Warner Brothers Exec. Explains The Half Blood Prince Movie Delay

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The Los Angeles Times is reporting about the fan reaction to the news that the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Movie will be delayed by eight months. They interviewed WB President and Chief Operating Officer, David Horn about the situation and he elaborated on the press release from yesterday. He [...]

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Half Blood Prince Movie Moves to Summer 2009

According to marketwatch.com website, Warner Brothers has announced this afternoon that they are moving the release of “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” to July 17, 2009.
Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Brothers said this about the move:

“Our reasons for shifting ‘Half-Blood Prince’ to summer are twofold: we know the summer [...]

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Episode #87: Our Worst Episode Ever: Plus: Twilight vs. Harry Potter

We always get comments about how when they listen to our podcast, people feel like they’re getting a glimpse into our lives. They usually follow up with a statement about how they love the rapport the two of us have. Well, for those of you who like HPProgs for the intimate way we welcome you [...]

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In What Might Be the Most Idiotic Potter-Related News Ever…

This is nuts:
Wanted posters have gone up in New Zealand with a picture of Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane.
Police have used his face because he looks very similar to a teenager who is suspected of committing a string of burglaries.
Under local laws, they’re not allowed to display a picture of the 16-year-old because he is [...]

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The Harry Potter Alliance and the Olympics

I received this note from Andrew Slack of the Harry Potter Alliance:
During the Olympics the HP Alliance is asking Harry Potter fans throughout the world to celebrate this year’s Olympic motto of “One World, One Dream.” In order to celebrate this ideal authentically, we’re asking Harry Potter fans across the world to write houseparties@thehpalliance.org
The Olympics [...]

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The Three Broomsticks Concept Art at the Wizarding World At Universal

Universal has released some concept art for the Three Broomsticks which will be part of the their new park, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It looks amazing!
(Hat Tip: AF)

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Pre-order J.K. Rowling’s Beedle The Bard on Amazon

This just in:
In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into possession of one of the original copies, and it was our privilege to share images [...]

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Episode #86: Half Blood Prince Trailer Podcast

Hopefully by now, you’ve seen the trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We sat down immediately after watching to record out thoughts. What do you think of the trailer? Does the voice of the woman in the orphanage belong to J.K. Rowling?
You can listen to the podcast with the [...]

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Half Blood Prince Teaser Trailer Up on AOL After Early Release on MSN

We’ve all been anticipating the 9pm EST release of the official Half Blood Prince teaser trailer; but we can now see it an early released copy on MSN movies. It looks fantastic (although if one didn’t know better they might think that Tom Riddle was the main character in the story)!
AOL’s version is [...]

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Half Blood Prince Trailer *Tonight* on AOL

As we reported last week, AOL will be releasing the Half Blood Prince Trailer tonight at 9 PM EST.
We will make sure to post a link as soon as we can.
What do you hope to see in this trailer?

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Reports: Half Blood Prince Teaser Will Be Available in the US on Tuesday on AOL

Yesterday it was announced that that the worldwide debut of the trailer for the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, would take place via satellite on Tuesday, July 29th, from 9:00 - 9:15pm EST.
However, today we got a tip from the Spanish HP site, BlogHogwarts.com that the satellite feed of the trailer will [...]

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Episode #85: Free Will and Choice in Harry Potter

One of the over-arching meta-themes of the Harry Potter books is, without a doubt, choice. From early on the books the theme of choice is empasised, when the Sorting Hat defers to Harry’s wish to be in Gryffindor, or when Dumbledore makes it clear to Harry that it is his choices, far more than abilities [...]

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Deathly Hallows: One Year Later

We were almost the only HP fansite that didn’t acknowledge the one-year anniversary of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I tried not to think about this. Not because I am in denial, but more because I try not to make too big of a deal out of seemingly arbitrary dates.
But then I started to [...]

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Join Us For a Post-Portus Call In Show!!

We hope everyone has recuperated from Portus. We have scheduled a  Post Portus call in show so that people can talk about Portus, their experiences, and the conference in general.
Our call is scheduled for 10pm EST on Sunday evening July 20.
Here is a link to the call in page: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hpprogs/2008/07/21/Harry-Potter-Prognostications-Post-Portus-Call-In-Show
The number to call in is: [...]

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First Official Half Blood Prince Teaser Online

The first official Half Blood Prince Teaser is now being shown at Imax viewings of the Dark Knight movie. BlogHogwarts.com put it up on youtube and you can see it here:

I think we can all agree that the HPProgs/Hogshead collaborative trailer is MUCH better than this one. Can’t we?

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Episode #84: Post Portus Podcast

As you may have read, we just got back from Portus 2008, a Harry Potter convention that took place July 10-13 in Dallas, Texas.  And, guess what?  We had a blast!  From Jim Dale giving a live performance, to meeting lots of fun and interesting people, it was a great time.  We sat right down [...]

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Portus Continued

Hey Y’all! I apologize for not updating sooner. Things have been going very well at Portus.
We left off before the Podcast Palooza. We started the podcast with a Panel of representatives from each of the podcasts. As I mentioned previously, there were representatives from SnapeCast, AlleyCast, Fandom Forecast, SpinnersCast, MuggleCast, Travis from the Hogs Head [...]

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Half Blood Prince Teaser Trailer…Revealed?

We showed this teaser trailer (which may or may not…ok, may not, be the teaser trailer for the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie) at our panel at the Portus Podcast Palooza (which was awesome, thank you so much for everyone who came to our panel).

Thanks to Travis for joining us!

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Hi From Portus: Day 1

Hey Y’all!!! (I actually only just heard my first Y’all since I got here)  We are at Portus!!
I am going to try to update this post throughout the day so make sure to keep checking in.
So far Portus is going great and we are having an excellent time. Last night we attended the Opening Feast [...]

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Going To Portus!!

Hi everyone. We will be leaving for Portus 2008 in just a few hours but we wanted to check in first.

First of all, in case there is anyone out there who is a procrastinator or a spontaneous decision maker, you should know that you can STILL REGISTER FOR PORTUS!! If you don’t want to attend [...]

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Episode #83: Patterns in Potter - Deathly Hallows

We’re back for another action-packed episode of Patterns in Potter.  This time, we take on the latest contender in the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows.  We begin with an analysis of the prologue, of both The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, and William Penn’s More Fruits of Solitude.  From there, we discuss the apparent connection to Chapters 2 and 3, [...]

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Going to Portus? Still Thinking About Portus?

If you’re going to Portus or still considering going the following message is for you:
Countdown the weeks and days until Portus by joining your fellow attendees and the Portus chairs for the last live chat before Portus!
Discuss everything from your best Quidditch strategy to your theory on the deconstruction of magic theology in Book 7. [...]

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Half Blood Prince Movie Poster?

This appeared in a survey I took from Borders Books. It seems that it might be some kind of Half Blood Prince Promotional poster which will grace the cover of the book once the movie comes out. What are your thoughts?

What do you think? Could this be the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood [...]

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Episode #82: Prognosticating The Prequel

Wow, feels like old times. Because of the release of JK Rowling’s new 800 word Harry Potter Prequel , we were able to return to the pre-DH revelry of prognosticating Harry Potter. We took a break from Patterns in Potter and dedicated the entire Episode #82 to the prequel. This prequel wasn’t just a nice [...]

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Portus, Penny, and Jim Dale: The Cartoon

Michal made this after I told her that as a speech-language pathologist I couldn’t wait to grill Jim Dale at Portus. I then mentioned that he’ll probably run away screaming.

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JK Rowling’s 800 Word Potter Prequel Now Online

The 800 word Harry Potter Prequel that JK Rowling wrote for the Waterstone’s “What’s Your Story?” Charity benefit is now online. Click on the link to read the authors’ stories to get to Jo’s submission.
If you are having any difficulty reading the handwritten version, here is a typed copy of the submission. Enjoy!
The speeding motorcycle [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

Continue reading → Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

Continue reading → Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

Continue reading → Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

Continue reading → Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

Continue reading → Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

Continue reading → Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6.
JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement
We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your [...]

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