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Another Harry Potter article...
Jun. 10th, 2002 11:24 pm06/10/2002 - Updated 10:36 AM ET
Harry to offer peek inside 'Chamber'
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Daniel Radcliffe, as Harry Potter, tries to save
his home in Chamber of Secrets, due Nov. 15.
It's no magic trick, but there's relief in sight for all who are wild about Harry and can't wait for J.K. Rowling's delayed fifth book. (Due originally in July, it has been pushed back to 2003.)
The first trailer of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will be shown on Friday before another Warner Bros. movie, Scooby-Doo. Exclusive photos from the trailer shown here also will be available for viewing on America Online on Tuesday (keyword: Harry Potter).
The sequel, out Nov. 15, will be funnier, scarier and darker than Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which grossed $317.6 million in North America, says producer David Heyman.
"It's a year later and Harry is 12," Heyman says. "There's a little bit more danger. The first film was about Harry finding a home and family in Hogwarts."
Now that moviegoers know all about the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the adventures are intensified. "We can jump-start the story, which is fun," Heyman says. "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, and Harry is in threat of losing his new family and home." (The mysterious Chamber can wreak enormous havoc.)
Harry is confronted by a former Hogwarts
student, the mysterious Tom Riddle, who
tells the boy wizard that his lightning scar
signifies immense power. The 12-year-old's
mark came by way of Lord Voldemort, who
killed his parents when he was a baby.
All the characters from the first movie are back, along with new villains Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs), Draco's father, and former Hogwarts student Tom Riddle (Christian Coulson). The filmmakers also predict more laughs this time around.
Heyman says those comedic elements include Gilderoy Lockhart, the new teacher of the required Hogwarts course Defense Against the Dark Arts. The shameless self-promoter — whose first test covers questions about him — is played by Kenneth Branagh.
"He's narcissistic and vain and takes himself quite seriously," Heyman says. "He's also very big with the ladies."
For more comic relief, there's an elf named Dobby. "He's short and thin and wears a pillowcase for clothing," says Heyman. "He has a long nose, longish ears and big green eyes."
There will be another fast-paced Quidditch match, which Heyman says has been improved. "One of the great things about making a second film," he says, "is you have the opportunity to learn from the first."
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Harry to offer peek inside 'Chamber'
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Daniel Radcliffe, as Harry Potter, tries to save
his home in Chamber of Secrets, due Nov. 15.
It's no magic trick, but there's relief in sight for all who are wild about Harry and can't wait for J.K. Rowling's delayed fifth book. (Due originally in July, it has been pushed back to 2003.)
The first trailer of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will be shown on Friday before another Warner Bros. movie, Scooby-Doo. Exclusive photos from the trailer shown here also will be available for viewing on America Online on Tuesday (keyword: Harry Potter).
The sequel, out Nov. 15, will be funnier, scarier and darker than Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which grossed $317.6 million in North America, says producer David Heyman.
"It's a year later and Harry is 12," Heyman says. "There's a little bit more danger. The first film was about Harry finding a home and family in Hogwarts."
Now that moviegoers know all about the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the adventures are intensified. "We can jump-start the story, which is fun," Heyman says. "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, and Harry is in threat of losing his new family and home." (The mysterious Chamber can wreak enormous havoc.)
Harry is confronted by a former Hogwarts
student, the mysterious Tom Riddle, who
tells the boy wizard that his lightning scar
signifies immense power. The 12-year-old's
mark came by way of Lord Voldemort, who
killed his parents when he was a baby.
All the characters from the first movie are back, along with new villains Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs), Draco's father, and former Hogwarts student Tom Riddle (Christian Coulson). The filmmakers also predict more laughs this time around.
Heyman says those comedic elements include Gilderoy Lockhart, the new teacher of the required Hogwarts course Defense Against the Dark Arts. The shameless self-promoter — whose first test covers questions about him — is played by Kenneth Branagh.
"He's narcissistic and vain and takes himself quite seriously," Heyman says. "He's also very big with the ladies."
For more comic relief, there's an elf named Dobby. "He's short and thin and wears a pillowcase for clothing," says Heyman. "He has a long nose, longish ears and big green eyes."
There will be another fast-paced Quidditch match, which Heyman says has been improved. "One of the great things about making a second film," he says, "is you have the opportunity to learn from the first."
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