Production of Order of the Phoenix

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David Yates directed the film, after The Goblet of Fire director, Mike Newell turned it down. Mira Nair was offered the project but also turned it down. So, Michael Goldenberg wrote the script of the film. Kloves will return for the next film, The Half Blood Prince. Rehearsals for the film began on 27 January 2006. Filming began on 6 Feb, and finished around Nov or Dec 2006. The film's budget is 75 million pounds. Nicholas Hooper was the composer for the soundtrack of the film following John Williams who scored the first three films. Mark Day is the film editor, Slawomir Idziak is the cinematographer, Jany Temime is the costume designer, John Richardson is the special effects supervisor, Tim Burke is the visual effects supervisor, and Nick Dudman is the creatures special effects supervisor. A new character in the film, Grawp, Hagrid's giant half-brother, will come to life by a new technology called 'Soul Capturing,' developed by Image Metrics. Choreographer Paul Harris, who has also worked with David Yates several times, was brought in to create a physical language for wand combat and to choreograph the wand fighting scenes.