As the Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 premiers on July 15 at Trafalgar Sqaure, which will be closed for traffic, it'll bring down the curtains on the magical movie series
As the Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 premiers on July 15 at Trafalgar Sqaure, which will be closed for traffic, it'll bring down the curtains on the magical movie series. Here's some trivia on the series that has children asking for more:
>>u00a0The film franchise is produced by David Heyman and four directors have worked on the series: Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuar n, Mike Newell and David Yates.
>>u00a0Heyman's enthusiasm led to J K Rowling's 1999 sale of the film rights for the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Brothers for a reported ufffd1 million.
>>u00a0In 2000, after a seven-month search, lead actor Daniel Radcliffe was discovered by Heyman.
>>u00a0The two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were filmed back-to-back from early 2009 to summer 2010.
>>u00a0Five of the eight films have been nominated for the Academy Awards.
>>u00a0As of 2011, the film franchise is the highest grossing film franchise of all time, with the seven films released grossing $6.3 billion worldwide. This is higher than the 22 James Bond films and the six films in the Star Wars franchise.
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