Entertainment Weekly Previews New Potter Film
Articles Includes New Interviews, Photos
On November 19th 2010, Harry Potter fans all over the world will wait in line to see part 1 of the final Harry Potter film installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part 2 of the 759-page story will hit the big screen on July 15th 2011, though filming for both movies wrapped up earlier this summer. The young trio of stars, Daniel Radcliffe, 21, Emma Watson, 20, and Rupert Grint, 21, sat down to interview with Entertainment Weekly at Leavesden Studios outside London as the final stretch of filming grew near.
This week’s Entertainment Weekly includes a full article “preview” of Deathly Hallows Part 1, complete with interviews from the cast members and director David Yates, who helmed (or is in the process of helming) four of the eight Harry Potter films.
Along with the article, Entertainment Weekly has also debuted some new photos from the film, which have been scanned to digital above. (The full article and more photos from the magazine have been scanned to digital by RupertGrint.net, and can be seen at Mugglenet.) The interviews made it clear that the film’s young stars had mixed emotions about the end of the decade-long film saga. They all seemed glad to be seeing the project through, and ambitious to make these last two films the best yet. But they also seemed eager to move on, yet sad to leave their friends as they moved in different directions. The three young stars who portray Harry, Ron, and Hermione, have dedicated half their lives to the roles.
In addition to the interviews, the EW article contains several interesting facts. For example, did you know the last Harry Potter
book sold over 11 million copies in its first day back in July of 2007? That’s right, it’s the fastest-selling book of all time. Perhaps even more interesting to some, the article also tells its readers the point in the story at which Part 1 and Part 2 are split up. Ever since it was announced that the book would be split into two movies, fans have speculated how and where that split would occur. SPOILER ALERT: According to the article, Part 1 ends “at about Chapter 24 of the book, with Voldemort gaining possession of the Elder Wand, one of the three Deathly Hallows that allow the bearer to conquer death.”
The article also discusses the decision to split the book into two movies, which Warner Bros. Entertainment President Alan Horn said was not “purely” financial. According to Horn, author J.K. Rowling endorsed the idea of a two-movie adaptation because it would allow for a more faithful telling of the story, with fewer omissions and greater detail. We’ll have to wait until November to see if it pays off.
