<P> The film was announced in 2009, with Jane Goldman as screenwriter and later James Watkins as director . Daniel Radcliffe was announced as the actor playing the part of Arthur Kipps on 19 July 2010 . Two months later, it was announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 co-star Ciarán Hinds would join Radcliffe along with Janet McTeer as Mr and Mrs Daily respectively . Before filming, Radcliffe saw a psychologist so he could better understand his character . The part of Joseph Kipps was played by Misha Handley, who is Radcliffe's real life godson . </P> <P> The film was planned to be shot in 3D, but the idea was later scrapped . Principal photography officially started on 26 September 2010 . The next day, Radcliffe was pictured in costume just outside Peterborough, England . In early October the crew was filming in Layer Marney Tower . Filming officially ended on 4 December 2010 . </P> <P> The exterior shots of Eel Marsh House were filmed at Cotterstock Hall near Oundle in central England . The fictional Nine Lives Causeway leading to it was filmed at Osea Island in Essex . The village of Crythin Gifford was filmed at Halton Gill, north of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales . </P> <P> At the Kapow! Comic Con in London during April 2011, director James Watkins confirmed filming had been completed in December 2010 and post-production would go on until June 2011 . For its British release, several changes were made in order to qualify for a 12A certificate: Momentum Pictures, the distributor, arranged to have six seconds cut and for changes to other shots, with some scenes darkened and the sound level reduced on some others . </P>

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