Helena Bonham Carter Joins Order of Phoenix

August 2, 2006 by Liam
Filed under: Movie News

Warner Bros. has confirmed that Helena Bonham Carter will join the cast of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix playing Bellatrix Lestrange, Sirius Black’s cousin and a Death Eater, who is one of Lord Voldemort’s followers.

Helena Bonham Carter Joins Order of Phoenix

Bonham Carter joins a cast of returning Harry Potter veterans including Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who are reprising their roles as close-knit teen wizards Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The cast also includes Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, David Thewlis, Fiona Shaw, Richard Griffiths, David Bradley, Robert Hardy and Mark Williams.

As Bellatrix Lestrange, Bonham Carter is only one of several newcomers to the Harry Potter film franchise. Also starring this time around are Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt, Natalia Tena playing Nymphadora Tonks, Kathryn Hunter in the role of Mrs. Figg and 14-year-old actress Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood.

It has also been announced that composer Nicholas Hooper will create the film’s score.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is being directed by award-winning British filmmaker David Yates from a screenplay by Michael Goldenberg. The movie is scheduled for release in 2007.

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