It took place in the early hours of 2 May , , within the castle and on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the mountainous region of Scotland. When the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort learned that his archenemy Harry Potter had secretly ventured into the castle to locate and destroy one of his final Horcruxes , he ordered every single Death Eater and dark creature that had ever pledged loyalty to him to launch a massive attack on the school. Dumbledore's Army then communicated the need to fight to the Order of the Phoenix and their other allies within the British Ministry of Magic , leading to a large-scale battle. Voldemort also announced that he wanted Harry Potter to surrender himself by midnight. The battle ended with a decisive victory for the Order and the D. However, in one last brave act for Harry, Scrimgeour told Voldemort nothing, and was murdered by the Dark Lord as a result. This easily placed the Ministry of Magic under the secret influential control of Voldemort and his Death Eaters , who quickly replaced Scrimgeour with Pius Thicknesse, a corrupt politician under the Imperius Curse and a puppet of Voldemort. Hogwarts also quickly fell under Voldemort's influence, and he appointed Severus Snape as the new Headmaster interestingly, Snape had killed the previous headmaster, Albus Dumbledore , just a month before. Two school subjects were revised at Voldemort's will; Defence Against the Dark Arts was more or less taught simply as Dark Arts , and Muggle Studies became a compulsory class for indoctrinating hatred against Muggles and Muggle-borns , rather than opt for peace with them.
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David Yates , who directed the preceding two films, directed both parts, with Steve Kloves returning to script. On March 12, , Warner Bros. According to Warner Bros.
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Okay, Potter fans, time to test your knowledge of Harry Potter lore. You might already be familiar with some of the most famous bloopers. Who hasn't heard of the prank Michael Gambon played with the fart machine? But chances are, you haven't seen everything that went on behind the scenes. Or how one of the actors in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" bruised the director? You'll never guess which cast member managed to forget the name of one of the film's leads, or what Helena Bonham Carter said when she first saw the costume design for her character. We managed to dig up some surprising facts about the cast members, as well as some glimpses of behind-the-scenes shenanigans.
It must have taken more than his wizard skills to dismiss the thought that not only was the film director treating the mouth-to-mouth moment with all the hushed reverence of a Hollywood sex scene but that just off-set a monitor showing the action was surrounded by crowds who had watched him grow up, egging him on and then becoming quite weepy at the sight. But it isn't his friend Hermione Granger, who has been the starring female character since the films began. Cho isn't the only new girl on the block giving Hermione competition in the glamour stakes. This time, the Hogwarts halls are filled not just with malicious Malfoys and their. As well as Katie, 19, from Motherwell, who beat 5, hopefuls for the part of Cho, there is the Irish Evanna Lynch, 15, who appears for the first time as Harry's luminously beautiful new friend Luna Lovegood, and Bonnie Wright, 16, who has been in the movies before as Ron's sister Ginny Weasley, but is to move to a much bigger role in the sixth film as she steals Harry's heart from Cho. Ginny arrived at Hogwarts for her first year with an intense crush on Harry which prevented her from talking or acting normally in front of him, despite the fact that she never normally shuts up. It's been more fun doing this film as Ginny's character's developed," explains Bonnie.
