First Look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is a Road Movie

HARRY POTTER star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed how the boy wizard takes the high road to Scotland in his next movie.

Campsite scenes showing Harry and his mates on the run from evil enemy Voldemort were shot on the shores of Loch Etive, near Oban.

The 20-year-old actor spoke to the Sunday Mail last week when we were given exclusive access to the set of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One.

Film-makers decided to split JK Rowling's seventh Potter novel into two movies to do justice to the action-packed book.

Daniel said: "We were only in Scotland for one night to do the camping scenes but it was magic.

"The mountains up there looked kind of blue and the weather was great. It was fun but I am not sure how well I would cope if I really went camping.

"I'm sure I would enjoy it as long as there was someone to cook for me.

"I have done caravan holidays and they were great.

"It was when we were in a caravan in Devon that I experienced my rst thunderstorm. I was terrified." Daniel and the regular Harry Potter cast - including Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as best friends Ron and Hermione - are currently filming the two-part finale at Leavesden Studios near Watford.

The all-star cast, which includes Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Ciaran Hinds and Rhys Ifans, have spent almost a year on The Deathly Hallows project.

It will see the ultimate face-off between Harry and his nemesis Voldemort, played by Ralph Fiennes.

And even though the deep freeze had gripped the area - surrounding the studios with ice and snow - the Potter team managed to avoid falling victim to the Arctic weather.

Producer David Barron made a snap decision not to write snow scenes into the plot.

He said: "If we had the likelihood is that by the time we filmed them, the snow would have gone.

"We have only lost half a day's filming because of the snow." Instead of shooting the scheduled outdoor sequences last week, the team moved back inside the studios and completed scenes on the giant Hogwarts Great Hall set.

As he prepared to act out a dramatic scene in the battle against Voldemort, Daniel revealed that audiences can expect a change of scene when the first part of the finale is released later this year.

He said: "Part I is a road movie.

We are not in Hogwarts at all and it's going to look very different, "And the action is going to be pretty extraordinary."

SOURCE : California Chronicle

Harry Potter, Transformers, Avatar Help Make 2009 Record Year

Movies making money. This article was written by Jefferey for limelife.com. He said that these movies help the movie industries in 2009.

2009 was a good time for Hollywood. Led by astonishing performances from films like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Avatar and the latest Harry Potter film, ticket sales hit their highest ever in the decade's final year, soaring over 8% to $10.61 billion.

It seems a flopping economy and rising ticket prices weren't enough to keep folks away from the cineplex this year, as the movie industry scored its biggest yearly total ever.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was the top draw with $402.1 million, and Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince added $302 million. Despite opening at the end of the year, James Cameron's epic Avatar pulled in $352.1 million. Disney/Pixar's Up made $293 million.

2009 was the year of the sequel. Transformers, Harry Potter, Terminator: Salvation and Twilight: New Moon ($282 million) did their franchises proud, and their success will ensure that the coming years will be filled with even more sequels.

As for the studios themselves, Warner Bros. finished with a whopping 20% of the market share, bringing in $2.13 billion in 2009. Paramount was second with $1.46 billion, then Fox in a close third with $1.45 billion.