about how times will "grow darker still" to Ministry employees.
 * There will be a scene with Neville, Luna, and Ginny on the Hogwarts Express.
 * It is thought that a chase scene on land will be added into the Seven Potters fight sequence.
 * It has been announced that Bill will be attacked during the Battle over Little Whinging.
 * It has been hinted at that an extended wand battle between Umbridge and Harry will be included during the Infiltration of the Ministry scene.
 * A chase scene with the Snatchers will take place.
 * Harry Potter will not be disguised as "Barny Weasley" during the wedding.
 * In an interview, director of the film David Yates announced that a scene will be added where Hermione Granger and Harry Potter are dancing, and, while dancing, they reveal some secrets about each other.
 * A scene will be added where Hermione Granger leaves her home.
 * The use of characters omitted from previous films such as Bill and Charlie Weasley, Fleur Delacour, and Rufus Scrimgeour will likely require the addition of some exposition to explain their presence. In addition, some changes made for the Half-Blood Prince film, such as the circumstances of Harry hiding the potions textbook, and the destruction of the Burrow, may also result in some additions.
 * A scene will be added showing Lord Voldemort searching for Harry in the Forest of Dean.
 * David Heyman informed Mugglenet in a recent podcast that an additional scene will be added to end Part 1 and still keep intrigue so people will watch Part 2.
 * Harry and Hermione will not be under the guise of Polyjuice Potion when they venture into Godric's Hollow.
 * In the book, Harry was attacked by Nagini in a dark room in Bathilda Bagshot's home. In the film, the attack somehow moves into the home next door into a children's play room.
 * In the book, the trio surrender to the Snatchers and are taken to Malfoy Manor, but in the film, a chase scene will be added.
 * In the book, Mr. Ollivander didn't know anything about the Deathly Hallows. In the film, he seems to have some basic knowledge of them.
 * In the trailer, Harry lets Hedwig fly around outside while he is alone at 4 Privet Drive, but in the book, Harry does not do this. Also, Hedwig returns while Harry and Hagrid are being pursued and blocks the Killing Curse a Death Eater casts at Harry. This was done to make her death more meaningful as well as having to avoid including Stan Shunpike.
 * In the book, Harry says "Voldemort" prompting the Snatchers to show up. In the film, Xenophilius Lovegood says it in his home during Harry, Ron, and Hermione's visit with him, resulting in the chase where they are ultimately caught and taken to Malfoy Manor.
 * Peter Pettigrew is not killed by his own hand, he is stunned by Dobby, as it would be deemed too graphic for a man to kill himself, even if it wasn't his choice.
 * In the book, Bellatrix only tortures Hermione. In the film, she tortures her, uses a whip on her, and engraves the word "Mudblood" on her arm.
 * Dobby is seen more in the film than he is in the book. In the book, he only appears at Malfoy Manor to save Harry and everyone. In the film, he brings Mundungus Fletcher to Harry at Grimmauld Place along with Kreacher. Dobby is still wearing his ragged dress even though he is free.
 * Harry and Lupin's argument does not take place at Grimmauld Place.
 * Viktor Krum does not argue with Xenophilius Lovegood at the wedding.
 * Remus Lupin tells Harry, Ron, and Hermione to go when the Death Eaters attack the wedding.
 * Rufus Scrimgeour arrives to give Harry, Ron, and Hermione their bequests from Dumbledore's will the morning of the wedding.
 * Hermione wears a red dress to the wedding as opposed to the lilac one she wears in the book.
 * When Voldemort takes Lucius Malfoy's wand, he snaps the snake's head off and throws it on the table
 * Harry and Ginny's kiss takes place in the Burrow's kitchen instead of Ginny's bedroom. Fred or George walks in on them instead of Ron bursting in on them.
 * Harry and Hagrid leave 4 Privet Drive and head straight for the Burrow instead of to the Tonks'.
 * Tonks's pregnancy has been brushed aside. It is possible that it will be explored more in Part 2 seeing as Luke Newberry has been cast as Teddy Lupin in the epilogue.
 * Instead of hearing Hermione tell the Tale of the Three Brothers, animation will be shown while she reads the story.
 * The Death Eater seen on the train tracks stopping the Hogwarts Express in the trailer is said to be looking for Harry. It was believed by some people that it was when Luna was kidnapped from the train.
 * As when the wedding is attacked, Harry sees Ginny fighting a Death Eater and tries to run to her but is stopped by Lupin whom tells Harry to leave.
 * Harry's disguises as Albert Runcorn wear off him quicker than Ron's or Hermione's, as when in the elevetor of the Ministry of Magic Harry makes his Patronus like he did in the third film.

Order of events in the film

 * Scrimgeour gives speech to the Ministry
 * Clips of Harry packing and the Dursleys leaving, Hermione modifying her parents memories and causing herself to disappear from the photographs, and Ron and the Weasleys preparing for the dangerous mission to get Harry.
 * The Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor (The Dark Lord Ascending)
 * Seven Potters
 * Scrimgeour gives bequests to the trio
 * The wedding and the ensuing attack
 * Death Eater run-in in cafe and escape to Grimmauld Place
 * Discovery of R.A.B and Dobby and Kreacher bring Mundungus to Harry.
 * Infiltration of the Ministry
 * Camping sequences and Ron's departure
 * Harry and Hermione's journey to Godric's Hollow and Nagini's attack
 * The Silver Doe and Ron's return
 * Destruction of the Locket Horcrux
 * Visit to Xeno Lovegood, and arrival of the Death Eaters
 * Disapparation and run-in with Snatchers and capture
 * Malfoy Manor scenes, rescue by Dobby
 * Dobby's death
 * Voldemort steals the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb

Behind the scenes

 * It has been confirmed that Part 1 will end with Voldemort stealing the Elder Wand.
 * Part 1 Runtime according to reviews is roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes.