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Posts Tagged ‘Harry Potter’
Twilight/Harry Potter Romance!!
It might not be who you guessed, but alas Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius) have confimed they are dating.
Bower who stared in Twilight’s ‘New Moon’ also filmed scenes in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ as Gellert Grindelwald.
Finally another Harry Potter/Twilight relation that doesn’t involve RPatz!!
Daniel Radcliffe to Voice on The Simpsons!!
And the Harry Potter/Twilight circle has come all the way around!!
Per EW.com Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe is set to voice a Simpson’s character for the 2010 Twilight spoof “Treehouse of Horror XXI”!! He will be the voice of ‘Edmund’ a vampire that Lisa falls in love with!!
So now try to keep up shall we.
Daniel Radcliffe has played Harry Potter for 11yrs, Rob Pattinson’s 1st big time role was that of Cedric Diggory in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, Rob Pattinson was then cast in the Twilight Saga films as Edward Cullen, and now with the success of Twilight, Harry Potter is voicing a spoof based of a character made famous by is one time co-star!!
J.K. Rowling now on Twitter!!!
The Harry Potter author is now on Twitter!!! You can follow her @jk_rowling!!!
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince DVD Release Date
Mark those calendars, get ready for pre-ordering. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is coming to DVD on December 8th, 2009!!!
So far pre-orders are not available but I’ll update with links when they become available!!!
Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Open Spring 2010
Get ready to get your Hogwarts on!!
Universal Studios announced via press release today that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is set to open in Spring 2010 at the theme park in Orlando, FL!!!
Guests will be able to experience places such as Three Broomsticks, Hog’s Head, Zonko’s, Honeydukes, Hogwarts, and more.
The park will feature traditional British food and drink as well as Butterbeer and Pumpkin Juice!!!
Rides will include the Flight of the Hippogriff, Dragon Challenge, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, and more!!
For more information and to sign up for email updates visit the official website!!!
Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hollows News
MTV Movies has some new ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ news for us!!!
********SPOILER ALERT*********
First is the split point between Part I and Part II. According to Joshua Herdman (Goyle) the ending of Part I will be with Harry, Ron, and Hermione are taken by the snatchers. Part II will start as they arrive to the Malfoy’s mansion.
Also up is a little re-write, Herdman also told us that his character will be the one who dies near the end of Part II. If you’ve read the book you know that Crabe was supposed to die, but…since the actor Jamie Waylett (who plays Crabe) was arrested, charged and convicted with cannabis possession (marijuana), he is not expected to return to the series.
Box Office: G-Force Dethrowns Harry Potter
Ahh, the power of Jerry Bruckheimer. Hi kids action movie managed to throw Harry Potter from the number 1 spot this weekend with $32.1 million. The 6th Harry Potter film moved down to #2 with $30 million. Box Office experts were expecting Harry Potter to hold on to the number one spot with G-Force debuting number two.
This weekend’s other newcomers ‘The Ugly Truth’ opened at #3 with $27 million and ‘The Orphan’ opened at #4 with $12.7 million. Rounding out the top top 5, Ice Age 3 fell to #5 with $8.2 million.
In its second weekend of release, ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ has managed to pull in $627.1 million,making it the fourth highest grossing movie for 2009.
Weekends Top 10
1 G-Force – $32,152,000
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – $30,000,000
3 The Ugly Truth – $27,000,000
4 Orphan – $12,770,000
5 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – $8,200,000
6 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – $8,000,000
7 The Hangover – 6,465,000
8 The Proposal – $6,423,000
9 Public Enemies – $4,170,000
10 Bruno – $2,719,000
Coming out on July 31st, we have the craptastic looking ‘Aliens in the Attic’ and ‘Funny People’ the 3rd offering from Judd Apatow.
| 1 | N | G-Force | BV | $32,152,000 | - | 3,697 | - | $8,697 | $32,185,000 | - | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | WB | $30,000,000 | -61.5% | 4,325 | - | $6,936 | $221,834,000 | $250 | 2 |
| 3 | N | The Ugly Truth | Sony | $27,000,000 | - | 2,882 | +2,717 | $9,368 | $27,000,000 | $38 | 1 |
| 4 | N | Orphan | WB | $12,770,000 | - | 2,750 | - | $4,644 | $12,770,000 | - | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Fox | $8,200,000 | -53.3% | 3,300 | -517 | $2,485 | $171,291,000 | $90 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | P/DW | $8,000,000 | -41.6% | 3,237 | -620 | $2,471 | $379,090,000 | $250 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | The Hangover | WB | $6,465,000 | -20.9% | 2,285 | -382 | $2,829 | $247,077,000 | $35 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | The Proposal | BV | $6,423,000 | -22.5% | 2,779 | -264 | $2,311 | $140,086,000 | $40 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | Public Enemies | Uni. | $4,170,000 | -46.2% | 2,291 | -827 | $1,820 | $88,096,000 | $100 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | Bruno | Uni. | $2,719,000 | -67.3% | 1,895 | -864 | $1,435 | $56,516,000 | - | 3 |
'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince', My Thoughts (contains spoilers)
WARNING SPOLIER ALERT. THIS REVIEW CONTIANS SEVERAL SPOLIER ALERTS!!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!
In the 6 days ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ has been in theaters, I’ve seen it twice, and both times I still loved it!!!.
The movie as a whole was well done, a much needed improvement over Order of the Phoenix. I was also happy that Steve Knowles returned as the screenwriter for this movie, I definitely missed his touch from OtP (for those of you who don’t know Steve Knowles has been the only screenwriter for the HP films till OtP).
I was very excited to see how everything would play out on screen for this adaptation; HBP is my 2nd favorite of all the books. There is so much in that book between setting up the love stories for the next book, bringing Draco Malfoy from annoying bully on the sidelines to full on supposed villain, and to the finale 10 minutes (last 200 or so pages in the book). Plus all the little things in between all that made this movie so good.
First the love stories:
I was pleasantly happy with the Ron/Hermione love story setup, Emma & Rupert played it very well. You just wanted to slap Ron and be like “Wake Up, she’s in love with you”, the seen in 3 Broomsticks where Hermione is staring longley at Ron, you kind of felt your heart tug for her!!!
The Harry/Ginny Storyline on the other hand was downplayed a little too much. All the great Harry/Ginny scenes from the book with the exception of one were missing from movie. Yes, there were little moments like the tying of Harry’s shoes, feeding him a pie, or following after Harry while he’s chasing down Bellatrix (I’ll get to that scene later), but the part I was looking forward to was Harry & Ginny kissing in front of Ron in the common room wasn’t there, all we got as a little peck type kiss in the Room of Requirement.
Tom Felton’s performance as Draco Malfoy:
Yes, Tom Felton has been playing Draco since 2001, but till this moment he has pretty much just been a spoiled brat bully content on making Harry’s life hell. In this film, he has been chosen for something much bigger, and something that in fact he is just not capable of doing. Draco is not “evil” in the way Voldemort or even Bellatrix (his aunt) are, he is just corrupted by the opinions of his parents. His own mother knows that Draco has no chance of following through on what was asked of him. “He is only a Boy” is what she tells Snape in his house. In fact, in the book she makes the statement that Draco was chosen for this task as punishment for her Husband failing.
Felton’s performance of this Draco was exceptional, he play Draco as more drawn back, trying not to bring attention to himself. The scene in the bathroom where he breaks down after seeing Katie Bell back in school, that was a great scene, seeing Draco so lonely and scared about failing his task.
Dumbledore’s Death:
Between the setup and execution of this in the book, it took about 200 pages. In the movie it was about 10-15mins. I was expecting maybe a little more setup from the movie, but at the end of the day, I thought that scene was done very well. The slow of Dumbledore falling to the courtyard to when all the school holds up wands with lighted tips to drive away the Dark Mark, all done well. In fact, it was when all the students banded together that the tears really came to my eyes. Yes, I cried (both times), it was sad, and I’ll cry at the end of Deathly Hallows Part II as well.
I was a little disappointed that the big fight between the students and the Death Eaters wasn’t included, one can then only guess that since Bill Weasley wasn’t even in the film to get attached by the werewolf, his face will be fine in the next two movies!!!
Now the part I was most confused about was the burning down of the Burrow. That was not in the book, and I have trouble understanding what the point of that was. Was it just so we can see Harry still trying to avenge his Godfather’s death, or so we can see just how much Ginny is in love with Harry, after she does chasing after him with Death Eaters on their trail? Like I said, that part just doesn’t make sense to me.
I think one of the best performances comes from Dan Radcliffe during which Harry is under the influence of the Felix Felicis (or liquid luck). His facial expressions, the way he spoke, and the lines delivered were brilliance.
I also have to give it up to the 2 young Tom Riddle’s Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (TR age 11) and Frank Dillane (TR age 16) both delivered fantastic creepy performances. Also, yes Hero Fiennes-Tiffin is related to Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort), Hero is his nephew.
Overall, I would give this movie a solid A-, the good greatly out weighed the bad. I’m sure I’ll see this several more times in the theaters!!!
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Box Office: Harry Potter Sets New WorldWide Record
‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ has broken and set another box office record.
The 6th Harry Potter movie has set a new record for 5 day opening (worldwide), bringing in $396.7 million dollars!!! This beats the old record set by 2007’s Spiderman 3 which had brought in $381.7 million worldwide in its 5 day opening.
The film had also broken the midnight sales record of $18 million set by 2008’s ‘The Dark Knight’ by bring in $22.2 million dollars.
Box Office: Harry Potter at #1…Duh!!!
If you were expecting Bruno or any other movie to beat out ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price’ for the number one spot in the box, you will be disspointed.
Harry Potter and gang brought in a 3 day total of $79.4 million, 5 day total of $159.6 million, and a 5 day worldwide total of $205.5 million.
If you compare this opening to that of Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince beats the 3 day opening by 2.5 million and the 5 day opening by $20 million!!
Elsewhere in the box office, ‘Bruno’ fell to #4 with $8.4 million dropping 72% from last week. ‘Ice Age’ once again held onto $2 with $17.7 million and ‘Transformers’ held on to #3 with $13.8 million.
This weekends other new opener ‘500 days of Summer’ which opened in limited release debuted at #12 with $838,000.
Weekends top 10
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $79.5 million
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $17.7 million
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $13.8 million
4. Brüno, $8.4 million
5. The Hangover, $8.3 million
6. The Proposal, $8.29 million
7. Public Enemies, $7.6 million
8. Up, $3.1 million
9. My Sister’s Keeper, $2.8 million
10. I Love You, Beth Cooper, $2.7 million
New releases for July 24th are the animated ‘G-Force’, the horror/thriller ‘The Orphan’ and the romantic comedy ‘ The Ugly Truth’.
