Nicholas Hooper’s score for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a Grammy Award under the category of “Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.” Up for best score soundtrack album are “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (composed by Alexander Desplat), “Harry Potter and the Half […]
The teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh of the series, has surfaced online. It appears tacked onto the end of some commentary and behind-the-scenes shots, and it’s fairly short. This is the first major look at what’s to come in the film, so without further ado, enjoy…
Nicholas Hooper has confirmed that after composing the score for the previous two Harry Potter movies, he will not be coming back for the final two Deathly Hallows films. Warner Brothers is currently in talks with John Williams. If his schedule allows, he very well return after his absence since the third Potter film. “The […]
Extended Edition of Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone to Be Released – Warner Brothers has confirmed that an extended DVD edition of the first Harry Potter film is on the way. (One would hope that it contains more content than the minimal deleted scenes already found on the existing 2-disc release, in the form often […]
The latest Harry Potter film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, just hit theaters today. The sixth to date, it does the book justice despite the usual complaints of things being cut-out. The movie starts with a bang, namely the destruction of the Millennium Bridge in London. A group of three Death Eaters, doing […]
Want to see what the music for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sounds like? You can listen to the movie’s soundtrack, in it’s entirety, on Yahoo Music (for now). There are twenty-eight tracks, with some good music in them. Nicholas Hooper has produced another great Harry Potter score. You can also pre-order […]
The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince videogame, by Electronic Arts, has been released. The game is available for the major consoles, including the Wii, or as a PC/Mac combo DVD-ROM. More on Ride Inside Hogwarts Castle at Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park Matt Lewis On Missing the St. Mungo Scene and More […]
The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that the British Board of Film Classification (similar to the MPAA in the United States) has updated their website to list the running time and rating for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The running time is listed as “153m 19s,” with a content rating of “12A.” (The MPAA lists […]
Bloomsbury Publishing is staving-off plagiarism charges from the estate of one Adrian Jacobs, a little-known supposed fantasy author who created The Adventures of Willy the Wizard No. 1 Livid Land, a 1987 novella of 36 pages which had a very limited distribution. The suit claims that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire infringes upon […]
The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that a LEGO Harry Potter video game is confirmed to be in the works, and Warner Brothers has released a press release on the subject. LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will give gamers the chance to experience the magic and adventure of Harry Potter in a uniquely LEGO way. Playing […]
