New Deathly Hallows stills

by Liam on September 4, 2010 · 4 comments

deathly hallows stills Warner Bros. has released a new batch of stills from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I to keep us entertained until the release of the next trailer sometime this month (most likely with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole on Sept. 24th).

In the image above we see Harry, Ron and Hermione on their travels as they try to avoid Voldemort and his Death Eaters. This trailer park scene (or caravan park as they’re in England) wasn’t in the book but has been added by David Yates and writer Steve Kloves to emphasize the danger the trio are in. As you can tell from the image the site is pretty much destroyed, which comes courtesy of the Death Eaters who are having a hard time finding the trio because of Hermione’s protection spells, but they are still lurking close by.

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Harry in Bathilda Bagshot's home

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Lupin checks to see if Harry is actually Harry and not a Death Eater

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Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour giving the trio gifts from Dumbledore

In the latest issue of Empire magazine Emma Watson spoke about a scene they have included which was only hinted at in the book: (Spoilers)

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“The film opens with Hermione wiping her parents’ memories [of her] and leaving their house. You don’t read that in the book; you just know she does it. That’s a scene that Steve Kloves and David Yates wrote for the film, which I was happy about because you see the sacrifice that Harry and Ron make to be Harry’s friend.”

“You never really get a sense of Hermione’s life outside Hogwarts, outside that friendship, and it’s important. You’re choosing between family and friends; it’s pretty brutal. They offer her a cup of tea, completely unaware that anything is about happen, and then I cast a spell that wipes their memory of me. There are photos all around the room, actual childhood pictures of me, and they just dissolve. It’s horrible. And then I have to shut the door and walk out alone.”

This, again, was added to show that nobody is safe and Hermione is forced to do this to prevent her parents being hunted down and forced/tortured to give information. I can’t wait to see this scene when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I hits screens on November 19th.

  • Mr. E

    I love the dark tone the new Potter movies and the Half-Blood Prince have taken. I read all the books during the summer while I was a life guard at my apartments. I sure will miss all those weak swimmers.

    Anyways, I’m glad they’ve taken these movies and made them much more mature. Parents can enjoy the movies with their children with the movies becoming darker.

    I have a feeling these movies will contend for some box office records and perhaps get some Oscar nods for special effects and design.

    Now that they’ve expanded the best picture category to 10 they’ll have a chance to get a nomination. With the very short list of ” best picture” material that’s been released so far with Inception and Toy Story 3 being the leaders, just maybe they’ll break in as an outside contender.

  • Steph

    great, sounds like i will be crying at the beginning of the movie. lol i can not wait to see this movie.

  • B_ryan123

    Granted, the scene where Hermione wipes her parents memory will be brilliant. But whhhy did he have to add the caravan scene! Totally pointless!! There is more than enough in the book that shows they are in danger! Just give me a visual version of the book and stop messing with it! It’s like the previous film where the Burrow got destroyed. No. Leave it alone. The book is good. Give me the book.

  • http://backgroundfinder.com/ classmates

    When only tell the producer that is better not ruin this movie like a year and a half for our film because long-term good movie and we love HP.