Phoenix Takes Flight
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix hits theaters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opens in theaters on July 11. (Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Starting this week, fans all over the world will be lining up for tickets to the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The film is based on the fifth Harry Potter book—a favorite of many fans. In this book, Harry, Ron, and Hermione face their biggest challenges yet. With death and danger all around our three heroes, never has it been more important for them to stay strong.
"You know that a war is coming," Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter, told Scholastic News Online. "There’s a feeling of growing danger that you can’t pin down. We know it’s Voldemort, but we don’t know when he’s going to attack or even how he’s going to attack."
In the new film, Harry will lose another person close to him whom he loves dearly. Despite all the danger, though, the new film will have some bright moments. Harry even gets his first kiss!
One of the questions on almost everyone’s mind is: How will the filmmakers bring some of this novel’s famous scenes to life? Some settings seem impossible to film, like the Room of Requirement, a secret magical room in Hogwarts that is endless and always changing, and the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries, an underground cavern with many curious rooms that can only be described as “mysterious.”
How will they do it? And will they succeed? This week, audiences will find out.
Get ready for a summer of magic and adventure with this special report from Scholastic News Online.
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