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David Heyman talks Deathly Hallows II scenes, Leavesden tour, Ultimate Edition sets
At CinemaCon earlier this month, producer David Heyman discussed the four minutes worth of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II footage previewed at the convention, the Leavesden studios Harry Potter tour, as well as coming to grips with the end of the series, and a few props he actually got to keep from the sets, including Horcruxes. The full interview with Collider, where Heyman talks about his future endeavours, including those with Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron, can be read and listened to here; the Harry Potter tidbits are below (please note: there is some strong language during the interview).
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Epic. That’s the one thing I can describe about the footage we saw. You showed a lot of stuff from the ending (listen to the audio for specifics). The footage you showed looked like a trailer.
David Heyman: It was just some footage that Warner Bros. cut together based upon the last cut of the film. They just did it randomly then I did some edits and moved some things around. The fact is, we start the film halfway through the last book anyway, so it is towards the end of the movie but the attack on Hogwarts begins to happen probably 30 or 40% of the movie. So then the film’s not—I’ve mentioned it’s the shortest Harry Potter film we’ve got, but it’s still over 2 hours.
Are you taking out maybe little scenes to keep the tension strong?
Heyman: No. We’ve pretty much defined the shape of the film. I think the first act is a gem, and we’ve just been figuring out a little bit about the middle. And I think we’ve figured it out and I think it’s gonna be—it’s great.
Don’t you have like a system down for editing the films?
Heyman: No. It’s funny, David Yates said, “Well this is good ‘cause I’ve got a little bit more time on this one,” Well as it turned out, we’re gonna go up to the wire as you always do on every single film. You expand, just as you have a larger budget, if you’ve got time, you expand it.
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Could you talk about what your feelings are about Harry Potter ending? But is it really ever gonna end?
Heyman: Well I think that, it’ll always be—I mean it’s mixed feelings. It’s sad that the family’s going separate ways, I’m all too aware that there will be nothing like this, again, for me. But I’m really excited to have the time to explore new projects, so it’s bittersweet. For me it’s changed my life in so many ways. And it’s given me opportunities I would have never had were it not for it. And it’s been just a fantastic world to be a part of, and I’ve made great friends in it and I’ve learned an awful lot and I’m a better producer for being on the journey.
It’s been a privilege and I’m incredibly grateful, but I’m really ready for it to be over. And I think it will be over, I mean yes they’ll do re-releases of DVDs and maybe release the films and they’ll do new packaging and there’s the visitor attraction at Leavesden that they’re doing and there’s the theme park and all that, that’ll go on. But there won’t be another film, I don’t think.
Hypothetically speaking, if you had taken something home from set, what could you have at home?
Heyman: I’ve got a few props. I made sure I got some of the horcruxes (laughs). I got a few things, because I think the props are so beautiful as much as anything else. The detail of the work is something that one has no idea of. What you see on the films is just a part of it. When you go into the Gryffindor common room there are notice books filled with class schedules and clubs you can be a member of and warnings, and you never see that in the film but it’s there to infuse the environment with an air of reality, and I think that’s just great so I wanted to hold on to a few of those things.
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While Warner Bros. is doing this tour, are you involved in this tour at all?
Heyman: Absolutely.
So how exactly is it gonna be run?
Heyman: Well they’re gonna recreate the sets, or move the sets. The art department who built them will be doing that. A lot of the props will be visible, costumes too, so a fair amount of stuff will be there.
Are you guys already talking about the “Ultimate Box Set” for something down the road?
Heyman: We haven’t but you know it’s gonna come (laughs). There’s gonna be a big set coming up with the ones that have been made thus far. It’s a business, they’re gonna repackage and remold and reinvigorate and re-do. You know the ultimate this, and then they add a few things and it’ll be the new ultimate. But we’ve been looking at the ultimate collector’s editions already, and so there are versions of each of them that are gonna be really high quality packed with material that hasn’t been seen before.
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Blu-ray and DVD sets, out on April 11, 2011 in the U.K. and April 15, 2011 in the U.S., can be pre-ordered on the WB Shop or Amazon at the links below. A list of international dates for the DVD's release can be found here.
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