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Today's Independent includes a blurb on the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie: "A highlight of the superhero's next film outing will (hopefully) see Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe leading a high-speed broomstick chase, James Bond-style, down the Thames." (Our assumption is that this is the Advance Guard scene near the beginning of the book.)
Order of the Phoenix Director David Yates said, "So far, we have spent a lot of time on boats on the Thames. I want to do a great big wizard chase past the London landmarks and it is going to be very exciting, but it has not been easy to set up. We need to secure the co-operation of 17 different councils, and some of them are doubtful at this stage. My location manager is going to spend the next four months trying to sort it all out - we don't start shooting until the spring."
Pictures of a number of London landmarks, including the River Thames, can be seen at LondonByClick.com. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is slated for a 2007 release.
Order of the Phoenix Director David Yates said, "So far, we have spent a lot of time on boats on the Thames. I want to do a great big wizard chase past the London landmarks and it is going to be very exciting, but it has not been easy to set up. We need to secure the co-operation of 17 different councils, and some of them are doubtful at this stage. My location manager is going to spend the next four months trying to sort it all out - we don't start shooting until the spring."
Pictures of a number of London landmarks, including the River Thames, can be seen at LondonByClick.com. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is slated for a 2007 release.
