Potter magic filmed in town

NORTHAMPTON

BY JODIE PARSONS

HOLLYWOOD came to Hunsbury as filming for the latest Harry Potter blockbuster took to the sky.

After exclusively revealing Warner Brothers would be filming in the East Hunsbury/Wootton area in last week's H&P, the company has now confirmed it was for the latest film about the boy wizard - The Deathly Hallows.

Based on the final, seventh book in the series by JK Rowling, the film has been split into two parts due for release in 2010 and 2011.

The Deathly Hallows shows the climax in the battle between the young wizard with the lightning-shaped scar and the evil Lord Voldermort.

The Warner Brothers team went up in a helicopter to film aerial footage of the residential area last Thursday.

As reported by this newspaper they had posted letters to residents asking them to leave lights on and curtains open why the filming took place.

It was on Tuesday night that the production company's location department revealed what the filming was for.

The news has delighted residents and the non-magical muggle folk who are now hoping to catch a glimpse of the Northampton skyline when the film is released.

The Mayor of Northampton, Cllr Michael Hill, who lives in East Hunsbury, received the letter to keep his lights on.

He said: "To be honest, I completely forgot! I think it would be nice if Northampton is given credit for taking part, but it will mean very little if we are just part of an anonymous backdrop.

"I think a few people will go along and try and see their houses."