Pottercast
Jan
Deathly Hallows Part 2 nominated for three Oscars – all technical
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning. In the technical categories, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 came away with three nominations. They are: Art Direction Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan Makeup Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng Visual Effects Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler [...]
Jan
Deathly Hallows Part 2 nominated for 4 BAFTAS
Daniel Radcliffe Announces BAFTA Nominations, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 up for four awards Daniel Radcliffe was joined by actress Holliday Grainger to announce the nominees for the 2012 British Academy Film Awards. To see video of Radcliffe and Grainger announcing the nominees, see below: BAFTA’s annual film awards ceremony is known as the [...]
Jan
Harry Potter hopes for Oscar glory
From The Telegraph: The eight films have turned Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint into global superstars and have spawned countless imitations. However critical acclaim and combined box office receipts of around £5 billion have not brought the one thing that the boy wizard really wants – an Oscar. But now the makers of [...]
Dec
A Harry Potter park in Hollywood
Universal Studios will spend several hundred million dollars to build a Harry Potter attraction inside its existing Hollywood theme park in hopes of mimicking the success of a similar park in Orlando, Florida. Executives announced the project Tuesday with much fanfare, spraying confetti and hoisting mugs of the wizardly brew butter beer. The attraction, based [...]
Nov
Harry Potter Page to Screen review
Its been more than two weeks days since Harry Potter Page to Screen – The Complete Filmmaking Journey was released worldwide. A number of reviews have been pouring in from all across the world. Interestingly, most reviews have been quite positive, inspite of initial reactions of people who were calling the book expensive. Here are [...]
Sep
Pre-order Deathly Hallows Part 2 DVD in UK
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – the eighth and final movie of the popular book series by JK Rowling – is now available for pre-order as DVD and bluray in the UK. The UK release date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 DVD and blu-ray has been announced [...]
Aug
Severus Snape chosen as favorite Harry Potter character
As readers will recall, Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter novels, asked fans of the series to vote for their favorite character from author J. K. Rowling’s series. Voting concluded late last week and the results are in: Severus Snape was voted as the favorite character form the Harry Potter novels. Hermione Granger came in [...]
Aug
Video: ‘Harry Potter – A Look Back’
Warner Bros. have released a brand new featurette giving an emotional glimpse at the series over the years from Sorcerer’s Stone through Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The featurette runs at 5 minutes in length and is a must see for anyone lokoing for one last, nostalgic look at the series and how it has grown [...]
Aug
Beware of the Pottermore Scam
Cyber conmen are cashing in on interest surrounding the Pottermore website. Through Pottermore, JK Rowling will release more stories and background from the world of Harry Potter. Pottermore officially opens in October, and scammers are selling fake accounts for the site that claim to give fans early access. They are also using search engine poisoning [...]
Jul
Deathly Hallows Part 2 World premiere video and highlights
Warner Bros. have provided us with a highlights reel from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 world premiere that took place yesterday, July 7, in London. You can see it here. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=piM-HN0b2DM'] JK Rowling on the red carpet giving her amazing speech as tears fall down her face. Taking to the [...]
