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‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Due To Hit Max In 2026: Everything We Know About The Cast, Who’s Creating It, What J.K. Rowling Says & More – Update

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Early reports had each season of the series focusing on one book in the Harry Potter book series, which consists of seven novels, but Bloys said the project would run for “10 consecutive years,” which would seem to defy the 1 season, 1 book assertion. For those who say Fantastic Beasts could be leveraged to provide 10 seasons over 10 years, WBD brass said specifically during the announcement that FB will not be a part of the series.

Whatever the case, Bloys promised that, as the company embarks on its new Harry Potter adventure, “We do so with the full care and craft of this franchise.”

Who Is creating the Harry Potter series?

It has taken a bit, given the initial announcement was in April 2023, but in recent months Warner Bros. invited a select group of creatives in to pitch ideas for what the series could be. They were Martha Hillier, Kathleen Jordan, Tom Moran and Michael Lesslie. Now, the streaming service and Warner Bros. Television have narrowed it to Jordan, Moran and newer addition Francesca Gardiner, sources said.

Deadline broke the news last month that Succession writer Francesca Gardiner is among the finalists. Gardiner was a consulting producer on Seasons 3 and 4 of HBO’s Succession . Before working on the Jesse Armstrong creation, she was an exec producer of HBO and BBC fantasy co- production His Dark Materials and was a co-exec producer of AMC’s Killing Eve . She has also written on shows including Starz’s The Rook and Amazon’s The Man In The High Castle.

Tom Moran is a British writer, who created Amazon series The Devil’s Hour , which starred Peter Capaldi. He also worked on Amazon sci-fi series The Feed and Rob Lowe cop drama Wild Bill .

It’s an interesting mix of Brits and Americans, most of whom have some experience working with streamers and many of whom have shepherded projects in the sci-fi/fantasy space.

We’ve heard that the group of writers were commissioned by Max to create pitches for a series reflecting their take on the IP. Rowling is understood to be involved in this pitching process. The trio will be able to hone in on their pitches for the next couple of months, with a decision on who gets the job expected in June.

When will the Harry Potter series be released?

The series is expected to be on air in 2026, according to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.

“We’ve not been shy about our excitement around Harry Potter,” Zaslav told Wall Street analysts on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. “I was in London a few weeks ago with Casey [Bloys, CEO of HBO] and Channing [Dungey, chairperson of Warner Bros Television] and we spent some real time with JK and her team,” he enthused. “Both sides just thrilled to be reigniting this franchise. Our conversations were great.”

Given the results on that earnings call, WBD needs Harry Potter’s magic sooner rather than later.

Ditto J.K. Rowling, whose production company posted a 74% drop in profits in 2022. That rebounded somewhat after the stage version of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child proved to be a post-pandemic crowd pleaser. The author got a $10.5 million paycheck for it in 2023.

The success of the stage show demonstrates that there’s still an appetite for Hogwarts-related content. Likewise the massive hit that is Hogwarts Legacy, which became the bestselling video game of 2023 , moving 22 million units. (That’s fantastic, but for comparison Rowling’s seven bestselling Harry Potter books have moved 600M copies worldwide.)

At a Goldman Sachs conference last year, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made pointed out the need for more Hogwarts magic explicitly. Ignoring the Harry-less Fantastic Beasts films, the CEO insisted the boy wizard presents a huge opportunity, claiming that the IP has been “underused” of late.

“We haven’t done anything with Harry Potter for more than a decade,” he said, before going on to note that when one examines the performance of Warner Bros. over the last 20 years without accounting for it’s big three — Potter , Lord of the Rings and DC — the company’s performance is “relatively flat.”

Zaslav called that type of big-ticket IP “one of the big differentiators of this company.” And he seems to be counting on it to make a big difference.

“When you put those franchises in, it’s the best-performing studio in the world. We need to deploy our best capital, and we need to do it with the best creative people in the world,” he said.

How to watch the series

It will, of course, be on Max once the series is ready. The service has three price tiers: Max Ad Light, which goes for $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year and allows two concurrent streams; Max Ad Free will be priced at $15.99 a month, or $149.99 a year, and will also allow two concurrent streams; and Max Ultimate Ad Free which costs $19.99 a month, or $199.99 a year, and allows access to four concurrent streams.

If you’re in Canada, WBD has struck a multi-year licensing agreement with Crave for the likes of Harry Potter , Game of Thrones , the DC Universe and HBO content.

Which actors are starring in the series? Are any of the original Harry Potter stars returning?

There will be new actors playing the series’ main characters, but no one has been cast yet. Warner Bros. TV Group Chairman Channing Dungey said recently that that casting will come after they find a showrunner.

As for that, Warner Bros. is very likely looking to cast young actors, given that they’re proceeding through Rowling’s books in order. “The tricky part is the first two books, where the kids are on the younger end, around 11 or 12,” said Dungey of the casting process.

“We have been trying to be very close to the vest,” said Bloys. “We haven’t gone out to agencies. We have our own internal process where we’ve been thinking about people but we have not wanted to go out into the world. Now that the news is out there…we’ll start going out to the business.”

As for a return of any of the film franchise’s stars — like Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson or Rupert Grint — never say never. It would certainly be a PR boost for the series and, while new actors will be cast in the primary roles, there are always flashforwards or the currently en vogue multiverse plot ploy that could create space for more familiar faces in the series.

But Daniel Radcliffe has said he is fine with sitting on the sidelines.

“My understanding is that they’re trying to very much start fresh and I’m sure whoever is making them will want to make their own mark on it and probably not want to have to figure out how to get old Harry to cameo in this somewhere,” Radcliffe told ComicBook.com . “So I’m definitely not seeking it out in any way. But I do wish them, obviously, all the luck in the world and I’m very excited to have that torch passed. But I don’t think it needs me to physically pass it.”

Another longtime Potter player who likely won’t be involved is David Yates, who directed the last four movies, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) and Deathly Hallows Part One and Two (2010 and 2011). In addition, Yates took on the Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts trilogy. He says there has been no conversation about his involvement with the series. And it sounds like he’s ok with that.

“Huge affection and a lovely group of people I worked with,” Yates told Deadline . “But we haven’t had a conversation since we finished it.”

“It’s been about ‘Let’s just park it, and be done for a while,'” he said of the Potter franchise.

“Never say never, I would say, but I’m excited about moving on,” he said.

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Will J.K. Rowling be involved in the new Harry Potter TV series?

Yes. A deal for J.K. Rowling’s involvement in the series had been the biggest hurdle in its path to the screen: The author has creative control over any exploitation of her work. That agreement was finalized in 2023.

“Max’s commitment to preserving the integrity of my books is important to me, and I’m looking forward to being part of this new adaptation which will allow for a degree of depth and detail only afforded by a long form television series,” said Rowling in a statement.

Since Warners launched its streaming service, there’s always been a goal to exploit Warners’ biggest franchise for streaming. Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav, taking the reigns after the merger last year, met with Rowling several times in the UK. He’s even spoken up in support of the author, who has been involved in an ongoing controversy over her comments on transgender issues . Asked about the streaming event about those controversies, Bloys demurred.

“No, I don’t think this is the forum [to discuss that],” he said. “That’s a very online conversation, very nuanced and complicated and not something we’re going to get into.”

“Our priority is what’s on the screen,” Bloys continued. “Obviously, the Harry Potter story is incredibly affirmative and positive and about love and self-acceptance. That’s our priority — what’s on screen.”

As for how close the author will be to the series, Bloys said, “[Rowling] will be involved. She’s an executive producer on the show. Her insights are going to be helpful on that.”

The author’s involvement could prove a hurdle to having the principals from the films involved in the series. Relations between Rowling, Radcliffe and Emma Watson can’t be great, given the author recently said she was “bloody angry” over stances taken by trans rights activists, which she sees being in opposition to women’s rights.

Rowling claimed that “thousands are complicit, not just medics, but the celebrity mouthpieces, unquestioning media and cynical corporations.” Asked specifically whether she would forgive Radcliffe and Watson for their unabashed pro-trans rights stance on the issue Rowling replied, “Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies.”

Bloys was clear, however, that WBD wasn’t entirely dependent on Rowling for the project.

“The TV show is new and we’re excited about that. But, remember, we’ve been in the Potter business for 20 years. This is not a new decision for us, we’re very comfortable being in the Potter business.”

How much will the series cost to produce?

“You know we make shows at this scale with House of the Dragon , Game of Thrones ,” said Bloys. “I imagine will be that scale or higher. The shorter answer is whatever it takes to make a quality show.”

Per Deadline reporting, House of the Dragon cost nearly $200 million and was the subject of HBO’s biggest marketing campaign ever, valued at over $100M in media spend (that’s a combo of ad spot value and hard cash shelled out). So fans can expect a similar outlay for the Potter series “or higher,” according to HBO/Max boss Bloys.

Will there be other Harry Potter-related projects?

“We’re free to do anything we want,” Zaslav has said, before hedging a bit. “Some areas we need to do with J.K., other areas we have the full ability to go forward. This is a full deployment on Max of Harry Potter. We can still develop other properties.”

Deadline understands that there may also be an opportunity for more than one of the above-mentioned writers to be involved and that Max is open to the possibility of developing more than one idea based on Harry Potter.

How long has this been in the works?

Max and its then-parent company WarnerMedia started exploring a potential Harry Potter TV series a couple of years ago. At the time, Warner Bros. appointed Kids, Young Adult and Classics president Tom Ascheim to manage the Wizarding World and Potter franchises, which include theme parks, tours and the $9.1 billion-grossing theatrical library that spans the Harry Potter and spinoff Fantastic Beasts titles. Under that setup, Ascheim became WarnerMedia’s senior rep in its relationship with Rowling and her representatives, and exploratory conversations for a Max series got underway.

After the Discovery acquisition was completed a year ago, that unit was disbanded and Ascheim exited the company . However, the importance of the Harry Potter IP has only grown post-merger.

Zaslav spoke about his family’s own personal connection to the series.

“My wife and I, we read (the Harry Potter books) to each of our three kids,” said Zaslav, going off script at the Max announcement. “It’s really moving, for ten consecutive years, people will see Harry Potter on HBO; I mean it’s really something.”

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a British - American fantasy film based on the second novel by J. K. Rowling , released on 15 November 2002 . Chris Columbus returned to direct the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , as did Steve Kloves to write, and David Heyman to produce. Reprising their roles from Philosopher's Stone are Daniel Radcliffe , Rupert Grint , Emma Watson , John Cleese , Robbie Coltrane , Warwick Davis , Richard Griffiths , Richard Harris , Alan Rickman , Fiona Shaw , Maggie Smith , Julie Walters , Bonnie Wright , David Bradley , Tom Felton , and Sean Biggerstaff , while Kenneth Branagh , Jason Isaacs , Robert Hardy , Shirley Henderson , Gemma Jones , Miriam Margolyes , Mark Williams and Toby Jones make their debut for the series.

Chamber of Secrets is Richard Harris' last live-action film; he died before its premiere and the film is dedicated to his memory.

The film grossed $878 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2002 (behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ) and the sixth highest-grossing film of all time at the time (behind Titanic, The Philosopher's Stone , Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Jurassic Park and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ).

2.1 The trio
2.2 Hogwarts staff
2.3 Other Hogwarts denizens
2.4 Order of the Phoenix
2.5 Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers
2.6.1 Gryffindor
2.6.2 Hufflepuff
2.6.3 Ravenclaw
2.6.4 Slytherin
2.6.5 Unknown House
2.7 Ministry of Magic
2.8 Wizarding world-related
2.9 Ghosts, spectres, photos or flashback performance
2.10 Muggles
2.11 Magical creatures
2.12 Animals
2.13 Unknown
3.1 1. The Worst Birthday
3.2 2. Dobby's Warning
3.3 3. The Burrow
3.4 4. Flourish and Blotts
3.5 5. The Whomping Willow
3.6 6. Gilderoy Lockhart
3.7 7. Mudbloods and Murmurs
3.8 8. The Deathday Party
3.9 9. The Writing on the Wall
3.10 10. The Rogue Bludger
3.11 11. The Duelling Club
3.12 12. The Polyjuice Potion
3.13 13. The Very Secret Diary
3.14 14. Cornelius Fudge
3.15 15. Aragog
3.16 16. The Chamber of Secrets
3.17 17. The Heir of Slytherin
3.18 18. Dobby's Reward
5 Character omissions
8 Behind the scenes
9 Home video release dates
10.1 Official posters
11.1 Acromantula(s)
11.2 Fawkes
11.3 Flying Ford Anglia
11.4 Videos
12 Notes and references
13 See also
14 External links

In 1992, shortly after the end of his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the first film , Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) spends a dreadful summer at the Dursleys' house without being allowed to use magic outside of school nor receiving any letters from his new friends, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), both of whom he is unable to contact because neither his Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) nor Uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths) would allow their nephew's pet owl Hedwig out of her padlocked cage. On the evening of his twelfth birthday (July 31), he is visited in his room and warned that he will be in mortal danger if he returns to Hogwarts by a house-elf named Dobby (Toby Jones), who reveals that he has intercepted all of the letters to make it seem as though Harry's friends had forgotten him, hoping that it will then dissuade Harry from returning. But Harry ignores the warning and is determined to seize the letters, so Dobby, seeing that he will have to use force, heads downstairs and destroys a large cake that Petunia has baked for an important dinner party which Vernon is holding downstairs for the family of his client Mr Mason (Jim Norton) by the use of a Hover Charm , dropping it on Mrs Mason 's (Veronica Clifford) head. Robbed of this one chance that could've been the turning point of his career as director of the drill company Grunnings , Vernon imprisons Harry by fitting bars onto his bedroom window to restrict him from returning to Hogwarts for his second year as punishment.

The next night, Ron and his older brothers Fred and George (James and Oliver Phelps), come to Harry's rescue in an enchanted Ford Anglia belonging to their father, Head of the Ministry of Magic 's Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office Arthur Weasley (Mark Williams). After a pleasant stay together in the Weasley home, the Burrow , Harry accompanies the family on a trip through the Floo Network to buy some first year school supplies for Ron's younger sister Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) in Diagon Alley , where they encounter Hermione and Hogwarts half- giant gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) while attending a book signing at Flourish and Blotts for flamboyant celebrity author Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh), who is recently appointed to teach at Hogwarts as the school's new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. After the signing, the trio run into their school rival, the Slytherin Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), and his father, chief Hogwarts governor Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs), who manages to slip a diary into Ginny's belongings while arguing with Mr Weasley about the latter's recent Muggle Protection Act for the Ministry.

The trio and Weasley children head to Platform 9¾ at King's Cross to take the Hogwarts Express back to school, but Dobby seals the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 on Harry and Ron and makes them miss the train. As a loophole, however, the two boys instead fly to Hogwarts in the Ford Anglia, which unfortunately runs out of fuel for its Invisibility Booster when it catches up to the train (allowing the "flying car" to be seen by numerous Muggles) and crashes into the Whomping Willow on the school grounds. Ron's wand is damaged and the semi-sentient car ejects them with their belongings before disappearing into the Forbidden Forest . School caretaker Argus Filch (David Bradley) brings them before Potions Professor Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), who shows them the sightings of the car on the Evening Prophet and threatens to have them expelled. However, famed Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Richard Harris) and his Deputy Headmistress, Transfiguration Professor Minerva McGonagall (Maggie Smith) intervene by deciding that they will instead be sanctioned with detention.

Harry soon finds he is the unwanted centre of attention of three people due to being famous: Lockhart, who wants to boost Harry's fame, Colin Creevey (Hugh Mitchell), who takes a picture with Harry, and Ginny, who has a huge crush on Harry. However, while serving detention with Lockhart on Hallowe'en , events take a turn for the worse when Harry hears strange voices and later finds the petrified body of Filch's cat, Mrs Norris hanging on a torch clamp. On the wall near it is a message written in blood announcing that the "Chamber of Secrets has been opened" and that enemies of the heir should take caution. Unknown to everyone, a monster/monstrous creature stalks the castle, with the power literally to petrify several students. During a Transfiguration class, McGonagall explains that according to legend, one of the school's founders, Salazar Slytherin , built a secret Chamber and sheltered a monster in it before leaving the school for good. Only his heir can open the chamber and use the monster to purge impure-blooded wizards and witches whom Salazar deemed unworthy to study magic.

More attacks occur over the course of the year. Harry and Ron suspect Malfoy is the Heir, so Hermione suggests they question him while disguised using Polyjuice Potion . Their makeshift laboratory is in a disused bathroom haunted by the ghost of a former Hogwarts student named Myrtle Warren (Shirley Henderson), whom the school community addresses as "Moaning Myrtle".

During the duelling lesson hosted by Snape and Lockhart, Malfoy conjures a cobra which menaces at a Hufflepuff student named Justin Finch-Fletchley . Harry manages to control the snake by inadvertently revealing his ability to speak a serpent language known as Parseltongue before Snape vanishes the carnivorous reptile. This causes the school to suspect that Harry is the Heir of Slytherin. Unknowingly, Harry managed to gain the rare ability on the night Lord Voldemort failed to kill him when the former was still an infant.

On Christmas , the trio use Polyjuice Potion brewed by Hermione to disguise themselves as Slytherin students, Vincent Crabbe (Jamie Waylett), Gregory Goyle (Josh Herman) and Millicent Bulstrode (Helen Stuart), hoping to learn from Malfoy the identity of the Heir. Unfortunately, the hair that Hermione took from Millicent Bulstrode's uniform was from a cat, and as the Polyjuice Potion is only intended for human transformations, she assumes a feline appearance, leaving Harry and Ron to ask information by themselves. At the Slytherin common room , they they learn that Malfoy does not know who the Heir of Slytherin is, but he inadvertently provides Harry and Ron with an important clue about the Chamber of Secrets that his father told him; a girl died when the Chamber was last opened fifty years ago. As the potion begins to wear off, the duo discover Hermione's feline appearance and that it would take a little more than a month to restore her to normal human form.

Before Hermione is released from the hospital wing in early February with her normal appearance restored, Harry finds an enchanted diary, owned by a former student named Tom Marvolo Riddle, which shows him a flashback to the year 1943, exactly fifty years before. In the flashback, Harry witnesses four wizard authorities carry away Myrtle Warren's corpse from Hogwarts and Riddle, trying to find the problem, accused Hagrid, then a student, of opening the Chamber and freeing the alleged resident monster, a giant spider named Aragog . Riddle's actions caused Hagrid's expulsion later on.

The attacks increase throughout the year, petrifying more students, including Hermione. When the diary disappears and Harry and Ron are shown by McGonagall the petrified body of Hermione, Harry and Ron go to Hagrid to question him. But before they can do, Professor Dumbledore, Cornelius Fudge (the British Minister for Magic ), and Lucius Malfoy come to take Hagrid to Azkaban , but he discreetly tells the boys to "follow the spiders" and take care of his pet dog Fang . Lucius then has Dumbledore suspended. In the Forbidden Forest, Harry and Ron, accompanied by Fang, meet Aragog, who reveals Hagrid's innocence and informs them of the discovery of a girl's corpse in a bathroom before giving a clue of the resident monster which he and his species fear and never speak of. Aragog then sets his colony of Acromantula on the boys, but the now-wild Ford Anglia saves them.

A torn book page in Hermione's hand identifies the resident monster as a Basilisk, a giant serpent that instantly kills those who make direct eye contact with it and only petrifies those who see it indirectly. Piecing the evidence together, Harry and Ron find out about the cause of petrification of Colin, Justin, the ghost Nearly-Headless Nick (John Cleese), Hermione, and Mrs Norris; Colin had his camera , Justin saw it though Nearly-Headless Nick wherein the latter absorbed the force, while Hermione and Mrs Norris saw it through a reflection (the former having a mirror and the latter looking on a puddle of water). The duo also discover that the Basilisk used the school's plumbing and from Aragog's statements the previous night, they realise that Moaning Myrtle was the girl found in the bathroom.

The teachers discover a new message written on a wall declaring that Ginny Weasley has been taken into the Chamber, where "her skeleton will lie forever", and convince Lockhart to save her. Harry and Ron find Lockhart, exposed as a fraud who wipes clean other wizards' memories and claims their achievements, planning to flee. Knowing Myrtle was the girl the Basilisk killed, they drag him to her bathroom where they discover the Chamber's entrance behind a circular column of sinks, a pipe big enough for a man to crawl through.

The trio jump through the hole and land in a series of cavernous maze-like crypts and dungeons. Following the tunnels, they find a shed Basilisk skin wherein Lockhart feigns a collapse to seize Ron's broken wand and use it to erase Harry and Ron's memories. But as Lockhart casts the memory-erasing spell, it backfires on to himself, wiping his memory. The force of the spell also causes a portion of the ceiling to cave-in, separating Harry from Ron and Lockhart.

Harry ventures further to the tunnels and finds a circular door which is the entrance to the Chamber itself. He enters the Chamber where he finds an unconscious Ginny. As Harry tries to examine the body, he is greeted by the ghostly memory of the sixteen-year old Tom Riddle. After Riddle reveals to Harry that he is the memory preserved in the diary, he adds that he manipulated Ginny to open the Chamber and write the bloody messages on the walls, and how the diary traumatised her in February wherein she disposed it.

Riddle then reveals his full name, Tom Marvolo Riddle, and the anagram he fashions out of it which reveals "I am Lord Voldemort". At this point Harry learns that Voldemort's real name was that of Riddle himself and was the true heir of Slytherin. Riddle reveals more on how he imprinted his 16-year old self as memory in an enchanted diary, in order to one day continue the failed work of his ancestor which he began when he opened the Chamber fifty years ago, ridding Hogwarts of impure-blooded witches and wizards. He also adds on how he framed Hagrid for the attacks and how he would make his new pseudonym a feared name in the wizarding community and how he would replace Dumbledore as the greatest sorcerer. After Harry expresses support for both Dumbledore and Hagrid, Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes , flies in with the Sorting Hat .

In an attempt to kill Harry, Riddle unleashes the Basilisk from the statue of Salazar Slytherin himself, but Fawkes arrives and blinds the Basilisk, destroying its fatal gaze. After a short chase and Harry's diversion, Harry returns to re-examine Ginny. Tom Riddle's memory grows more powerful as it steals life from Ginny's body.

The Basilisk emerges from the pool of the chamber and while Harry tries to find other means of fighting, the sword of Godric Gryffindor materialises from the Sorting Hat. Climbing the statue of Salazar Slytherin, he duels with the Basilisk and manages to kill the monstrous creature by impaling the roof of its mouth with the sword. However, one of the creature's fangs pierces Harry's sword arm as a result of the latter's killing move. Harry manages to remove the fang as he and Riddle watch the Basilisk slam dead to the chamber's floor. As Harry is slowly being poisoned, he uses his remaining energy to stab the diary with the the Basilisk's fang, and the memory of Tom Riddle is destroyed, while Ginny revives from her near-death state. As Harry advises Ginny to get out of the Chamber with Ron, Fawkes comes to heal Harry with his tears , which have healing powers. Ginny and Harry both recover fully, along with those who were petrified: Hermione, Mrs Norris, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Nearly Headless Nick, and Colin Creevey.

The next morning, Harry realises it was Lucius Malfoy who slipped the diary into Ginny's cauldron when he encountered the Weasleys in a Diagon Alley bookshop, but he is unable to prove it. Dobby reveals he is the Malfoys' servant, and knowing their treachery, had been trying to protect Harry all year. In gratitude, Harry sticks one of his old socks into the diary and hands it to Lucius. Lucius gives the diary to Dobby, who finds the sock hidden in its pages. This constitutes, in Dobby's eyes, a gift of clothing, the traditional manner in which a master frees a house-elf from servitude. The freed Dobby declares he is eternally grateful to Harry and protects him from an attempted reprisal from Lucius. The word "Avada" is used as the beginning of Lucius Malfoy's curse, suggesting that it is the Avada Kedavra curse (the Killing Curse ).

Dumbledore dispels Harry's fears that he could have been put into Slytherin rather than into Gryffindor when he tells Harry that it is his choices that define him and not his abilities, and that Harry could not have wielded the sword of Gryffindor if he did not truly belong to that house. At the end of the year feast, everyone who was petrified is revived, including Hermione, who is finally reunited with Harry and Ron. Dumbledore announces that all the exams have been cancelled and Hagrid is released from Azkaban, receiving loud cheers and applause from everyone, except a few students of Slytherin house.

In a post-credits scene, Flourish and Blotts displays in its window the latest Gilderoy Lockhart novel Who Am I? . Its front cover shows an amnesiac Gilderoy himself, locked in a mental care ward wearing a straitjacket.

The trio [ ]

Josh Herdman as Harry Potter under the effects of the Polyjuice Potion
Jamie Waylett as Ron Weasley under the effects of the Polyjuice Potion
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger

Hogwarts staff [ ]

Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart
Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout
Gemma Jones as Poppy Pomfrey
Sally Mortemore as Irma Pince
David Bradley as Argus Filch

Other Hogwarts denizens [ ]

Leslie Phillips as the Sorting Hat (voice)
Peter Taylor as Man in Portrait
Daisy Bates as Brunette Lady in Portrait
David Tysall as Count in Portrait
Violet Columbus as Girl with Flowers

Order of the Phoenix [ ]

Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley

Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers [ ]

Christian Coulson as Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy

Hogwarts students [ ]

Gryffindor [ ].

Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
Hugh Mitchell as Colin Creevey
James Phelps as Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley
Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood
Rochelle Douglas as Alicia Spinnet
Danielle Tabor as Angelina Johnson
Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
Emily Dale as Katie Bell
Kathleen Cauley as Lavender Brown
Luke Youngblood as Lee Jordan
Victoria Goddard as Gryffindor student (uncredited)
Jessica Foden as Gryffindor student / prefect (uncredited)

Hufflepuff [ ]

Louis Doyle as Ernie Macmillan
Charlotte Skeoch as Hannah Abbott
Edward Randell as Justin Finch-Fletchley
Eleanor Columbus as Susan Bones

Ravenclaw [ ]

Gemma Padley as Penelope Clearwater

Slytherin [ ]

Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
Jamie Waylett as Vincent Crabbe
Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
Helen Stuart as Millicent Bulstrode
Jamie Yeates as Marcus Flint
Scot Fearn as Adrian Pucey
Katherine Nicholson as Pansy Parkinson
David Holmes as Slytherin Beater 1
David Massam as Slytherin Beater 2
Tony Christian as Slytherin Beater 3
David Churchyard as Slytherin Keeper
Samantha Brown as Slytherin student (uncredited)

Unknown House [ ]

Brendan Columbus as Boy in Study Hall 1
Robert Ayres as Boy in Study Hall 2
Amy Puglia as a student (uncredited)
Christina Petrou as First Year student (uncredited)
Emma Georgia Murphy as school girl (uncredited)
Amie Kirby as student (uncredited)

Ministry of Magic [ ]

Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge

Wizarding world -related [ ]

Ben Borowiecki as Angus (Diagon Alley Boy)
Isabella Columbus as Book-store Girl
Peter O'Farrell as Bozo the Daily Prophet Photographer
Christopher O'Shea as Extra (uncredited)
Pamela Kempthorne as Knockturn Alley Witch (uncredited)
Jenny Tarren as Knockturn Alley Witch (uncredited)
Terence McAuley as Knockturn Alley Wizard (uncredited)
Salo Gardner as Knockturn Alley Wizard (uncredited)
Edward Tudor-Pole as Mr Borgin
Sean Cronin as Wizard (uncredited)
Antonia Frampton as Extra (uncredited)
Fenetta Agyemang-Norman as Extra (uncredited)
Jess Smith as Extra (uncredited)
Alice Bowmaker as Extra (uncredited)
Anthony Lee as Continuity Artist [ citation needed ] (uncredited)
Charlotte Willis as Extra (uncredited)
Jade Prince as Extra (uncredited)
Richenda Crookes as Diagon Alley Witch (uncredited)

Ghosts, spectres, photos or flashback performance [ ]

Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
Martin Bayfield as Young Rubeus Hagrid
Alfred Burke as Armando Dippet
John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick
Nina Young as The Grey Lady (uncredited)
Shirley Henderson as Myrtle Warren

Muggles [ ]

Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
Jim Norton as Mr Mason
Veronica Clifford as Mrs Mason
Tom Knight as Mr Granger
Heather Bleasdale as Mrs Granger
Harry Taylor as King's Cross Station guard

Magical creatures [ ]

Toby Jones as Dobby (voice)
Julian Glover as Aragog (voice)
Jason Isaacs as the Basilisk [ citation needed ] (voice) (uncredited)

Animals [ ]

Hugo , Bully , Bella , Luigi and Vito as Fang (uncredited)
Gizmo , Ook , Kasper , Oops , Oh Oh , Swoops , Elmo , Bandit and Sprout as Hedwig (uncredited)
Maximus , Alanis and Cornilus as Mrs Norris (uncredited)
Dex and 11 Unknown rats as Scabbers (uncredited)
Zeus and Unknown owls as Errol [1] (uncredited)

Unknown [ ]

Les Bubb as "Reader" (cut in the final edit)

Differences from the book [ ]

Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk with Harry Potter

1. The Worst Birthday [ ]

On a related note, the film implies that the Dursleys' gave Harry Dudley's old bedroom after his first year of Hogwarts, when he actually was given the bedroom right before Harry's new school year in the previous book, in an attempt to dissuade the acceptance letters to Hogwarts addressed to Harry.
The Dursleys preparing and practising for the Masons' visit all day is omitted, so instead they only practise in the evening before they come. However, this is implied as a review of their duties and roles, as the Dursleys must have practised all day off-screen.
The scene where Harry is banned by the Dursleys from saying the word 'magic' is not in the film.

2. Dobby's Warning [ ]

In the book, when Harry enters his room, Dobby sits on his bed quietly. In the film, Dobby is jumping on his bed and laughing.
Exactly when Dobby's banging on the wall caused Vernon to investigate and tell off Harry for ruining his " Japanese golfer joke " varies: in the book, the noise ruined Vernon's delivery of the punchline, while in the film, he was half-way through the joke.
Dobby does not mention that Voldemort, or a possible brother could be a suspect, as in the book version.
In the books , whenever Dobby disapparates, the usual loud crack is heard. But in the films , Dobby appears and disappears quietly, however it differs from film to film how he does it. In this film he fades, like if the wind took him.
The film shows Dobby levitating the cake into the sitting room and dropping it on top of Mrs Mason. In the book, however, the pudding dropped by Dobby in the kitchen, causing it to explode all over Harry, not Mrs Mason. Also in the film. Mr Mason tastes the cake, using a finger.
While the reason in the film for the Masons' departure was due to the cake dropping on Mrs Mason, in the book it was due to Mrs Mason's fear of birds when an owl sent by the Ministry of Magic arrived at the Dursleys in regards to the illegal use of the Hover Charm that was performed.
A scene is cut where the Ministry sends a letter to reprimand Harry for violating the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery , which informed the Dursleys of this rule. This explains in the following film how Vernon Dursley already knew that Harry is not allowed to perform magic outside of school. Since this scene was not included in this film, it caused a continuity error with the future films.
In the book, Uncle Vernon pays a man to fit the bars on Harry's window, but in the film, Uncle Vernon fits the bars on Harry's window himself.
Harry's nightmare of himself being in a zoo cage is omitted.

3. The Burrow [ ]

In the film, Ron wishes Harry a happy birthday when they fly away from 4 Privet Drive , as the Weasleys get Harry out the same evening . Ron doesn't say this in the book as Harry's birthday was the same day the Masons visited.
In the book, the Dursleys were woken up by Hedwig's screech. In the film, they're woken up by the noise of the bars falling into the grass.
In the book, Harry's trunk is locked in the cupboard under the stairs and Fred and George sneak in the house and pick the lock of both Harry's room and the cupboard. In the film, Harry's trunk is in his room and Fred and George don't sneak in the house.
In the book, Harry nearly forgets Hedwig , but he gets to her just in time. In the film, Harry doesn't forget anything.
When Ron , Fred and George arrive to rescue Harry, in the book they tie a rope to the bars. In the film, Ron places a large hook on a rope on the bars.
When Harry was escaping from the Dursleys, the book states that all of the Dursleys tried to prevent him from escaping, only to end up hanging from the window. The film depicts only Uncle Vernon trying to prevent him from escaping, which results in him falling out of the window and landing into a bush. The fall of Vernon from the window was a comic effect created to make the scene funnier for the audience.
In the Flying Ford Anglia the Weasley brothers suggest that Dobby could be an untrustworthy servant of the Malfoys. This is omitted from the film.
In the book, when Harry arrives at the Weasleys' home, Mrs Weasley makes her sons "de-gnome" the garden. This scene is omitted from the film.

4. Flourish and Blotts [ ]

The exact nature of the Floo Powder mixup Harry underwent that sent him to Knockturn Alley varied: In the book, Harry ends up botching the pronunciation of "Diagon Alley" due to saying it amongst coughing fits due to the Floo Powder getting caught in his respiratory system. In the film, he mispronounces "Diagon Alley" as "diagonally" out of a panic thanks to watching the effect of the Floo Powder as a demonstration. On a similar note, the film doesn't require a lit fireplace to use floo powder, while the book does.
The scene where Harry listens to Lucius and Draco Malfoy's business with Borgin is cut. It is included in the deleted scenes section of the DVD. (An alternate version of the same scene, where Harry is caught by Borgin was also filmed and included on the DVD.) In this scene Lucius almost hits Draco two times with his walking stick when telling him not to touch anything. This could be meant in reference to the cursed necklace.
In the book, Mr Weasley repairs Harry's glasses in Diagon Alley, but in the film, Hermione repairs them and the knowledge of her using under-age magic is unnoticed. Though it is revealed in one of the following books that the Ministry of Magic only knows where there is used magic and not who it is that is using magic. (This explains why Harry is believed to be the one to perform the levitating spell on the pudding though it is Dobby . Also this could explain why Hermione didn't get a letter on the Hogwarts Express in the previous film ; too many students and pre-students, plus two adults.)
The part where Arthur Weasley fights with Lucius Malfoy in Flourish and Blotts is omitted. Instead, they only exchange tense words. Lucius also mentions that he will "see you [Arthur] at work", implying that he works at the Ministry of Magic in the film, or at the very least has visited the Ministry enough times that he and Arthur have interacted to some extent there. On a related note, Lucius only subtly puts the diary into Ginny's cauldron after looking at and mocking her hand-me-down textbook in the film. In the original, he gives the book back to her after fighting her father, the diary stealthily included in it, after the fight.
When they meet in Diagon Alley , Hermione chides Lucius Malfoy for not using Voldemort's name. (In the first two films, Hermione shows no fear of the name Voldemort, speaking it without difficulty in the first film) In the books, Hermione never uses the name Voldemort until the fifth novel, and even then it requires courage. The films have a bit of a continuity issue on this point as the fifth film shows her getting the courage to say "Voldemort".
Arthur Weasley asks Harry about escalators in the book, but in the film, he asks about rubber ducks and plug holes.

5. The Whomping Willow [ ]

Harry and Ron get to Hogwarts with almost no problem in the book, whereas in the film they nearly get hit by the Hogwarts Express, and Harry nearly falls out of the car.
In a deleted scene that follows this scene Harry finds a letter about a Kwikspell course addressed to Filch and hands it over. In the book Harry finds this letter in Filch's office .
In the book, Ron and Harry eat sandwiches in Snape's office after being caught by Snape. Ron wants to know which house Ginny was placed in and Professor McGonagall tells him she's a Gryffindor. This scene is not in the film, but Ron does find out about Ginny being in Gryffindor from his mother's howler.

6. Gilderoy Lockhart [ ]

In the book, Mrs Weasley's howler to Ron is much lengthier and mentions Harry in it. In the film the howler message is much shorter and Harry is never mentioned, instead a part of the howler was directed to Ginny. Also in the book, there is no mention of howlers folding themselves into a pair of lips.
Howler bursts into flames in the book but rips itself into shreds in the film, with a grrr -sound.
Lockhart's scene with Professor Sprout before the first Herbology lesson of the year, in which he implied that he knew more about caring for Whomping Willows than she did, is not shown.
The scenes in which Lockhart lectures Harry for giving out autographs (due to Colin's actual request in the book) and makes him late for Herbology, are not seen in the film.
In the film, Neville Longbottom faints when the Mandrakes are shrieking, and Professor Sprout remarks that he has been "neglecting his earmuffs". This scene does not happen in the book.
Defence Against the Dark Arts shows both Hufflepuffs (Justin Finch-Fletchley and Susan Bones, for example) and Slytherins (Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle) in the same class as the Gryffindors.
Second-year Gryffindors have Herbology only with the Hufflepuffs in the book, but also with the Slytherins in the film.
In the novel, several pixies shoot straight through the window, shower the back row with broken glass. The rest proceeded to wreck the classroom more effectively than a rampaging rhino, grab ink bottles and spray the class with them, shred books and papers, tear pictures from the walls, up end the waste basket, grab bags and books and throw them out of the smashed window; within minutes, half the class was sheltering under desks and Neville was swinging from the iron chandelier in the ceiling, half the students hide under desks, then the bell rings and everyone leaves. In the film, the chaos consists of book throwing, book page tearing and Neville hung onto the chandelier. Also, in the film, no one hides under the desks and everyone leaves on their own accord to save themselves from the Pixies.
The Pixies throw Lockhart's wand out the window in the book. In the film, this does not happen and instead, one of the Pixies snatches Lockhart's wand and breaks off the dragon skeleton hanging from the ceiling.
Also, in the film, there is an added moment when the Pixies steal a portrait of Lockhart and he tries to get it back, but fails.
In the novel, Lockhart hides under his desk, but in the film, he doesn't. Also Neville falls from the chandelier in the book and misses Lockhart. In the film, Neville remains hanging from the chandelier, with his humorously lamenting why these situations always happen to him.
In the novel, Harry, Ron and Hermione are almost at the door but Lockhart stops them and asks them to try and nip the rest of them back into their cage, but in the film, the trio just remain a distance from the door and try to stop them until Hermione immobilises all the Pixies.
In the film, Lockhart runs into his office, while in the book, he ran through a door, but it is not specified which door it is.
In the novel Hermione freezes several pixies and then sends them back to their cage. In the film, she paralyses all the Pixies and is never shown putting them back in their cages.
Ernie Macmillan 's role is diminished to a non-speaking part. The part where he and Hannah Abbott talk in the library about their theory of Harry wanting to attack Justin Finch-Fletchley was cut, but appears on the deleted scenes, however in the Study Hall . Also, Ernie is the one who blames Harry for attacking Justin when he is discovered, petrified, but in the film, Argus Filch finds Harry and wants to expel him. In the book, it was Peeves who found him, and sung his funny song.
As with the previous film and all of the following ones, the character of Peeves is omitted completely.
During the first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, Lockhart refers to the Bandon Banshee as male rather than female.
The scene where Lockhart gives out a test is omitted in the film. It is included as a deleted scene on the DVD of the film.

7. Mudbloods and Murmurs [ ]

In the book, Draco's insult openly provokes anger in several members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, but they do not openly react as strongly in the film.
In the book, Hermione has never heard the slur " Mudblood " before, and Ron later explained the definition to her and Harry. In the film, she is aware of the term and is deeply hurt, even seen trying not to cry, and explains what it means to Harry , though Hagrid defines its origin for Harry and says exactly what Ron says in the book. Ron only responds to it with only two words, as he is in the middle of throwing up slugs.

8. The Deathday Party [ ]

Nearly Headless Nick 's Deathday Party does not appear in the film, other than in concept art. Because of this, Harry encounters the petrified Mrs Norris on his way back from spending hours of detention with Gilderoy Lockhart instead. Harry also meets Ron and Hermione just before finding Mrs Norris in the film, while in the book they were with Harry the entire time.

9. The Writing on the Wall [ ]

In the book, Harry, Ron and Hermione are interrogated by the teachers in Gilderoy Lockhart's office, while the film has them staying in the corridor where the attack happened.
Mention of Filch being a Squib is omitted. However, very oddly, the term is mentioned in the Danish version of the subtitles; calling him Mr Squib , although with the Danish term.
Mention of Ron's detention and the fact that he recognised Tom Riddle's name from an award he received for special services to the school, was cut, but appears on the deleted scenes.
In the film, Hermione claims that the message on the wall is written in blood. The book, however, states that message is simply written in red paint.
In the film, it is Professor McGonagall who tells the class about the history of the Chamber of Secrets instead of Professor Binns.
As in the book, Snape views Harry in particular as a suspect due to the latter's absence during dinner, but in the film Lockhart then admits causing Harry's absence, unintentionally having Harry stay beyond the intended time period for detention.
Hermione explains both her and Ron's absence by saying they noticed that Harry was missing and they tried to search for him.
In the book, to borrow the Moste Potente Potions book from the library, which had the recipe for the Polyjuice Potion , Hermione had to get a note from Gilderoy Lockhart (which he signed without looking at) because it was in the restricted section. In the film, the scene was omitted, and the book was in the regular section of the library.

10. The Rogue Bludger [ ]

The rainy weather Quidditch match would be moved to the third film instead.
In the book, Draco does not notice the Snitch at all, due to having been insulting Harry at the time and Harry quickly catches the Snitch before Malfoy could realise it, but in the film, he sees it just after Harry does, and just after ducking to prevent being hit by a Bludger , and it leads to both of them chasing after the snitch for a few seconds before Harry catches it first. Also in the film, they chase the Snitch in between the Quidditch Stands .
During the match in both book and film, Slytherin had taken the lead of Gryffindor of throwing the Quaffle through the hoops, but they had different scores: In the book, the final score was 60-0, but in the film, the score is 90-30, in which Gryffindor would then receive 150 points because as Harry caught the snitch.
In the film, while Malfoy was dodging the Bludger, he tilted his broom too low, the tip of his broom hits a beam, causing him to catapult off his broom, and land on the grass, doing a full split. He was still moaning in agonising pain at the Hospital Wing when Madam Pomfrey tells him not to make such a fuss.
In a deleted scene from the film Harry tries to avoid being hit by a Bludger by flying in the Slytherin tribune. This does not happen in the book.
Lucius Malfoy is seen in the audience observing the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch Match in the film. This is not mentioned in the book.
In the film, Ron attempts to stop the Bludger by using his wand, but Hermione stops him, saying that even with a proper wand there is still a risk he could accidentally hit Harry. This does not happen in the book.
In the book Fred and George attempt to protect Harry from the rogue Bludger, and later place it back in its case while restraining it. In the film, Hermione destroys the rogue Bludger with Finite Incantatem after the game, effectively damaging a piece of Hogwarts property.
Due to Hagrid being present at the match in the film it is he who recognises that the Bludger had been tampered with, by using binoculars to witness the game; in the book, it was Fred Weasley who made this realisation.
In the film, Filch supports Slytherin, being seen standing in a crowd of Slytherin spectators just like the first film, whereas is the books, it is never specified if he takes sides.
In the book, when Harry is in the hospital wing following the Quidditch match, Ron, Hermione and Madam Pomfrey are the only people there when he takes the Skele-Gro , the rest of the team come in later and Madam Pomfrey shouts at them to leave. In the film however, the entire team plus Ron and Hermione come with him, and Madam Pomfrey tells them to clear her way.

11. The Duelling Club [ ]

The scene in which Harry, Ron, and Hermione cause a disturbance in Potions class to steal ingredients from Professor Snape was omitted. This caused a continuity error for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where Snape accused Harry of brewing Polyjuice Potion by stealing its ingredients "again." Possible explanations could be that it happened off-screen, or that Snape just came to the conclusion that Harry did it. Also, because Barty Crouch Jnr was stealing Snape's ingredients to brew Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Alastor Moody in the fourth film, it is possible that Snape mistakenly thought Harry was stealing the ingredients earlier in his fourth year and was warning him not to do so in what Snape falsely perceived to be a second time.
In the Duelling Club scene, Harry and Draco are the only combatants participating, while in the novel, other classmates in their year are shown participating along with them, such as Hermione, Millicent Bulstrode , Ron, Seamus, Neville, and Justin Finch-Fletchley.
Also in the Duelling Club sequence, when Harry speaks Parseltongue , in the book, the reader knows what he says immediately, as is the case when Harry speaks with the snake at the zoo in the film version of Philosopher's Stone. In the film, it's only hissing sounds until Harry explains what he said to Ron and Hermione. Other uses of the language later in the film are left untranslated, but most likely are the same as the book's translations. Also the games explains what he says.
A line that Snape spoke in the book "Longbottom causes devastation with the simplest spells", was changed to "Weasley's wand causes devastation with the simplest spells" after Professor Lockhart chose Ron and Harry to demonstrate the Disarming Charm (in the book, Snape spoke instead about Neville Longbottom). The film also changed the line "We'll be sending what's left of Finch-Fletchley up to the hospital wing in a matchbox" to "We'll be sending what's left of Potter up to the hospital wing in a matchbox" as Justin Finch-Fletchley did not duel during the scene, either.
Also in the Duelling Club scene, Rictusempra was used like a Stunning Spell which caused Malfoy to be thrown up in a back flip. In the book, Rictusempra was described to give its receiver an uncontrollable tickling sensation. Tarantallegra , a jinx used to force someone to dance wildly and involuntarily, was also not used in the film. In addition, attacking with a Serpensortia spell was Malfoy's own choice, whereas in the novel, Snape was the one who gave him that idea. Everte Statum was also not mentioned in the book but was used in the film.
In the film, Moaning Myrtle appears while Harry, Ron and Hermione are brewing the Polyjuice Potion. In the book, she appears much earlier, at Nearly-Headless Nick's Deathday Party.
In a deleted scene after the Duelling Club, Harry was talking to Hedwig in a mountainous area away from the castle saying "Who am I, Hedwig? What am I?".

12. The Polyjuice Potion [ ]

In the book, when Harry asks the Sorting Hat whether it put him in the right House, he does it with the hat on his head. In the film, he merely stands before it.
The Polyjuice Potion in the book changes colours as the hair is added. In the film, it does not change colours at all.
The scene in the Great Hall during the Christmas Feast, Hermione simply says that she got Millicent Bulstrode's hair off her robes. The novel, however, depicts her and Millicent in the Duelling club where Millicent is head-locking Hermione, and she happens to find black hair on her robes.
The scene where Harry and Ron hide Crabbe and Goyle in a broom cupboard is omitted (the scene was filmed and included in the deleted scenes section, though). Due to this omission Crabbe and Goyle are dazed and confused when Harry and Ron run past them after their transformation has worn off instead of pounding while still in the cupboard.
In the novel, the potion is in one of the stalls and when the trio prepares to drink from their separate glasses, they each go into a different stall and drink. In the film, the potion is in one of the sinks and the trio drink beside that same sink and only Ron and Hermione run into cubicles when they feel they're going to be sick (not said in the book) while Harry remains at the sink and watches himself transform.
In the book, Harry feels his insides start writhing as though he’d just swallowed live snakes—doubled up, then a burning sensation spreads rapidly from his stomach to the very ends of his fingers and toes—next, bringing him gasping to all fours, then comes a horrible melting feeling, as the skin all over his body bubbles like hot wax—and before his eyes, his hands began to grow, the fingers thickened, the nails broadened, the knuckles were bulging like bolts—his shoulders stretched painfully and a prickling on his forehead told him that hair was creeping down toward his eyebrows—his robes ripped as his chest expanded like a barrel bursting its hoops—his feet were agony in shoes four sizes too small. In the film, Harry watches his hands bubbling and then looks into the sink's mirror and watches his face bubbling then turning into Goyle's face.
This causes a continuity error with Barty Crouch Jnr 's usage of the Polyjuice Potion in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as his voice does change when he becomes Moody, though this can be considered as an exception as his identity was kept secret until the end of the film.
This could also create a continuity error in the film adaptation of the first half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when Hermione, Ron, and others take the potion to transform into Harry, and Hermione remarks that Harry's eyesight is really bad.
Draco showing Goyle/Harry and Crabbe/Ron the Daily Prophet article about Arthur Weasley's inquiry at the Ministry of Magic about having been fined for having an enchanted Muggle car is omitted.
Draco does not mention Dumbledore's love of Muggle-borns (but it's obvious that Dumbledore still loved them). Also, due to this omission, Draco does not make the rude mimicking act of Colin Creevey wanting Harry's autograph.
There is no mention of Azkaban prison in this scene because Harry did not ask Draco whether he knew if the person who opened the Chamber last time was caught. Instead, it is first mentioned by Hagrid in the scene where Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge come to Hagrid's hut.
In the film, when Draco mentions that "you'd never know" the Weasleys were pure-bloods the way they behave along with an added line that was not mentioned in the book—"They're an embarrassment to the wizarding world. All of them."—Ron makes a fist and looks furious, but in the book, Ron's face is just contorted with fury and there is no fist.
In the book, Ron and Harry realise they're turning back to normal when Harry sees Ron's hair turning red and his nose lengthening and they run. In the film, they realise when Ron sees Harry's scar reappearing (which didn't happen in the book) and Harry seeing Ron's hair growing red again and whispering "Scar" (Ron) and "Hair" (Harry).
There is a scene added in which Draco finds a small package and after shaking it once, asks Goyle/Harry if it's his (Harry's), Harry shakes his head and Draco puts the package in his school robe pocket, then a few seconds before Harry and Ron realise that they're about to turn back to their normal selves, Draco unwraps the package and after Harry's scar reappears and Ron's hair starts turning back to red, Draco is seen to having a small silver object in his hand, but it does not fully appear since it was in Draco's hand. The package was not included in the book.

13. The Very Secret Diary [ ]

The part where Hermione gets a get well soon card from Gilderoy Lockhart is omitted, but included in the original script.
In the book, Professor Binns explains to the class about the Chamber of Secrets during a History of Magic class. The film and game versions make a different depiction; the former has Minerva McGonagall explaining it during a Transfiguration class while the latter has Professor Flitwick explaining it during a Charms lesson. Professor Binns is omitted in both the film and game adoptions.
The Valentine's Day breakfast in the Great Hall which was arranged by Professor Lockhart is omitted.
The scene when Harry gets his Valentine and Draco Malfoy tries to steal Tom Riddle's diary in which Harry disarms him and Percy scolds Harry for using magic in the corridors is omitted.
In the book, the ink is scarlet. In the film, the ink is black.
In the book, Tom Riddle's diary displays his first and middle names as initials. In the film, Tom Riddle's full first and last names are shown on the diary.
In the book, when Harry gets sucked into the diary to 1943, he enters through the Headmaster's office where Professor Dippet was reading a letter from Tom Riddle. In the film, he enters below the Grand Staircase where Tom Riddle was standing, shortly before a younger Dumbledore appears to talk to him.
In the film, a scene is added in which Harry and Tom Riddle see Myrtle's dead body (unknown to Harry) wrapped up in a sheet with her right arm sticking out and being carried away by several unidentified wizards. This event did not occur in the novel.
In the book, Armando Dippet is the one who talks to Tom Riddle about Hogwarts closing. In the film, Dumbledore talks to Tom while Dippet appears only a brief second then turns his back and does not speak to Tom. Although, in the book, after Tom's meeting with Dippet, he finds Dumbledore who asks Tom why he's wandering around late and then tells him to hurry off to bed because it's not safe to roam the corridors these days.
In the book, while Harry is in the memory inside the diary and he sees Tom Riddle with Rubeus Hagrid , Tom calls him "Rubeus", but in the film, he calls him Hagrid instead, like everybody else.
The dwelling of Aragog is a treasure chest-like box as opposed to a cupboard.

14. Cornelius Fudge [ ]

In the book when McGonagall is cancelling the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff Quidditch match, she is doing this with a large megaphone while out on the field to send the message much to the dismay of Oliver Wood and the audience. In the film however, she simply informs the Gryffindor team just as they were heading out to the field, and Wood is much less aggressive about it than in the book.
Ginny 's attempt to confide her secret to Ron and Harry is omitted, although a scene where Ginny sees Harry with the diary was initially featured in the script.
Almost all foreshadowing hints about Ginny acting strangely or emotionally are omitted. However, in the film, the scene in which McGonagall informs the Gryffindors of the possible closing of the school reveals a close-up of Ginny appearing uneasy as if it's her fault.
Possible Explanation: Though Ginny did seem uneasy as if it is her fault, in the book she is "bullied" into taking a dose of Pepperup Potion by Percy. In the film this is omitted, along with the fact that she didn't even notice Harry in the book, while in the film she had said "Mummy, have you seen my jumper?", and Mrs Weasley responded with "Yes dear, it was on the cat." Then, when Ginny sees Harry, he says "Hello" and she turns and hurries off.
Penelope Clearwater's role as a Basilisk victim is omitted from the film.
The book mentioned that "the crowing of the rooster is fatal to the Basilisk" which led Hagrid's roosters to be killed since the Heir of Slytherin didn't want one near the castle. This was not mentioned in the film, although Hagrid was seen holding one of his dead roosters when bursting into Dumbledore's office in an attempt to defend Harry from being expelled before realising Dumbledore doesn't even think Harry's at fault for what had happened with Mrs Norris, Colin Creevey, and Nearly-Headless Nick. A deleted scene shows Harry finding Hagrid holding the rooster. Hagrid explains his thought about a Blood-Sucking Bugbear , and that he is going to ask Dumbledore for permission to cast a protecting charm.

15. Aragog [ ]

In the book, after Hagrid mentions that if they were looking for answers, all they'd have to do was follow the spiders, Harry and Ron didn't see any spiders until one day in Herbology when Harry points them out to Ron. They noticed the path the spiders were taking, which was right into the Forbidden Forest, and didn't follow them until everyone had gone to sleep in their dormitory. In the film, right after Hagrid is taken away by the Minister, Harry and Ron see spiders crawling along Hagrid's window and follow them into the Forbidden Forest.
In the book, Ron (reluctantly) and Harry looked around for spiders and then when entering the forest, Ron is brave. In the film, Ron is completely scared and reluctant to go into the forest and follow spiders.
In the film, Ron asks why they have to follow spiders and why it could not be "Follow the butterflies". This dialogue did not appear in the book.
In the book, Harry, Ron and Fang are taken by the spiders to Aragog's lair but in the film they make their own way there. Also, they never see the Ford Anglia before arriving at Aragog's lair; hence their looks of surprise in the film when it crashes through the spiders to rescue them, although a deleted scene shows them finding the car before they meet Aragog.
Also, in the deleted scene where Harry and Ron find the Ford Anglia, Harry tells Ron they don't want to lose the trail of spiders, but in the book, they lose the trail and try to find them before being dragged to Aragog's lair.
In the film, Mosag , Aragog's mate, is not mentioned.
Aragog is not blind as he is in the book. However, it is implied that he is on the verge of blindness as he ages.

16. The Chamber of Secrets [ ]

In the book, Harry deduces and tells Ron that the girl who died in the fifth-floor bathroom was most likely Moaning Myrtle due to her "never leaving" there, before he finds the scrap of paper in the petrified Hermione's hand detailing the Basilisk as well as her personal note as to how it was travelling through the school, immediately after returning from the Forbidden Forest. In the film, he tells Ron this after finding the paper, just before McGonagall announces for all the students to return to their dormitories immediately.
In the book, when McGonagall and the other teachers volunteer Lockhart to fight the Basilisk, the teachers are collected in the Staffroom with Harry and Ron hiding in the wardrobe. In the film, the teachers are gathered in front of the daubed message on the wall stating Ginny's capture with Harry and Ron hiding behind a corner. Also, in the book the teachers' comments after Lockhart has left them make it clear that they know he is incapable and were simply getting him out of the way. These comments are left out from the film, but it's still highly unlikely the plan was ever genuine and like in the GBC version of the game , only the first message was seen while the second one was only mentioned and there's no sign of it anywhere, not even near the first message. But unlike in the GBC version, the second message is seen both in the book when Harry, Ron and Lockhart head to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and on-screen in the film when the teachers leave after McGonagall announced that Ginny had been taken into the Chamber.
Due to the omission of both Harry and Ron's return to their common room, and Ginny's attempt to confide in Harry and Ron about her involvement with the Chamber of Secrets before Percy interfered due to him keeping her quiet about his secret relationship with Penelope Clearwater, Ron's suspicion of Ginny knowing something about the attacks which therefore had nothing to do with Percy was also omitted.
Also, the book has Gilderoy Lockhart citing some specific examples of individuals that he not only stole credit for their deeds from, but also wiped memories from as insurance. The film does not actually list any specific examples of his victims.
In the film, just before Harry and Ron jump into the giant pipe leading to the Chamber of Secrets upon opening it, Moaning Myrtle offers to let Harry share the toilet she lives in should he die in the chamber. She only alludes to this offer in the book after Harry, Ron, Ginny, and a recently-amnesiac Gilderoy Lockhart leave the chamber, where she expressed some implied disappointment in the fact that Harry survived.
In the book, it says that the snake who had shed the skin must have been at least twenty feet long. In the film, Ron remarks that the creature must have been at least sixty feet long.
In the book, Harry walks for a longer period through the tunnel to find the Chamber after being separated from Ron and Lockhart, but in the film, the tunnel was only one small room and had the entrance to the Chamber right before Harry, Ron and Lockhart. Although, before they enter the room, there is another passage seen on the opposite side.
In the book, the entrance to the Chamber where Ginny was consisted of a solid wall on which two entwined serpents are carved, their eyes set with great, glinting emeralds and when Harry speaks Parseltongue to open the entrance, the serpents part as the wall cracks open and the halves slide smoothly out of sight. In the film, the entrance consisted of a circular door with 7 snakes on it that were on the edge of the door and when Harry speaks Parseltongue to open the entrance, an eighth snake appears from the cylinder bit where the snakes are held and goes all around the door and whenever it approaches each snake's head, they back away and allow the door to be opened.

17. The Heir of Slytherin [ ]

In the film, Harry, shortly after Riddle rearranged his name to unveil his future identity as Lord Voldemort, explicitly states the latter's the Heir of Slytherin. Harry does not do so in the book, though it was nonetheless made very clear what Riddle/Voldemort's connection to the Heir of Slytherin was.
In the film, when Harry suggests that Dumbledore must have been suspicious of Riddle when the Chamber was last opened, Riddle is noticeably irritated. In the novel he remains calm throughout his explanation of his past actions.
In the novel, when Riddle questions Harry about his encounters with Voldemort, despite his intrigue and the "hunger" in his eyes, he remains calm. In the film, he becomes increasingly angry while questioning Harry.
In the film, when Riddle calls Voldemort "the greatest sorcerer in the world", Harry immediately and angrily declares that "Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world". In the novel, Harry needs time to think of anything to say to Riddle before quietly declaring that Riddle is not the greatest and that Dumbledore is.
In addition, Tom Riddle's reaction throughout the fight in the film was significantly calmer compared to the book. In the film, outside of yelling "No!" in shock and stating that the Basilisk can still use its other senses (see below), he does not react in any way to the Basilisk missing Harry. In the book, Tom Riddle is repeatedly yelling at the Basilisk to smell Harry when it is repeatedly missing Harry in their fight.
The film also has Riddle claiming that Harry Potter's Parseltongue abilities are of no use against the Basilisk, as it was specifically trained to only obey him, something that was not in the book (and which conflicted with the revelation later on that Harry Potter was one of Voldemort's horcruxes).
The statue at the end of the Chamber of Secrets is a full body statue of Salazar Slytherin , while in the film it is only a large statue of Slytherin's head and shoulders. The book Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey , has Rowling reveal that the Chamber is flooded centuries after its creation and the rest of the statue below his head is submerged beneath the water. This also explains why the Basilisk was seen emerging from the water near the statue when Harry attempts to wake the nearly-dead Ginny.
In the book, pillars hold up the ceiling of the Chamber of Secrets. In the film, there is nothing to hold the ceiling up (although two pairs of pillars do appear in the game version in the) but it shows that there were two lines of giant statues of snakes' heads where the pillars were in the book. It is also possible that the original Chamber hall is submerged along with the original pillars and that the snake head statues are the remainders of the pillars.
The Basilisk in the book was described as a giant snake. However, the filmmakers added much more subtle characteristics of other reptiles such as monitor lizards. legless lizards, alligators, and crocodiles as well as adding osteoderms and other hard scales along with eyes with functional eyelids and earholes while maintaining its serpentine textures and characteristics, resulting in the film adaptation of the Basilisk taking on a more dragon-like appearance.
Both men used swords in their fights.
The swords had great powers, and were both used to kill the monstrous creatures by impalement: roof of the mouth for the Basilisk and chest/heart part for Maleficent.
In the book, after Fawkes had punctured the Basilisk's eyes, Riddle stated that it can still smell Harry. In the film, Riddle stated that it can hear him. This could explain Harry throwing the stone in the added scene of the Basilisk chasing him in the tunnel, so that when the blinded Basilisk heard the sound, it went towards where it heard the noise and believed that Harry might've been there.
In the book, in the Chamber of Secrets, Harry puts on the Sorting Hat and shouts at it for help. The sword then comes out and hits him on the head, nearly knocking him out. In the film, the sword just all of a sudden materialises in the hat when it's just lying on the ground, and Harry takes it.
In addition, the book only mentioned that Riddle's memory writhed and then faded away after the diary was destroyed, while in the film, it was shown that Riddle's memory's chest cavity ripped open with light, then causing damage to his face, before eventually causing gaping holes throughout his body before exploding.
Lastly, Harry only stabbed the diary once in the book, while in the film, he stabbed the diary three times, two being in two different sections on pages of the book, and the last from the outside.
A Star Wars reference is included in the scene where the diary is destroyed. During the first and second stabs, as light bursts out from Riddle, the sound of an igniting lightsaber is heard.
The film has Ginny reacting in a significantly calmer manner when awakening shortly after Tom Riddle's memory was destroyed than in the book. In the latter, in addition to admitting her unwilling role in the disaster, Ginny clearly was breaking down from the entire ordeal. Similarly, because of the switching around of Fawkes healing Harry and the destruction of the diary (see above), Ginny also notices that Harry was injured, something that was not the case in the book.
In the novel, when Harry and Ginny find Ron and Lockhart, Lockhart (having lost his memory) says 'Hello', that the chamber is an odd sort of place and asks if the three live there to which Ron answers 'No'. In the film, this occurs before Harry enters the Chamber and finds Ginny and Lockhart having just caused the tunnel to collapse; He says 'Hello', asks Ron who he is to which he replies "Um... Ron Weasley." and Lockhart responds "Really? And who am I?" then Ron says to Harry through the gap hole of the rocks that Lockhart's Memory Charm backfired and that he hasn't got a clue who he is. Then Lockhart picks up a stone, gives it a short throw then asks Ron if he lives in the Chamber (and also gives the stone to Ron) to which Ron replies "No." and Lockhart replies "Really?" and then Ron does something he never did in the book: He hits the stone on the top of the left side of Lockhart's head and he falls back down (presumably unconscious).
The book states that the journey ends in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom in the morning, where the entrance seals shut again, and they head to McGonagall's office.
The film shows that the characters are carried by Fawkes to a cave entrance in a cliff wherein a full moon gleams and they land onto the grounds of Hogwarts, then head to Dumbledore's office. The landing at the Hogwarts grounds and heading to the headmaster's office is done offscreen.

18. Dobby's Reward [ ]

In the film, when Lucius arrives at Dumbledore's office and Harry notices Dobby, he is shown realising that Dobby's masters were the Malfoys and thus explained why he was hesitant to reveal anything directly or his self-inflicted punishments, with Lucius then giving a veiled threat to the house elf in response. This did not happen in the book (largely because Dobby had already been speculated to be part of the Malfoy family much earlier in the book).
In the book, Harry's conversation with Dumbledore after the defeat of the Basilisk is set in McGonagall's office, and Arthur, Molly, and McGonagall are present at the start of the scene. In the film, the scene is set in Dumbledore's office instead, and Arthur, Molly, and McGonagall do not appear.
In the book, Harry accused Lucius of deliberately supplying the diary to Ginny Weasley at Diagon Alley while they were still in Dumbledore's office and Lucius is meeting with Dumbledore due to Dobby's nonverbal hints, with Dumbledore also giving a veiled threat to Lucius in response to this as well as his forcing the board of directors to sack Dumbledore. In the film, Harry's accusation occurs after Lucius leaves (although still due to Dobby's nonverbally hinting at Lucius's connection to the diary before departure), and Dumbledore, while still implicitly warning Lucius about his actions with the diary, is not notified by Harry about Lucius's action with the diary.
Lucius kicking Dobby and hitting him with his cane may be inspired by the abuse suffered by Jewish internee Helen Hirsch during her years of servitude under Nazi commandant Amon Goeth. Ironically enough, Lord Voldemort is played by the same actor as Goeth, Ralph Fiennes.
In the film, Lucius Malfoy's sarcastic statement about Harry and Harry's response was improv from the actors.
In the book, to free Dobby, Harry puts the diary in his sock and had Lucius Malfoy throw it so Dobby would catch it after he removed the diary, but in the film Harry puts his sock in the diary and had Lucius give the diary with the sock to Dobby unknowingly instead.
The Closed captioning, however, indicate he's about to cast " Vera Verto ", but could just be a later change to the movie.
In the book, Lucius Malfoy says to Harry, "Someday you'll meet the same sticky end as your parents. They were meddlesome fools too." In the film, he said, "Your parents were meddlesome fools, too. Mark my words, Potter - one day soon, you're going to meet the same, sticky end."
Hermione originally hugged both Harry and Ron in the book upon revealing that she had been cured. In the film, she only hugs Harry, and just gives a hesitant handshake to Ron (note, this was the result of Emma Watson being hesitant to hug both Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in public view, with her hugging Radcliffe during filming having to be frozen for a few seconds to get the desired effect due to Watson breaking the hug too quickly). This also unintentionally foreshadowed her and Ron's hesitant blossoming feelings for each other in the succeeding films.
There is no mention of Lucius Malfoy losing his position as a school governor as a result of his threats against his colleagues in the film.
In addition, Hagrid's arrival has him apologising for his lateness, explaining his release from Azkaban was delayed due to the letter requesting his release getting lost, and proceeding to blame a bird named Errol for it getting lost, causing Ron to give a slightly embarrassed look. This was not present in the book.

Chapters [ ]

Dobby's Warning
To Diagon Alley
Flourish and Blotts
Flying to Hogwarts
The Whomping Willow
Not Expelled...Today
Mandrakes and Ron's Howler
Gilderoy Lockhart
Mudbloods and Murmurs
Writing On the Wall
About the Chamber
The Rogue Bludger
No Longer Safe
Duelling Club
A Parselmouth
Nothing to Tell
Polyjuice Potion
Harry and Ron Transformed
Cornelius Fudge
Spider Attack
The Chamber of Secrets
The Heir of Slytherin
The Basilisk
Healing Powers
Out of the Hat
Dobby's Reward
Welcome Back
End Credits

Character omissions [ ]

Patrick Delaney-Podmore
Grey Lady (Appears in deleted scene)
Bloody Baron
Wailing Widow
Portly ghost
Headless Hunt
Deathday Party ghost attendees
Cuthbert Binns
Mr Borgin (Appears in deleted scene)
Rolanda Hooch
Valentine's Dwarves
Pansy Parkinson
This is the only film on DVD and VHS to use the Warner Home Video logo with AOL Time Warner byline. The US version has the logo's music in low tone, while the UK and other international versions have the music of the logo in it's regular tone.
This is the longest film of the series in length.
It was the second highest grossing movie of 2002 behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers .
The only film of the series to have a post credits scene.
This is the last movie to feature all the Hogwarts students wearing their 2001 era uniforms and then the ties and jumpers get updated in Prisoner of Azkaban .
Dedicated to Richard Harris, who died before the film's premiere.

Mistakes [ ]

The tapes marking where Tom Felton ( Draco Malfoy ) is supposed to stand are clearly visible

When Dobby first sees Harry, there is a red flag and an orange flag behind him (Dobby). You can see that the orange flag is missing a thumb tack. When Harry tells Dobby that he's not supposed to be there, the thumb tack is there.
In Borgin & Burkes, the Hand of Glory is wrapped around Harry's hand. In the next shot, it is wrapped around his wrist.
In Borgin & Burkes, while Harry is looking at the jar of skulls, there is nothing next to the jar, In the next shot, an iron stand appears out of nowhere.
When Lockhart is saying "it's 27th week atop the Daily Prophet Bestseller List..." the camera scrolls up to Malfoy. You can clearly see Tom Felton's tape mark marking where he is supposed to place his feet.
While Harry and Ron are crashing into Platform 9 3/4, Hedwig is obviously just a stuffed owl.
Right after Harry and Ron crash into the platform, Ron's suitcase has three brown lines. Five shots later, it has two lines.
After they get beaten up by the Whomping Willow, you can see a hole in Ron's suitcase and it is perfectly circular.
When Ron takes the Howler out of Errol's beak, the envelope is open. He is then seen opening it.
The pixies are green-screen so they had to use binder clips to stretch out Neville's ears to make the scene where the pixies drag Neville up and hang him on the chandelier. After the pixies let go, Neville's ears stay stretched.
When Madam Pomfrey sets the bottle of Skele-Gro down, it is facing the camera but when Harry rubs his mouth after spitting it out, the bottle is facing the other way.
During the Duelling Club scene when Snape is about to pick Malfoy up, Tom and Alan's tape marks are visible.
While the car is being attacked by the Whomping Willow, a hand can be seen tipping over Hedwig's cage.
In the scene where Harry and Ron are about to be attacked by Aragog's family in the dark forest, the (formerly) flying car comes to save them. Harry, Ron, and Fang scramble to get in the car, and Fang gets in first, on the driver's side. A spider runs up to attack Harry, but Harry repels it with a spell. As it is running up to Harry, Fang can be seen entering the car a second time.
When Hermione presents her plan of using Polyjuice Potion to Harry and Ron, the text of the book she is reading from redundantly reads 'Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to transform himself temporarily into the physical form of an another.'

One of the camera-crew members is clearly visible

In the Duelling Club scene, after Harry hits Draco with "Rictusempra" and Draco hits the ground, when Snape pulls him up a crew member holding a camera is fully visible in the left corner.
When Harry gets bitten by the Basilisk, his arm is seen next to the snake tooth. This is to avoid injury. His arm is seen at least 3 inches away from the tooth.
As Dobby's Bludger pursues Harry, he circles a stand decorated with the Slytherin Banner. It makes sense that Harry stops in the front of the stand, according to the last angle of the camera. The Bludger crashes and makes a hole in the front of the stand, but during the next shot, it shows the hole on the right side of the stand.
During one of the last scenes of the film when Harry, Dumbledore and Lucius Malfoy are in Dumbledore's office, the original hair of Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy, is visible at the back behind his wig.
Professor McGonagall would not have the power to expel Ron and Harry as only Dumbledore has that authority as he is the headmaster.
When Hermione and Harry first arrive at Flourish and Blotts, Ginny is facing them, but in the very next shot Ginny is facing the other way.
Hermione uses Oculus Reparo on Harry's glasses at Diagon Alley even though underage wizards/witches are forbidden from using magic outside of school. While the Trace isn't sensitive enough to trace a spell to a specific person in a heavily magically populated area, Hermione is usually much more careful about rule-breaking.
When Dumbledore asks why the Sorting Hat placed Harry in Gryffindor, Harry replies "because i asked it to", but in the previous film when he was sorted, he pleaded with the Sorting Hat for "anything but Slytherin", rather than for Gryffindor specifically.

Behind the scenes [ ]

An additional scene appears after the end credits, depicting Lockhart's newest book, Who Am I? . This is the only film to have a scene occur after the end credits, if you do not count the next instalment's small Nox spell by Harry that turns out the light.
This is the first film in the series to begin directly with the title. The second is Order of the Phoenix .
This is the first film that has no lightning during the title. The second is Prisoner of Azkaban , the third is Goblet of Fire , and the last is Order of the Phoenix .
This film is the second time a Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match is seen and just like the first film Gryffindor wins.
This film is the only time Draco Malfoy is seen playing Quidditch in the films due to Slytherin's matches against Gryffindor being omitted from the third and fifth films. Draco is shown playing Quidditch again in the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey attraction at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Similarly, Lucius kicking Dobby and then briefly shoving him down with his cane when about to leave had been improvised by Isaacs, which initially caused Director Chris Columbus to think he tripped until Isaacs explained his actions had been deliberate.
When Harry and Ron were hiding under the Invisibility Cloak in Hagrid's hut, Dumbledore appears to have seen them or at least suspected their presence as he was staring at them directly and he even stayed behind and looked at them and he told them indirectly that "help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it".
Before shooting the Basilisk scenes, Director Chris Columbus asked the advice of Steven Spielberg who had directed the Jurassic Park films. Columbus wondered how best to film the scenes with the Basilisk (using CGI or a real mechanical beast). Spielberg said that the best result comes from combining the two, resulting into shots with a CGI Basilisk (the wide shots) and a mechanical one (for close ups) which Daniel Radcliffe could work with. [2]
Chris Columbus also shot the scene with Harry climbing onto Salazar Slytherin 's head as an homage to North by Northwest , a film by Alfred Hitchcock , in which the main characters climb onto one the heads of the famous Mount Rushmore . [2]
This film and Order of the Phoenix are the only two films in the series to not be nominated for an Academy (Oscar) Award.
Last film appearance of Richard Harris , who played Professor Dumbledore in the first two Potter films before his death.
Before Christian Coulson was cast as Tom Riddle , Eddie Redmayne [3] and Joseph Morgan auditioned for the role. [4] [5]
In the scene where Ron was vomiting slugs, Rupert Grint was actually using chocolate slugs. [6]
In the scene where the rest of Gryffindor is applauding Harry and Hagrid, Crabbe is seen getting up to clap only for Malfoy to drag him down without looking up. This was in fact a gaffe made by Crabbe's actor, Jamie Waylett, forgetting he was supposed to avoid clapping when doing it, with Tom Felton subtly reminding him that he isn't supposed to do that without breaking character.
In the scene where Harry, while disguised as Goyle, had to cover his wearing glasses by claiming he was reading, Tom Felton ad-libbed the line "I didn't know you could read", as originally, he was supposed to stare at Harry suspiciously.
If Steve Spielberg became the director of the Harry Potter films , he was going to combine the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and this film and make them animated. [7]

Home video release dates [ ]

03 February, 2003: United Kingdom (VHS/DVD)
11 April 2003: United States, Canada (VHS/DVD)
11 December 2007: United States (HD DVD/Blu-ray)
8 December 2009: United States (DVD/Blu-ray Ultimate Edition)
1 June 2011: United States (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Combo Pack)
7 September 2012: Wizard's Collection (Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet + "Creating the World of Harry Potter")

Gallery [ ]

Official posters [ ].

Something Evil Has Returned to Hogwarts!

Concept art (as shown on the DVD) [ ]

Acromantula(s) [ ].

Flying Ford Anglia [ ]

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Notes and references [ ]

↑ Harry Potter owl retires to farm
↑ 2.0 2.1 The In-Movie Experience on the BluRay DVD of the film.
↑ Exclusive Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them images

↑ Joseph Morgan Talks Marriage, Singing in the Shower, and 'Serial'! (Exclusive Photos)
↑ Pottermore's 41st thought while watching Chamber of Secrets
↑ Steven Spielberg Was Offered First HARRY POTTER Movie; Wanted to Combine Books and Make it Animated

External links [ ]

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Warwick Davis's wife Samantha dies aged 53

In a statement, the Harry Potter star described his late wife as his "most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter of everything I did in my career".

Thursday 18 April 2024 11:24, UK

Warwick and Samantha Davis pictured at the 2015 National Television Awards. Pic: PA

Samantha Davis, the wife of Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis and herself an actress, has died aged 53.

Samantha co-founded the dwarfism charity Little People UK and featured in the final Harry Potter film, alongside Warwick.

Warwick announced the news in a statement to the BBC, revealing she had died on 24 March.

"Her passing has left a huge hole in our lives as a family. I miss her hugs," he said.

"She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes."

He added that she was his "most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter of everything I did in my career".

The couple met on the set of George Lucas's film Willow and married three years later in 1991.

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