"Half-Blood Prince" IMAX Trailer Running Time and Rating in UK
The British Board Film Classification website has been updated with information regarding the UK running time and rating for a “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” combined trailer for IMAX. A new entry on the site lists the “Half-Blood Prince” trailer along withContinued...
"Order of the Phoenix" Film Helps Boost British Box Office for 2007
The Telegraph is reporting that the British film industry saw a jump in its 2007 global profits, thanks partially to the success of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. New figures released by the UK Film Council show that a fifty percent jump from last year’sContinued...
Harry Potter Theme Park Construction Continues with Hogsmeade and More
Harry Potter: The Traveling Exhibition
There is some additional exciting news today for fans of the Harry Potter films, as the Becker Group, along with Warner Brothers Consumer Products are announcing a special traveling Harry Potter exhibition. According to this press release, this will be a “state-of-the-art exhibition highlighting artifactsContinued...
EA Announces "Half-Blood Prince" Game Due This Fall
Attention all Harry Potter video game lovers! EA, makers of the Harry Potter games, announced today that the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game will be released to coincide with the arrival of the sixth Harry Potter film, which is due in theaters November 21, 2008. AccordingContinued...
New Harry Potter Blu-Ray "Book" Collector's Edition DVDs Due This Year
Warner Brothers has now announced new plans to sell special collector’s editions of the Harry Potter DVDs in the Blu-ray format which will come in ‘book-like’ packaging. High Def Digest is reporting tonight that WB will “re-issue some previously-releasedContinued...
Wyrd Sisters Continue Legal Battle Against WB
The Toronto Star newspaper is reporting Canadian folk group The Wyrd Sisters, are once again pressing further legal action against Warner Bros. in the continuation of a $40 million lawsuit now seeking the “destruction of DVDs, compact discs, video games and other paraphernalia” which containContinued...
Blu-Ray Format DVDs Exclusive to WB Releases Starting Mid 2008
Warner Bros. has announced their decision to exclusively release all future High Definition editions of their films in the Blu-ray format DVDs, and no longer produce the HD DVD versions, starting later this year. The decision was reached, they say, “in response to consumer demand”Continued...
WB Implements "Goblet of Fire" Blu-Ray DVD Replacement Program
As reported previously, last week saw the release of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVDs, as well as a special limited edition gift boxset of all five of the Harry Potter DVDs. Many customers who purchased this gift set in the Blu-Ray high definition format had a bitContinued...
Official WB Description of "Half-Blood Prince" Film
In addition to the first official photo from the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie, Warner Bros has also released their official description of the sixth Harry Potter movie as follows:
“Fantasy Adventure. Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the MuggleContinued...
Radcliffe, Watson, Grint Forbes Top-Earning Young Superstars
Forbes magazine has yet another list, this time of the Top-Earning Young Superstars. Included on this list are the trio of Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, with Dan Radcliffe taking the number one spot for actors under the age of 25. The magazine writes:
"The top-earning actorContinued...
New Contest from Brazil to Visit "Half-Blood Prince" Set
A new contest has been announced in Brazil for one lucky winner from that country and a guest to win a trip visit to the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” set at Leavesden Studios in the UK. Warner Bros. gave the details today on the contest that goes in correlation withContinued...
Rumor Alert: Madonna's Daughter a Half-Blood Princess?
Despite the formal press release earlier this week from Warner Bros stating that casting is now complete for the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film, UK tabloid The Sun has a new article online tonight involving the sixth Harry Potter movie, and the daughterContinued...
Followup: More on Download Version of "Order of the Phoenix"
Previously we reported that Warner Brothers would be releasing a two versions of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ” for download when you purchase the DVD due to be released here in the US on December 11. PCWorld now has more on this, saying these versions will onlyContinued...
"Experience The Power" Marketing for Harry Potter DVDs
As we first reported back in September then again this week, Warner Bros will be launching a major marketing campaign promoting the release of the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" DVD and all of the Harry Potter movies in High Definition. The first evidence of this has now appearedContinued...