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London Premiere of The deathly
Hallows Part 2 Live
in Trafalgar Square, July 7 2012,
followed by walk by cast and guests to Leicester Square
for screening.
A
two-part film adaptation of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows is
planned, with David Yates directing
both parts. Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows is the seventh and
final of the Harry Potter novels
written by British author J. K.
Rowling. The book was released on 21
July 2007, ending the series that
began in 1997 with the publication
of Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone. This book
chronicles the events directly
following Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince (2005), and leads
to the long-awaited final
confrontation between Harry Potter
and Lord Voldemort.
Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows was
published in the United Kingdom by
Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United
States by Scholastic, in Canada by
Raincoast Books, and in Australia
and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin.
Released globally in ninety-three
countries, Deathly Hallows broke
sales records as the fastest-selling
book ever. It sold 15 million copies
in the first twenty-four hours
following its release, including
more than 11 million in the U.S. and
U.K. alone. The previous record,
nine million in its first day, had
been held by Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince. The novel has
also been translated into numerous
languages
Several awards were given to the
novel, including the 2008 Colorado
Blue Spruce Book Award, and it was
listed as a "Best Book for Young
Adults" by the American Library
Association. Reception to the book
was generally positive, although
some reviewers found the characters
to be repetitive or unchanging. A
two-part film based on the novel is
in the works, with part one's
release date in November 2010.
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