'Death Eaters' target London in spectacular new Harry Potter film

This spectacular sequence is London seen through the eyes of Harry Potter's enemies the Death Eaters.

The scenes - in which evil Lord Voldemort's henchmen launch an air attack on Trafalgar Square and other landmarks, including the Millennium Bridge - form the centrepiece of the next cinema version of the young wizard's adventures.


A Volde move: Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters attack Trafalgar Square in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince


Dumble-score: The Millennium Bridge comes under fire in the newly released movie trailer

The action unfolds on a new trailer, already one of the most downloaded on the internet, as fans scramble for a foretaste of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.

But the assault on London is an invention which does not feature in JK Rowling's original book.

It is the first time the series has deviated significantly from the novels and will surprise many fans


Destruction: London's Millenium Bridge is shattered in spectacular fashion


Allies: Harry with head teacher Dumbledore


Play ball: No Harry Potter film is complete without a game of Quidditch


Up in flames: Snape watches on as Hagrid's hut burns down

'It was a pretty spectacular opening,' a member of a test audience in Chicago wrote last month.
The rest of the film did not get such a glowing response however, with some branding the film 'too romantic' and 'underwhelming'.
'The problem with all of this romance is All of This Romance. It dominates the movie, drawing our focus away not only from major plot points – which fall disastrously through the cracks – but also deters the mood,' wrote one anonymous reviewer on a movie blog after the screening.
The Half-Blood Prince is the second of the series to be directed by Briton David Yates.









'Once you're hooked into these stories, it's really difficult to let go,' he has said.

'The audience has grown up with these characters. I think that gives them a very special relationship. I can't think of any other movie franchise that has had that.

'They started out at 10 or 11, and now they're 18 and 19.'

The movie, out on 17 July, will be followed by the final part of the series, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - which will be split into two films when it is released in 2011.

By then Danie l Radcliffe, who plays Harry, will be 22, while the wizard is only 17 in the final book