Showing posts with label harry potter and the deathly hallows. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Development for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Film

Among in the selection of the different films of today no doubt that the Harry Potter film stands out in the crowd. From the writer of the book that have the great imaginary power JK Rowling finally got to finished the last part of the book. The film is produced by Rowling along with David Heyman and David Barron. The upcoming film entitled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released on November 19, 2010 the first part only while the second part will be on July 2011; 6 months after the first released. This is could be final installation of the harry Potter film series, with the story following Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort’s secret to immortality – the Horcruxes. The film’s stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry’s best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger will try to stop Lord Voldemort Evil plans by locating and locating the Horcruxes.

The Development of the Film: The conclusion to divide Rowling’s final book into a two-part movie came from the original declined proposal to split Goblet of Fire in 2004. Deathly Hallows was shot back to back, and treated as if it were one film. The idea to split the book into a two-part movie had been around since the middle of 2007, but only 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. Kloves started his work on the script for the second part in April 2009.

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 J. K. Rowling, we came to the conclusion that two parts were needed.” Kloves was not able to start work on the script until the WGA strike ended.

Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, others had expressed an interest in the job. Alfonso Cuaron, director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, had said that he would be allured to return to direct.Guillermo del Toro, who passed on Prisoner of Azkaban, had expressed interest in directing Deathly Hallows, but an raised work load over the production of The Hobbit ruled him out of the project.

Rowling was named producer on the two-part film, alongside David Heyman and David Barron.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.”
Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of the seventh book had an effect on the way the sixth film was written.

The world debut for Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will be held in London’s Leicester Square on 11 November 2010. The U.S. premiere for Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will be held in New York City on 15 November. The first parts will first public appearance in cinemas worldwide on 19 November 2010, while the second part will be announced worldwide on 15 July 2011.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Horcruxes the secret in Lord Voldemort Immortality

If you are aware of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it is the last film of the legendary film series Harry Potter. The end is near as it comes into the end as the three friends Harry, Ron and Hermione are leave to find and destroy Horcruxes. The exposition, retrieval, and destruction of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes form the main focus of the final two books in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

A Horcrux is a dark magical object in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling used to attain immortality. Destroying a Horcrux will destroy the fragment of soul contained within it, ending its protection and returning the creator to a state of mortality. If a wizard has created more than one Horcrux, he will remain immortal until they are all destroyed. Once they are destroyed, the wizard will die a normal death if mortally wounded.

Lord Voldemort is the only wizard explicitly mentioned in the books as having created a Horcrux (though others are known to have done so), and is the only wizard known to have created more than one.

Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort

Marvolo Gaunt's Ring


Tom Riddle creates his first Horcrux using a ring owned by his maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, during the summer before his sixth year as a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, when he was sixteen years old. He casts the spell after murdering his father. The ring is introduced during the fourth chapter of the Half-Blood Prince, having already been destroyed by Albus Dumbledore, but its significance not yet revealed.

Tom Riddle's Diary

Tom Riddle used his diary to create his second Horcrux during his sixth year at Hogwarts. He cast the spell after murdering his fellow classmate moaning Myrtle using the Basilisk. The diary is introduced in the second chapter of the Chamber of Secrets and is destroyed by Harry Potter during the climax of the same book.

Helga Hufflepuff's Cup

Tom Riddle used a cup owned by Hogwarts founder Helga Hufflepuff to create his third Horcrux. The spell was cast after he murdered Hepzibah Smith by poisoning her. The cup is introduced during the twentieth chapter of Half-Blood Prince and is destroyed by Hermione Granger in the thirty-first chapter of Deathly Hallows.

Salazar Slytherin's Locket

Tom Riddle created his fourth Horcrux using a locket once owned by Salazar Slytherin, which had once belonged to Riddle's mother, Merope Gaunt. The spell was cast after Riddle murdered a Muggle tramp. The locket is introduced briefly in Order of the Phoenix (described only as "a heavy locket that none of them could open") and is destroyed by Ron Weasley in the 19th chapter of Deathly Hallows.

Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem

Lord Voldemort created his fifth Horcrux using Hogwarts co-founder Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. The spell needed to create the Horcrux was cast after Voldemort murdered an Albanian peasant. The diadem is introduced by name in Deathly Hallows. The diadem was unintentionally destroyed by a Fiendfyre spell cast by Vincent Crabbe.

Harry Potter

Voldemort inadvertently sealed a fragment of his soul within Harry Potter while attempting to murder the boy. The event took place just before the opening chapter of the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has explicitly stated that Harry never became a proper "Dark object" since the Horcrux spell was not cast. Regardless, as with all Horcruxes, Voldemort would remain immortal so long as his soul fragment remained within Harry. That portion of Voldemort's soul is unintentionally destroyed by Voldemort himself at the close of the thirty-fourth chapter of the Deathly Hallows with the help of the Elder Wand.

Nagini

Nagini, Voldemort's pet snake, is introduced in the first chapter of The Goblet of Fire and described as a long green serpent. As with his diary, Voldemort intended Nagini to be a tool as well as a safeguard to his immortality. Nagini is killed by Neville Longbottom in the final chapter of The Deathly Hallows.