Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

"It All Ends Here"

- Official tag-line

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 will be the second instalment of a two-part film based on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, and the final film in the Harry Potter series.

David Yates, who directed the preceding two films, is directing both parts, with Steve Kloves returning to script. The first part was released internationally on November 18 2010 and the following day in the United Kingdom and the United States, with the second scheduled for release on 15 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 12 March, 2008, Warner Bros. additionally confirmed that the film 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 film, 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 I. In November 2010 it was confirmed that Alexandre Desplat (despite many fans wanting Williams) would compose the second part. 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 first part of Deathly Hallows will end as Voldemort retrieves the Elder Wand from Albus Dumbledore's tomb. This would mean that the beginning of this film would be the trio planning the Gringott's Break-in.

In the wake of the success of the 3-D film Avatar in late 2009, Warner Bros. announced that the Deathly Hallows films will be converted to 3-D for showing in 3-D. However, the first film was not released in 3-D due to time constraints. There has been no news on how this will affect Part 2.

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." Filming is reportedly over, ending the decade long of filming for the cast.

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 paralysed 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.

Daniel Radcliffe confirmed that the Epilogue scenes will be re-shot, thus making it problematic for make-up artists to come up with a wig for Emma Watson who cut her hair in August. The shootings will take place at Christmas, on the set of Leavesden this time, not at King's Cross, as initially planned.

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 on-line 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 have emerged on-line 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

 * Harry Potter films' producer David Heyman, once revealed in a interview that they will also use a combination of make-up and computer effects to make Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright and Tom Felton look older for the Epilogue chapter. They are very similar to the special effects that were used in the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt.

Soundtrack
In November 2010, it was announced that Alexandre Desplat, who composed the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, will compose the score for the film.

Release dates
thumb|300px|right|Official trailer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. thumb|300px|right|Sneak peek for the film as shown on ABC Family.
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II - July 15, 2011

The Trio

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

Hogwarts staff

 * Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.
 * Suzie Toase as Alecto Carrow.
 * Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow.
 * Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall.
 * Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn.
 * Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick.
 * Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout.
 * Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid.
 * Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney.
 * Gemma Jones as Poppy Pomfrey.
 * David Bradley as Argus Filch.
 * Pauline Stone as Nurse Wainscott.

Order of the Phoenix

 * 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.
 * George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt.
 * 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. (cut from film)
 * 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
 * Elizabeth Jee
 * Seong Hwan Jo
 * Joe Kallis
 * Courtney Fearon
 * Artem Sinelnikov
 * Michael Thompson
 * Charlie Ryall
 * Jay De Silva
 * Alain Stash
 * Emil Hostina
 * Richard Strange
 * David Sharpe
 * Jamie McLeod-Ross
 * Matthew Bancroft
 * Sam Child
 * Ben Champniss
 * Natalie Hallam
 * Jeff Lipman
 * Tony Kirwood
 * Chris Glynn

Snatchers

 * Dave Legeno as Fenrir Greyback.
 * Nick Moran as Scabior.
 * David Decio

Ministry of Magic

 * Guy Henry as Pius Thicknesse.
 * Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley.
 * 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.
 * Alexandra Oley as Ministry Typist .
 * Catherine Laine as Ministry Typist.
 * Helen Harbord as Ministry Worker.
 * Vicky Brackley as Ministry Wizard/Worker.
 * Bella Sokol as Auror.
 * Catrina Doherty as Ministry Wizard.

Hogwarts students

 * Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley.
 * Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood.
 * Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom.
 * Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan.
 * Alfie Enoch as Dean Thomas.
 * Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown.
 * Shefali Chowdhury as Parvati Patil.
 * Afshan Azad as Padma Patil.
 * Louis Cordice as Blaise Zabini.
 * Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle.
 * Scarlett Byrne as Pansy Parkinson.
 * Anna Shaffer as Romilda Vane.
 * Isabella Laughland as Leanne.
 * Jamie Marks as Ernie Macmillan.
 * Katie Leung as Cho Chang.
 * Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell.
 * Freddie Stroma as Cormac McLaggen.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Holly Murdoch as Slytherin school girl.
 * Charlotte Casey as Slytherin student.
 * Zoltan Adorjan as Student.
 * Rachel French as Slytherin student.

Epilogue children

 * Luke Newberry as Ted Lupin.
 * Will Dunn as James Potter II.
 * Arthur Bowen as Albus Potter.
 * TBA as Lily Potter II.
 * TBA as Rose Weasley.
 * Ryan Turner as Hugo Weasley.
 * Bertie Gilbert as Scorpius Malfoy.

Flashback children

 * Rohan Gotobed as Young Sirius Black.
 * Ellie Darcey-Alden as Young Lily Evans.
 * Ben Clarke as Young Severus Snape. 
 * TBA as Young James Potter.
 * TBA as Young Petunia Evans.

Wizarding World related

 * John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander.
 * Ninette Finch as Augusta Longbottom.
 * Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood.
 * Hebe Beardsall as Ariana Dumbledore.
 * Jade Olivia as Astoria Greengrass.
 * Freddie Hogan as Terry Skeres.
 * Martin Ballantyne as Scary Face/Mundungus's Associate.
 * Russell Alan White as Wedding Guest.
 * Christian Wolf-La'Moy 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.
 * Piotr Ochman 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).
 * 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.
 * Barry Huckfield as Mudblood.
 * Alfred Camp as Wizard.
 * Rebecca Harrison as Extra.
 * Mathew Kaye as supporting artist.
 * Elham Ehsas as Extra.
 * Michelle Johnstone as Parent.
 * Monty-Gus Mclaren-Clark as sibling.
 * Emma Brooks as Extra.
 * Jonathan J Massahi as Extra.

Ghosts and spectres

 * Adrian Rawlins as James Potter.
 * Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter.
 * Gary Oldman as Sirius Black.
 * Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore.
 * Kelly Macdonald as The Grey Lady.

Magic creatures

 * Toby Jones as the voice of Dobby the House-elf.
 * Simon McBurney as the voice of Kreacher.
 * Ray Fearon as the voice of Firenze.
 * Tony Maudsley as the voice of Grawp.
 * Warwick Davis as Griphook.
 * Mike Edmonds as Bogrod.
 * Kieran Jones as Goblin.
 * Rusty Goffe as Goblin stockbroker
 * Lisa Osmond as Gringotts Goblin.

Muggles

 * Harry Taylor as King's Cross Station Guard.
 * Catherine Cordell as Muggle.
 * Harriet Palmer as Muggle.

Animals

 * Uno as Fang.
 * Maximus, Alanis and Cornilus as Mrs. Norris.

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 between the film and the book

 * The opening scene is of Hogwarts with Snape making the students march through the Entrance Courtyard with Dementors.
 * Mr. Ollivander appears to be familiar with the Deathly Hallows, while in the book, he doesn't understand what the term means.
 * When Griphook is killed by Voldemort, the Sword of Gryffindor disappears from his hands.
 * Aberforth Dumbledore doesn't explain his brother's backstory.
 * When arriving at Hogwarts, Harry bursts into the Great Hall furious at Snape for standing in Dumbledore's place, even demanding that Snape tell everyone how he killed Dumbledore.
 * Professor McGonagall duels Snape in the Great Hall in front of the entire school before he turns to black "smoke", smashing through a window.
 * The protective shield the Professors place around the school disintegrates anything that attempt to run through it. During the beginning of the Battle of Hogwarts, it instantly kills 17 Death Eaters.
 * When Voldemort destroys the shield around Hogwarts, the Elder Wand cracks a bit by the amount of power used.
 * Both Bellatrix and Snape create the largest Dark Mark over Hogwarts the Wizarding World has ever seen.
 * Harry, through his connection to Voldemort, sees a memory of the Grey Lady at Hogwarts,making Harry realise that Ravenclaw is connected to one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
 * Chamber of Secrets is added in the film.
 * Harry goes to Ravenclaw Tower alone and does not encounter the Carrows in the common room. Amycus does not spit in McGonagall's face.
 * A scene is added when Ron and Hermione enter the Chamber of Secrets to acquire a Basilisk's fang to destroy Hufflepuff's cup.Hermioneronenter.PNG and Hermione in the Chamber of Secrets.]]
 * Ron and Hermione are nearly killed in the Chamber of Secrets when they are attacked by a tsumani created by Voldemort, as their "lives flashing before their eyes" they lean and kiss each other.
 * The scene where Ron and Hermione kiss takes place in the Chamber of Secrets.
 * A scene where Ron and Hermione are chased by Nagini is added probably after the Chamber of Secrets scene.
 * Some changes made for the Half-Blood Prince film, such as the circumstances of Harry hiding the potions textbook, may also result Harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2-movie-image-tom-felton-01-600x400.jpg, Gregory Goyle (instead of Crabbe) and Blaise Zabini are about to enter the Room of Requirement.]]in some additions.
 * Vincent Crabbe doesn't appear in the film due to the drug charges against actor Jamie Waylett and Gregory Goyle will die in his place.
 * Blaise Zabini is present in the Room of Requirement with Draco and Goyle as a replacement for Crabbe. He will likely play the same role Goyle does in the book, as it has been stated Goyle will take Crabbe's role.
 * Fred duels a Death Eater during the battle, and then gets disarmed, and cornered by many other Death Eaters. This is likely what leads to his death.
 * Aberforth fends off hundreds of Dementors during the Battle of Hogwarts with a tidal wave patronus.
 * Lavender Brown is killed during the Battle by Fenrir Greyback.
 * Nigel Wespurt is killed during the Battle, and Neville carries his body into the Great Hall. Clearly this is a substitute for Colin Creevey, as he has been since the fourth film.
 * The scene where McGonagall leads desks to battle is omitted from the film.
 * Death Eaters burn down the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch.
 * Buckbeak, centaurs and house-elves don't appear during the Battle.
 * During the Battle of Hogwarts, the statues of the castle come to life and fight against the Death Eaters.
 * The final battle between Harry and Voldemort will be extended, and while other parts of the second phase of the Battle of Hogwarts will be shown, the primary focus will be centered on Harry and Voldemort.
 * Once Harry reveals himself, Voldemort locks Harry up asking how he escaped death, after Harry tells him Voldemort lets him out. This causes their chase around many different places in Hogwarts.
 * On top of the Astronomy Tower, Harry grabs Voldemort and throws them both off it, they nearly reach the bottom when Voldemort apparates them both away.
 * Nagini is not in a protective sphere.
 * Snape's death will not take place in the Shrieking Shack, but in "a Crystal House" that can see the boathouse and the castle burning. Art director Andrew Ackland-Snow explained why: "We wanted to change a bit where Snape dies. In the book, he dies in the Shrieking Shack, and we wanted to get him out from, not a conventional interior, but from that kind of box, to do it in a more dramatic atmosphere. We asked J.K. if she agreed for that to happen in there [...] and she loved it. Besides, it's a very romantic place to die. Snape dies in a extremely good way, I gotta say".
 * Voldemort slashes Snape's throat open with the Elder Wand using Sectumsempra, before ordering Nagini to "finish him". Dhsnape.jpg at the Crystal House instead of the Shrieking Shack.]] Nagini's attack is not seen, but Snape's screams are heard and the windows of the Crystal House are splattered with his blood as Harry, Ron and Hermione watch on in horror.
 * Voldemort attacks the Great Hall from the Boathouse, causing it to burn and collaspe.
 * Scabior duels Neville on the Covered Bridge, and is killed when half of the bridge collapses.
 * Ss_batty.jpg in front of Godric's Hollow.]]A scene is added in Snape's flashback where he comes to Godric's Hollow, after Lily and James were killed in 1981, to see them dead even collasping when seeing Lily dead, he cradles her in his arms then sees Harry sitting in his crib watching on.
 * Harry tells Ron and Hermione that he is a Horcrux, and that he must die. Hermione tells him that she suspected so all along.
 * Instead of Harry being naked when arriving at King's Cross he is instead fully clothed, he also sees Voldemort in the image of a red, slimy breathing thing.
 * Hagrid does not place Harry's dead "corpse" on the ground, he instead leaps out of Hagrid's arms ready to fight, while Narcissa Malfoy was looking for signs of life but finding none until Harry leaps out of Hagrid's arms.
 * Molly kills Bellatrix with the Avada Kedavra Curse.
 * Harry and Voldemort duel at the Entrance Courtyard instead of the Great Hall. DH_-_Voldemort_VS._Harry_Final_Duel_03.jpg
 * After being struck with the Killing Curse, Voldemort turns to ash, and crumbles apart in a similar manner to Quirrell in Philosopher's Stone.
 * After the conclusion of the battle. Harry, Ron and Hermione stand on the remains of the Covered Bridge discussing the events of the past year. Harry snaps the Elder Wand in two and throws it over the side.

Character ommisions
Apparently the filmmakers intended to put Pettigrew in Part 2, but decided not to, as David Yates has announced that he will not be appearing. This has led to the belief of the possibility that Dobby killed him despite their initial intents to have him merely stunned, or that Voldemort kills him after he returns to Malfoy Manor.
 * Peter Pettigrew
 * Oliver Wood