In an interview before the release of her latest film, Last Chance Harvey, actress Emma Thompson has made some new comments regarding her decision not to return to the part of Professor Trelawney for the final Harry Potter films. Speaking with the San Francisco Chronicle, Emma Thompson addresses the outcry over her decision, and her upcoming work on the sequel to Nanny McPhee. Quotage:

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It’s that time once again to take a walk down memory lane with the PotterCasters, as they reminisce about 2008 and all that this past year had to offer.  The 179th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast,
beings with a look back at some of the biggest and favorite news stories of 2008, including the release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the almost release of Harry Potter and the Half…

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Aintitcool.com has released a new, and very lengthy interview with actor Jason Isaacs. In this very indepth piece, Jason confirms again that he has a very small cameo as Lucius Malfoy in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (”a moving painting for a frame”). In this wide ranging, frank and often very engaging interview with this gracious actor, Jason Isaacs also comments on his p…

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• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Outside of the fact that twilight is one of my favorite times of day, I was intrigued by an article in our paper a couple of weeks ago or so mentioning this author and her books. There was something about the fact that one of her books outsold one of......
• College Girl's Harry Potter predictions These are CG's predictions. They've morphed over time. What are yours? I'd like to think Snape is not evil. Grown son thought, at one point, Snape wants to take over from Voldemort. I'd like to think that Sirius and Dumbledore show up for the final show down. JKR better not......

Continue reading → Jason Isaacs Talks Deathly Hallows, Lucius “Half-Blood Prince” Cameo, Politics, “Good” and More

The serious economic and credit issues facing all of us are hitting Hollywood as well, as noted in this new article from The Independent. The piece focuses on the financial concerns major film studios have regarding large scale big budget fantasy films, and makes mention of the Harry Potter films series. Without quotes, the article states that Harry Potter Screenwriter Steve Kloves has apparent…

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New York Magazine is reporting today actor Dan Radcliffe will be sporting some nice attire in his role of Harry Potter in an upcoming Potter film. The magazine (via WWD) reports that “Harry Potter is going high fashion. Belstaff is designing the wizard costume for Daniel Radcliffe for the next Harry Potter film. Because even fictional caped wizards need to be well dressed.”

It is unclear if the…

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Actor Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) attended the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival to screen his latest film, Good, and gave a quick interview to The Jerusalem Post where he talked about this latest project, as well as his role in the Harry Potter films.  Mr. Isaacs describes his time playing the Dark Wizard Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films as “unfettered fun,” and goes on to speak further o…

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Harry Potter producer David Heyman has given a new video interview where he comments on the two scripts and breaking point for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Talking to Collider.com who let us know of their interview which you can see here, David Heyman noted he had just been in London discussing the scripts for DH part one and part two with director David Yates and screenwr…

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Harry Potter film producer David Heyman has given a new interview where he discusses the upcoming work to be done on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In this article from the PA, David Heyman said: “We finished the sixth film which’ll be coming out next summer and we
start filming the seventh which we’ll be breaking into two parts for a
54 week shoot starting in February.”

The bulk of the a…

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• Trouble with Harry Potter Hallows audio book Tonight I was ripping in the audio book into my MP3 player. Disc 6 ends with Chapter 13e Disc 7 beings with Chapter 13i it is missing 13f, 13g, and 13h. Sure enough, I went to the book and it is missing from p 258 beginning with There were more......
• Review: Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer I'm devoting the next three days to the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer. When I first heard about this new teenage vampire romance I was skeptical. This is probably because my favorite vampire/human duos from other fandoms do not work out. For instance, Angel left Buffy after three seasons and......

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There is a new contest from Warner Bros online this evening open to all UK residents to win a trip to visit the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows set.  This contest runs now through December 31, 2008 and offers a grand prize trip for the winner and three guests to the UK set along with a copy of the Harry Potter Limited Edition 12 Disc DVD Gift Set.  The winner of this contest will be drawn …

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Actress Emma Watson has given a new interview to MTV, where she discusses the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie. Noting she has not yet discussed with co-star Rupert Grint the romance and kiss their characters share, Emma Watson is most looking forward to filming another scene between the couple: the emotional reunion that takes place in Chapter 19, “The Silver Doe.” Quotage:

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• Review of HP I loved this review from Times Online Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By J.K. Rowling Reviewed by Alice Fordham Death and vengeance hang over this book from the outset. Readers know that this is the last episode and that resolution will come only with heavy losses, besides which Rowling......

Continue reading → Emma Watson Looking Forward to Filming Ron/Hermione Scenes from Silver Doe Chapter for “Deathly Hallows”

Video is now online of James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) at the announcement of the Harry Potter Exhibition that will be opening April 30, 2009 in Chicago. Thanks to the Fox station,who let us know about their photos and video of the announcement, as well as their interview with the twins, all of which you can see via this link.

As we first told you this morning, Harry Potter : T…

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Continue reading → Photos and Video Online of Phelps Twins at Harry Potter Exhibit Announcement in Chicago

Earlier this morning we told you Harry Potter: The Exhibit would be opening at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry on April 30, 2009. Concept Art is now available in our galleries: Great Hall, and the Gryffindor Common Room, with the Exhibition Official Poster here.  Tickets for the exhibition are now available via this link. According to the Museum website, ticket prices are as follows:…

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• Will Traveler, premier TV show I didn't see this, and didn't even know about it. I will look for it now! Karin okay, is there any chance you saw the premier last night of a show called Will Traveler? Let me tell you, what a neat idea. Three young men all done with grad school,......

Continue reading → Tickets Now Available for Harry Potter: The Exhibit Opening April 30, 2009 in Chicago, Props from HBP Included

IESB.net has a new interview with David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter films. David Heyman spoke about the decision to split the film of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two movies and also mentioned recently speaking to screenwriter Steven Kloves about the wealth of material contained in the final Harry Potter book. Quotage:

ESB: I have to ask the obligitory Harry Potter question…

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• Review: Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer I'm devoting the next three days to the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer. When I first heard about this new teenage vampire romance I was skeptical. This is probably because my favorite vampire/human duos from other fandoms do not work out. For instance, Angel left Buffy after three seasons and......
• Review of HP I loved this review from Times Online Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By J.K. Rowling Reviewed by Alice Fordham Death and vengeance hang over this book from the outset. Readers know that this is the last episode and that resolution will come only with heavy losses, besides which Rowling......

Continue reading → Heyman to Kloves on Deathly Hallows: “times I think we could have done three movies”

Warner Bros have now opened a new contest to win a trip to London and tour the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Hogwarts Holiday contest, open to residents of the US to people 13 years and older, runs now until December 31, with the winner announced on January 7, 2009. The winner will receive a trip to London, England for five days and will include a visit to the set of Deathly …

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Actor Alan Rickman has given a new interview to SCI-FI Wire where he discusses his filming schedule in his role as Severus Snape for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the interview he says he will be filming late in 2009, mentioning working with Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) for those pivotal and dramatic scenes at the end of Deathly Hallows. Mr. Rickman said: “Well, because they have t…

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• College Girl's Harry Potter predictions These are CG's predictions. They've morphed over time. What are yours? I'd like to think Snape is not evil. Grown son thought, at one point, Snape wants to take over from Voldemort. I'd like to think that Sirius and Dumbledore show up for the final show down. JKR better not......

Continue reading → Alan Rickman to Film Deathly Hallows Scenes in Late 2009

The USA Today has posted a preview of the upcoming Harry Potter weekend on ABC Family. During this weekend, the cable channel will be airing ten extra minutes deleted from the theatrical edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Potter film producer David Heyman is interviewed for this piece, and said

“There were scenes that got cut in the interest
of keeping the length down that were real

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• Review of HP I loved this review from Times Online Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By J.K. Rowling Reviewed by Alice Fordham Death and vengeance hang over this book from the outset. Readers know that this is the last episode and that resolution will come only with heavy losses, besides which Rowling......

Continue reading → USA Today Previews GoF Deleted Scenes on ABC Family, New Interviews with David Heyman on Deathly Hallows

E Online has released new video of an interview with actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), who makes new comments regarding the delay of the release of Half-Blood Prince and more. Of note are Dan’s remarks on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films, where he states again he has not yet read the scripts, but after speaking to someone who has read them, he now has “high hopes” for t…

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Continue reading → New Video: Dan Radcliffe Talks HBP Delay, Filming Deathly Hallows Epilogue and More (Updated)

GoodPrattle.com let us know about a lengthy new interview they did with Tom Felton, where the actor speaks about scenes in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows and the Harry Potter book series. There are several pieces of note in the interview which you can read via this link. Of particular interest is the following on the development of the character of Draco, h…

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• In praise of books In Praise of Books A book is a garden you can hold in your hand, An orchard you can take on your lap. A book is a companion who sleeps Only when you are asleep, And speaks only when you wish him to. A book is a tree that lives......
• Halloween We had some really cute costumes here. Even at lunch the wait staff was dressed up, from pirates to speak easy. It made it fun to eat out. At night, the little boys especially were adorable. One little fellow said he was Jack Sparrow. He was just the cutest thing.......

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Officials from the Harry Potter films have been reported to scouting for locations in the Highlands of Scotland to be used in filming the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films. Lochaber News reports that:

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The 172nd episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online (along with an entire new week of vlogs) with the start of our three part series where we examine Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling’s The Beedle the Bard stories prior to its release. As always, Sue starts off the show with the latest news, which includes bits of information from the actors about the Deathly Hallows film, M

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• Halloween We had some really cute costumes here. Even at lunch the wait staff was dressed up, from pirates to speak easy. It made it fun to eat out. At night, the little boys especially were adorable. One little fellow said he was Jack Sparrow. He was just the cutest thing.......
• Fantasy with a Dash of Romance "Every age embraces the vampire it needs," said Mike Deloney. Read on here. The Top 3 Young Adult Books From 2008: in no particular order... Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (vamps), Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (dragons), Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (wizards). What this means: While it's......

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Actress Emma Thompson has given a new interview to MTV where she states she will NOT return in her role as Professor Trelawney for the remaining Harry Potter films. Instead she will be making a second Nanny McPhee film, noting “I’m making my own ‘Nanny McPhee’ next year. They mean much more to me.”
She continued:

“The Harry Potters are great big franchises that are something I’m not
emotionally a…

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Actor David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) sat down with TV station KTLA in Los Angeles, California to discuss his upcoming film “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and spoke briefly about the Harry Potter films.  While not much new information was given in the interview, video of which can be viewed right here, Mr. Thewlis does discuss the reasons for “Half-Blood Prince” being pushed back to next summer, …

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A quick update tonight as actress Emma Watson has updated her official blog with news that she is doing some prep work for her next appearance in her role as Hermione Granger. Writing that she is trying to apply to universities, she is doing lots of reading, but notes “I keep getting distracted as I have started re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in preparation for the start of fil…

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The third part of an interview with Harry Potter actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) is now online from our friends at Feltbeats.com.  In this interview, Mr. Felton discusses more about his character in the films, as well as his experience while filming of the sixth film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”  In addition to this, Mr. Felton also speaks breifly about the upcoming “Deathly Hallo…

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As Halloween is now upon us, we have a treat for you in the form of a brand new episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast.  Our 171st episode kicks off with Sue’s News, which includes Scholastic’s interviews with a few key people behind the Harry Potter novels, more theme park rumors, a marketing professor’s report on the readers of Harry Potter, “Beedle the Bard” publication news, confir

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