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THE SAGA OF HARRY POTTER

The films are from the book series of the same name created by JK Rowling, published for the first time in 1997. Following the literary success, Warner Bros bought the rights and decided to make films about the little wizzard.

Originally, JK Rowling was a single mother who was struggling to make ends meet. She was an English teacher in Portugal and began to write her novels before returning to Scotland where she fell in depression after a breakup. Nevertheless, she continued to write in pubs and then published her famous novel after having troubles finding a publisher. The success was immediate! And the films that followed made millions.

Many famous British actors were part of the cast of the saga: Alan Rickman (Severus Snape), Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) and launched the career of younger actors such as the main trio: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ronald Wesley)

In the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry recounts the beginnings of the world of magics. It is directed by Chris Columbus! It was followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry had to fight a Basilisk, a giant serpent sent by his nemesis Voldemort! Then Harry met his godfather Sirius Black in The Prisoner of Azkaban! The saga started to get darker from the fourth film, The Goblet of Fire in which the young wizard saw the Dark Lord back

In the movie Harry and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry had to cope with the tragic loss of his godfather, and then, unfortunately, the loss of the headmaster of Hogwarts, the school for wizards, who also died in The Half-Blood Prince! The final book, The Deathly Hallows, has been split into two parts so as not to rush the final scene and not to cut the scenes from the book!

There are a lot of special effects in those films for the world of magic really looks real!

Movies and derivatives brought back millions of dollars! We can buy wands, cloaks and other items from the movies! They were such a success that other derivatives of the saga movies will be produced: Fantastic Beasts, from a book of the Hogwarts library! Harry Potter fans are very numerous and constantly demand news, which is why the film has been edited many times in DVD, Blu-ray, and superb collector boxes! The Harry Potter Studio Tour was even created in London and you can admire the scenery and costumes for movies in the studios where they were shot

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