Just two days after I finally visited the set of a Harry Potter film, disaster struck: the Hogwarts set caught fire and was destroyed.
But fear not, for this wasn’t the normal Hogwarts sets you’re used to seeing in the movies. While sets like the Great Hall and Dumbeldore’s Office have been standing at Leavesden Studios since the first or second film and have been reused again and again, the set in question was a mock-up of the school’s front yard, which was being used to shoot scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II‘s climactic Battle of Hogwarts scene.
Still, this could be a major setback for a production that is well over 200 days into filming. It’s unclear how much, if it at all, this will impact the release of the first part this November, as it’s unclear if that set was needed for any filming yet to be done on Part I.
Look for my report from the set some time this summer.
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Damn you, Voldemort!
LOL PWND
Devin's love for this series is very damaging to his credibility. It's like he's nostalgic in advance for the mediocrity of someone else's childhood.
Shut the fuck up Three Oranges. Devin is the sole reason I come to this site and his coverage of Harry Potter has always been fair. I am sick of all the Devin bashing that goes on around here. Sure the guy has some faults but doesn't everybody. Dont mind the haters Devin, you rock!
@ Three Oranges, How about he just likes the series, is that possible? As he should, they're a fucking blast. I have never had so much fun reading a book. Clearly, they are not the best written books of all time or anything, but they are fun. And so are the films. Not everything has to be a fucking Bergman film. Lighten the fuck up.
Too right. The last couple of Harry Potter films (at least) have been uninvolving and pretty damned dull for anyone who hasn't read the books. Much like the LOTR films before them, they may work well as a companion piece to the books but not as good films by themselves.
Lucidz and rjmcready can suck my dick! I love Devin just as much as anyone but I am just worried he could be biased on his review of the new Harry Potter thats all!
ha ha ha, three oranges, thats some funny shit man! But bummer about the fire on the set. i didnt think half blood prince was as good as order of the pheonix, but still had great cinematography and older actors (ratcliffe, watson, and grint are just not good actors..sorry)
Oh holy shit. Someone posted under my fucking name? The very fact that someone even jokingly made a pro-devin post, and seeing it next to my name makes me want to run screaming through my ghetto neighborhood wearing the sign Bruce Willis had in Die hard with a Vengeance. God DAMNIT.
Whatcho talkin bout? Im the real Lucidz imposter!
I'm just happy to see that logo on an article once again.
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