Harry Potter News For 8/19/2009


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 […]

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie Review


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 […]

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Half-Blood Prince Soundtrack Sneak Peek


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 […]

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Harry Potter News Roundup (For 7/8/09)


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 […]

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Half-Blood Prince Film to be 153 Minutes in Length


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 […]

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Recent Harry Potter News Roundup (For 4/1/09)


Dan Radcliffe will not be voicing his character in the upcoming Half-Blood Prince videogame, due to conflicting arrangements. His official voice double will cover for him. [More at The Leaky Cauldron] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hands-on Preview Actor Matthew Lewis, portrayer of Neville Longbottom in the Potter films, is now using Twitter. He […]

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Deathly Hallows Part II Slated For 2011 Release


The second part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie is currently scheduled to be released on July 15, 2011, following the November 19, 2010 release of the first half of the movie. The film, to be split into two parts to “do the book justice,” is currently in production. The upcoming Harry […]

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Harry Potter 6 Rated “PG”


The MPAA has rated the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film “PG,” down from from the “PG-13” content rating that the prior two movies had recieved. The Motion Picture Association of America’s exact wording was “Rated PG for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.” This comes as great surprise to readers […]

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International Teaser Trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


A new trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie has been released, clocking in at one minute and thirty-two seconds. It shows much more than the previous U.S. teaser trailer did, featuring a longer clip of the “ring of fire” in the cave scene (when the Inferi attack), and many other […]

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Harry Potter Film Delayed 8 Months


Warner Brothers has just announced that the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie has been delayed. Instead of being released November 21st this year, it has been moved to July 17, 2009. Warner Brothers states that their reasons for the change “are twofold: we know the summer season is an ideal window for […]

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