Leaky News Archives for December 2011
December Contest: Mirror of Erised Revelations
In this month, where wishes and dreams run wild during our holiday celebrations, your task is to select any Hogwarts Professor and reveal to us (in 150 words or less) what they would see if they chanced to look into the Mirror of Erised. Use your imagination and try to capture that Professor’s essenceContinued...
Pottermore to be Offline for the Next Week
The Pottermore Insider has updated to let users know that Pottermore will be unavailable for the next week:
Pottermore will be offline for at least a week from approximately 8:30am (GMT) on Saturday 3 December so we can make some further changes behind-the-scenes.
The work we’re carrying out is technical,Continued...
Cast Sum Up Harry Potter in Two Words, Behind the Scenes Look at Stunts in "Part 2"
DH FilmYahoo! Movies asked members of the cast from "Harry Potter" to sum up the series in two words. The answers ranged from "crazy fun" to "bloody brilliant." Find out who said what by watching the video at this link. Cast members who participated included Evanna Lynch,Continued...
Ralph Fiennes Talks Upcoming Film and Playing Voldemort
Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) recently did an interview where he dicussed his upcoming project of playing the lead in a new adaptation of "Coriolanus," as well as some reflections on his role in Harry Potter:
How did it feel to finally wrap the "Potter" series up after such a commitment?
I thinkContinued...
Harrods Blu-Ray and DVD Launch Interview: "You'll remember Potter as people's childhood" [Full Transcript]
Yesterday, 1st December, Leaky attended the Blu-ray and DVD release event at Harrods, where 300 fans had their copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" signed by Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick and Griphook), James Phelps (Fred Weasley), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley), MarkContinued...
WB Considering Theatrical Re-release of "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in NYC and LA
DH FilmAccording to Variety, Warner Bros. is considering re-releasing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in theaters at select locations in New York and Los Angeles. The theatrical re-release would be part of WB's ongoing efforts for the film to receive Oscar nominationsContinued...
Dan Radcliffe to Star as Allen Ginsberg in Upcoming Film?
The Guardian is reporting that Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is in negotiations to play poet Allen Ginsberg in a film, "Kill Your Darlings." While information is still scarce about the project, the paper details that the film will be written and directed by John Krodidas, who is knownContinued...
David Yates Receives BAFTA Brittania Award, Talks Future "Doctor Who" Project
Director David Yates was presented with the John Schelsinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing on Wednesday night at the Los Angeles BAFTA ceremony. According to the Telegraph, a surprise video message to Yates from Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma WatsonContinued...
"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Soundtrack Nominated for a Grammy
The soundtrack for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," composed by Alexandre Desplat, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Desplat is also nominated again in the same category for composing the score to "The King's Speech."Continued...