Potter character's death location changed

Harry Potter art director Andrew Ackland-Snow has revealed that the location of Severus Snape's death has been changed in the forthcoming movie adaptation.

In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Hogwarts headmaster Snape - portrayed in the series by Alan Rickman - dies at the hands of Lord Voldemort and his snake Nagini in the Shrieking Shack. Ackland-Snow confirmed that J.K. Rowling had approved changes to the scenes which will appear in the final film.

"We wanted to change a bit where Snape dies," he told the Cine Premiere Mexico. "In the book, he dies in the Shrieking Shack, and we wanted to get him out from, not a conventional interior, but from that kind of box, to do it in a more dramatic atmosphere. We asked J.K. if she agreed for that to happen in there, because we hadn't really seen it before."

He continued: "We made a crystal house, and you can see what happens in the boat house from there - Are you listening Harry? - but also the school is in flames... and she loved it. Besides, it's a very romantic place to die. Snape dies in an extremely good way, I gotta say."

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two arrives in cinemas on July 15.