Harry Potter

Harry Potter Oscar Snub Is Shameful!

Kirsten has already run down all the 2012 Oscars nominations, and also who didn’t (but perhaps should) have been nominated. There is one film in particular I can’t quite believe received no major nominations. I am talking about Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part II. This was the final chance for the Academy to...
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Spielberg Would Have Ruined ‘Harry Potter’

Steven Spielberg, currently doing press for War Horse, has admitted he was offered the chance to direct the Harry Potter movies. He agreed to but then eventually walked away. Which, as it turns out, was a good move for the fans, as he would have ruined the series. Spielberg told BBC Breakfast (via Digital Spy):...
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Rickman Glad Harry Potter Has Ended

It’s been a few months now since the last Harry Potter movie came and went, and I’m getting used to the idea there will never be another. In a way it’s kind of good that the series had a finite life, and that we were only ever going to see seven books turned into films....
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‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ Coming To Hollywood

A second Harry Potter theme park is on its way, this one coming to Universal Studios Hollywood. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter took years to come to fruition, with the theme park opening in Orlando in the summer of 2010. Now work has begun on a west coast version. The Orlando resort will also...
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New ‘Harry Potter’ DVD Boxset On Way

It was revealed last week that Warner Bros. was planning to stop shipping all copies of the Harry Potter movies on DVD and Blu-ray, including The Deathly Hallows: Part II and the Complete Collection, at the end of this year. The reasons for doing so seemed patently obvious: to leave a gap before releasing brand...
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‘Harry Potter’ DVDs Disappearing

If you want to make sure you have all the Harry Potter movies on DVD or Blu-ray then you may want to get down to the shops and complete your collection as soon as possible, certainly before the turn of the year. Because in Warner Bros. infinite wisdom the studio has decided to stop producing...
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‘Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part II’ Movie Review

This is it, the end of Harry Potter as we know it. At least until J.K. Rowling decides she needs to write some more books and the studios fall over each other to secure the movie rights. A a fan of the books and the movies I headed out to see The Deathly Hallows: Part...
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Heyman: ‘Deathly Hallows’ Split Wrong

David Heyman is one of the behind-the-scenes people who has worked on all the Harry Potter movies, tirelessly, putting in as much effort as all the actors (and Daniel Radcliffe) we’ve come to know and love. Or, in the case of Tom Felton, hate. He is being affected by the series ending as much as...
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Daniel Radcliffe Not An Actor?

Some of the acting on show in the Harry Potter movies has, to be frank, been shockingly bad. The over-annunciating of every syllable by Emma Watson, the nasally-bored style of delivery by Rupert Grint, and the lost puppy look by Daniel Radcliffe have all bothered me over the years. There is a reason for this,...
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More Harry Potter Movies To Come?

It’s the question that has been on the lips of every Harry Potter fan since the release of The Deathly Hallows. Is that it? Are there not going to be any more books written and films made? The release of the final film, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part II, has just added to...
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Tom Felton Talks ‘Harry Potter’ Ending

I’m one of those sad adults who loves Harry Potter A lot. I’m not ashamed by it. I love the books and I love the movies. Which means there’s a sadness in the fact that in less than a month’s time it will all have come to an end when The Deathly Hallows: Part II...
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Radcliffe Talks About The Actors, Directors He’d Love To Work With

Daniel Radcliffe is facing a bit of an uncertain future with the Harry Potter series of movies drawing to a close in a few months time. He’ll then be out there on his own pitching for acting work alongside everyone else, a bit of a change for the 21-year-old who was chosen for the role...
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J.K. Rowling Praises Steve Kloves

You may not immediately recognize the name, but you will know who Steve Kloves is. And if you’re a fan of the Harry Potter series of movies, you’ll either love or hate the guy. J.K. Rowling loves him, and she is, after all, the only person that really matters when it comes to Harry Potter....
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Yates: ‘Potter’ Epilogue Didn’t Work

**MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD** Harry Potter director David Yates has admitted that the Deathly Hallows epilogue “didn’t work,” at least the first time of trying. Which is why the real King’s Cross station was recreated in a studio at vast expense, and the cast and crew were all called back to re-shoot the epilogue again. Those...
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Radcliffe: I’ll Never Beat ‘Harry Potter’

A few months ahead of the release of the final Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows: Part II, Daniel Radcliffe seems to have come to terms with the fact that the biggest glory he’ll ever experience has been and gone. According to Digital Spy, Radcliffe made his rather obvious admission during an episode of Live!...
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