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New Harry Potter Teaser Reveals First Kiss

Warner Brothers released a teaser of the fifth film in the Harry Potter series to audiences on Friday. Although the film is only due to be released in July, the producers allowed audiences, who came to see ?Happy Feet? at cinemas, a sneak preview of the movie?s content. The teaser has since been released onto the internet, to the joy of millions of Harry Potter fans across the globe.

The new movie is being directed by David Yates ? a first Potter movie for this English director. Older and wiser actors ? Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint - return as teenage wizards to the Hogwarts Academy and continue in their fight against evil magic. A sign of the characters? ?aging? is the fact that Harry gets his first kiss in the movie, much to the delight of his audience. In an interview, Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter) revealed that it took almost 30 takes to shoot the kiss scene and that it would have been ?nerve-wracking? if a scene like that had been with shot with someone who he didn?t particularly like.

Among the familiar faces, the movie, entitled ?Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? will have some new characters, including actress Imelda Staunton (?Vera Drake?) who will play the part of Hogwart?s teacher of ?Defense Against the Dark Arts?.