It looks like the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Universal Orlando is nearing exterior completion, as this morning NBC's TODAY Show broadcasted from within the park to promote their Wizarding World contest.
This was the first time official, real video has been released from within the park. The Today Show anchor stood by the Hogwarts Express as it billowed steam. They also cut to b-roll while he spoke, which revealed the Honeydukes storefront, the entrance to Hogsmeade, and a top hat-wearing skeleton in a storefront.
View the video right here!
As a reminder, their contest for a school class to win a trip to the opening of the park ends this week.
.. and as a result of the decision, Jason had months less of filming.
The real tease? Jason didn't reveal what the change is!
This new bit of information comes from a recent interview Jason conducted with BBC Radio 2. You can listen to the clip right here thanks to Snitch Seeker. Here is a transcript:
“In fact, [Lucius' ending] wasn't planned. It was a decision made about how Lucius should end his bit in the story and we'd been leading up to it for a while and David – the lovely director – came to me and goes “What are we going to do with you that's really great? How are we going to do the ending?” And one day I came up with this thing and he went “*gasp* Oh that's it! Oh that's it. It'll be great.”
We shot some particular bit but I still had months left to film. And I went to the trailer and took my wig off and the First Assistant came to me and said “Jason I'm just looking at the schedule and I noticed that, actually, we don't need you now.” And I said “Why?” and he said “Well because that thing you decided to do means you're not in that scene or that scene or that scene.” And I went [jokingly] “Ahhh! I've changed my mind!”
What could it be?! Did they actually decide to kill Lucius in the film? Hopefully we find out soon! Thanks to Daniel for the tip.
While still a far way off from being hung on your wall, Amazon has listed several Harry Potter and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows calendars on their website for pre-order.
All of the calendars listed use photos from previous Potter calendars, but these are obviously just placeholders for product images to be unveiled later this year.
A list of the products (all are set to be released August 1st, 2010):
- 2011 Harry Potter World Calendar, $17.99
- 2011 Harry Potter World Box Calendar, $13.99
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Calendar, $7.99
- 2011 The World of Harry Potter Wall Calendar, $14.99
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Engagement Calendar, $16.99
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Wall Calendar, $14.99
We'll let you know when these listings are updated with real images from the products. Do you plan on buying any of these?
Thanks to Cindy for the tip!
Our friends at HPEF – who are behind this year's Infinitus 2010 Harry Potter fan symposium – have announced that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets star Christian Coulson will be attending their event. Christian played Tom Riddle in the film.
From HPEF's site:
Christian will be at Infinitus throughout the weekend, including a Q&A session open to all Infinitus registrants on Saturday, July 17 (time TBA) and will join with Chris Rankin in hosting a dessert event on Saturday from 7:30 until 8:45 PM. Tickets can be purchased by anyone holding a full registration, a Merlin's Circle registration or a Saturday registration, and only 100 tickets are available! Enjoy a chocolate fountain and mounds of other sweets, plus coffee, tea and lemonade, while participating in a Q&A with, and enjoying table visits from, Chris and Christian. Tickets are $65 through April 1, and go up to $75 through June 30. If tickets are available at the door, they will cost $100 each.
Read more at this link, and learn more about the conference as a whole on Infintius2010.org. If you register, be sure to put MuggleNet in the referral box so they know who sent you!
Good news for Team Starkid fans in Michigan! “A Very Potter Sequel” will be performed live May 14-16. Not in Michigan? Don't fear. A recorded version of the show will play at Infinitus this July in Orlando, Florida. The stars of the musical will then hold a panel and perform their songs live.
Team Starkid, the makers of the original YouTube hit “A Very Potter Musical,” made the announcement via Twitter. Check out the video announcement here!
Will you be seeing them at Infinitus? Thanks to everyone who emailed in!
Likely to tie in with her upcoming episodes from Universal Orlando, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has announced that they are looking for kids “who know everything about Harry Potter”:
Do you have a precocious child who knows everything there is to know about Harry Potter books and movies? Is talking about Harry Potter his or her favorite subject? If so, we want to hear about them! Click here to tell us about your little wizard.
You can fill out the submission form on this page. The page doesn't explicitly state any age limit – so everyone should feel free to apply!
British television station ITN caught up with Bill Nighy – the actor who plays Scrimgeour in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – at an event the other day while he promoted his new film Wild Target.
In it, Bill spoke about working with Deathly Hallows cast and crew.
Watch the small interview bit here on YouTube!
We're in a very slow news period. So much so, we've been forced to post this very trivial story.
Variety is reporting that ABC Family will be airing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in late 2011:
Deal continues a relationship between ABC Family and Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution, which sold the title to the channel. ABC Family also has the rights to the first six “Harry Potter” features, via WBDTD, with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” set to air in late 2011.
Read more at this link. Thanks to Daniel for the tip!
Mary GrandPre, the artist behind the cover art and illustrations in the U.S. Harry Potter books, will be the keynote speaker at The Girls’ Middle School’s Annual Scholarship Breakfast. The breakfast – “Step Into the Magic” – will take place on the 28th of April from 8:00am to 9:15am at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Cabana in Palo Alto, California. Tickets are required to attend the event and cost $100 each; you can buy them at this link. As outlined on the school’s website, The Girls’ Middle School aims to:
[Provide] a creative, diverse and nurturing learning environment with innovative programs in computer science, engineering, entrepreneurial education, beginning and advanced Spanish, and social and emotional learning.
Additionally, you can enter a raffle to win a boxed set of the Harry Potter books in hardcover, signed by Mary GrandPre. Tickets to enter the raffle cost $10 each and you do not have to attend the event to win. You can find more information on The Girls’ Middle School’s website.
As we get closer to the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Florida, more visual details are making it online: here you can see a shot of the cart for “Flight of the Hippogriff.” Thanks to UHP for the heads up!
Browse through all our WWoHP images right here in our galleries!
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