Swiss animator Ben Hibon was also called in to oversee the franchise's first-ever animated sequence, beautifully illustrating Beedle the Bard's 'Tale of the Three Brothers'. However, little more than a month before it was due to hit cinemas, Warner Bros conceded it had been unable to sufficiently complete the film's transition into 3D and - perhaps cautious to avoid the backlash that followed the studio's 3D 'retrofit' of Clash of the Titans - declared that Deathly Hallows Part 1 would be released in 2D alone.ĭirector David Yates took charge for the third consecutive Potter film, despite reported interest from the likes of Guillermo del Toro, M Night Shyamalan and Steven Spielberg. In the same week that James Cameron's 3D sci-fi Avatar eclipsed Titanic's $1.84 billion (£1.16 billion) box office record, it was announced that Deathly Hallows Part 1 would become the first Harry Potter picture to get a 3D release, despite being shot in 2D. As a result, it was decided that Deathly Hallows would be the first book of the series to be split into two films.
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Producers soon realised that shooting the franchise's epic conclusion Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in one movie would prove particularly troublesome, with no obvious subplots to neatly cut out. As the Harry Potter series draws to a close this month with the release of Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on July 15, we're taking a look back at the previous seven movies in the series to chart the rise of JK Rowling's boy wizard.