Director: David Yates Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman Certificate: 12A Trailers / Potter Special
This is how you end a franchise. Not by writing "It All Ends" in large letters on the poster, but by killing off several cast members before the final reel. If you ever needed proof that Harry Potter has grown up since the sugar-coated fluff of Philosopher’s Stone, the dark carnage of Deathly Hallows Part 2 is it. You couldn’t fit in any more death if you turned all the wizards into Lemmings and set them to nuke. In short, it’s bloody brilliant.
2011 UPDATE: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 live blog is at the bottom.
Poor lonely boy with no friends lives in cupboard under the stairs. Decides to watch all Harry Potter films in a row. And live blog them as he goes.
902 minutes. 6 films. 1 cathode ray television. Accio life.
It's only a matter of hours before I see the first part of the last part of the Harry Potter series and - in case you haven't realised - I'm rather excited about Deathly Hallows. So here's what happened inside my head while I attempted the ultimate Harry Potter marathon before wetting myself on the way to the cinema (Twitter hashtag: #potterthon).
This is Potterthon. Expecto Patronum some hardcore magic, biatch.
After Hermione's rendition of That's Not My Name (and Neville's sexy theme song), the Potter songs continue with another tribute to one of Harry's closest friends. Yes, it's the turn of Ronald Bilius Weasley.
Why Weasley? Partly because my redhead friends would never forgive me for overlooking Rupert Grint's manly ginger sidekick. Plus with only a week until Deathly Hallows Part 2, everyone's starting to do impressions of Ron. It's impossible to talk to any Potter fan without one of them getting over-excited and squealing out:
And so, to make sure everyone has a full arsenal of Ron Weasley quotes to choose from when shouting on the bus, here's The Ron Weasley Remix.
It's almost impossible to get sick of hearing that same line over and over in each Harry Potter trailer since 2009. But just in case, this time it's accompanied by Voldemort yelling his face off. A lot.
Yes. the final Deathly Hallows Part 2 trailer is here and - just like the last Harry Potter trailer - it's immense. It has dragons, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman's moustache, Voldemort shouting sexy things like "NYAAA!" and "OOOARGHHH!! and it looks spectacular.
This is the shortest Harry Potter film yet at 130 minutes. Judging by the amount CGI on show, 90 minutes of that could be a full-on wizarding battle. With fighting Hogwarts statues and everything. Oh, and for those who hate Quidditch, you get to see the stadium burn to the ground too. Yeah. Screw you, Quidditch.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is out on Friday 15th July. And if you're sad that this is the last trailer (*sob* it's almost the end), then don't worry: there's more Potter video goodness coming your way tomorrow...
We've all heard that before in every single Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer there's ever been (and there were quite a few). But now there's finally a finished film to go with it, which makes Voldemort's line way more exciting. Although it's still a total bum-faced lie.
I won't bother with the full plot: it's pretty obvious by now that Harry Potter is a good wholesome little wizard while Ralph Fiennes is the kind of nutjob who would do something like split his soul into tiny pieces. And that they're both destined to kill each other or something.
Whatever, it involves magic. And if there's one thing director David Yates is good at, it's magic. (Why are you reading this? The video's down there somewhere.)
There's lots to enjoy in the new footage, from Mrs Weasley getting her fight on to a giant dragon busting out of Gringotts bank. Best of all? The distorted Hedwig's Theme at the beginning. (SERIOUSLY WHY ARE YOU STILL READING?)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (or HP 7B) is released on Friday 15th July, with the premiere on Thursday 7th July in both Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square.
Read on for the full video in HD. Then commence squeeing.
Director: David Yates Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Helena Bonham Carter Trailers/Clips
Hands up who saw it coming. Not HP7 - that was harder to miss than Hagrid flying a motorbike into your mum - but the sheer quality of the whole thing. Or more accurately, half of it. The first part of the last part of the ever-darkening franchise, Deathly Hallows Part 1 is the best film of the lot. Yes, even better than The Columbus Years.
Thursday, 11 November 2010 Written by Ivan Radford
For those too clever to subject themselves to the wrath of Michael Fish, you can watch all the weather-beaten fun of the Deathly Hallows premiere live from the warmth of your own home.
Simply come back here at 5pm sharp...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 will be released on Friday 19th November.
Click here for the Deathly Hallows trailer. If you're not excited about this yet, you should be.
Wednesday, 10 November 2010 Written by Ivan Radford
So it's only 9 more days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One is released. And it's only 3 days until I see it for review. And it's only 1 day until I attempt to watch all the previous movies in a row as some kind of Harry Potter Marathon (witty name to come later, along with some kind of post).
To celebrate all these wonderful landmarks, we've got some shiny new clips from the film, as well as a featurette giving you a glimpse at the making of Alexandre Desplat's soundtrack (does anyone else miss Nicholas Hooper?).
The clips are a wonderful action-heavy selection, with lots of sparks flying and constant wand flicking from all the cast. The highlight is clearly Emma Watson turning to a poor muggle in a cafe and bellowing "GO! LEAVE!" in a deep manly voice.
You also get the chance to hear Exec Producer David Heyman make a music pun, and then pretend that he wasn't up till 4am thinking of something witty to say: "The great thing about Alexandre is he's such a flexible composer... And we have a number of different notes to hit - no pun intended." Whatevs, David. Your film looks awesome so I'll STAVE off my doubts.
Read on for the excitingly titled Cafe Attack and the soundtrack featurette. Alternatively, head over to our videos section to the see the other Deathly Hallows clip (now with added Lucius Malfoy - hello to Jason Isaacs). Either way, these are a good distraction while I work out how on earth I'll survive re-watching Harry Potter: The Columbus Years. Suggestions welcome below.
Deathly Hallows: Part One (in beautiful 2D) is out on Friday 19th November. Accio time travel machine!
It's always a lovely way to end a week - with a new Harry Potter trailer. Especially one with lots of cute videos of ickle Danny Radcliffe back when he was a tiny wee moppet.
Good job that's what we got then, just before Halloween hit: an all-new trailer for Deathly Hallows Part One, complete with flashbacks across the whole series of JK Rowling's adventures. Yes, it's bowl cuts and spectacles galore with this fluffy look back at The Boy Who Lived when he was barely The Boy Who Stopped Wetting The Bed.
There's also a few tidbits from producer David Heyman and the rest of the cast (Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are amazingly not sick of their characters yet), and a nice load of clips from the upcoming finale, including Bill Nighy and Hagrid's sidecar-sporting motorbike.
Now to be released in spectacular jaw-dropping 2D, trailers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One just keep on apparating online, but with only a few weeks left before we can finally see it, that sense of climax is actually starting to kick in. Either that, or I'm feeling ultra-soppy at the sight of ickle Danny wielding an owl that's twice the size of his head.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One magics into cinemas in a matter of days. Check out more Harry Potter trailers. Or read on for the full new video. Accio Friday 19th November!
Warner Bros have released new character banners for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Seven of them, to be precise. And boy, are they are dark.
We used the word dark to describe the last trailer we got too. And those other new posters. Seven times, to be precise. So it seems pointless to simply type up the word another seven times. But presume we did, because the darkness on show here certainly is darkifying (struggling for new words here).
The banners cast shadows over the whole ensemble. Bringing out the bumps in everyone's face, the all-new extra-gritty close-ups do reveal some shocking new details:
Hermione is bordering on Twilight's Bella Swan and Ron is looking furrier than Fenrir Greyback, who resembles an angry ent (or James Gandolfini in Where the Wild Things Are). As for Snape's impression of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it only pales in comparison to Voldemort's incredible likeness to Gollum.
The banners were tweeted are over on the official UK and US Harry Potter Facebook page. Read on for the full range of images - plus a new international one sheet poster. Which has people running in it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is out in just over a month's time. Accio Friday 19th November!
It's always a lovely way to end a week - with a new Harry Potter trailer. Especially one with lots of cute videos of ickle Danny Radcliffe back when he was a tiny wee moppet.