Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD to Include Feature on Theme Park; List of Deleted Scenes Available
Great news today for fans eagerly awaiting the DVD for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The British Board of Film Classification has now released the list of deleted scenes to be included, as well as news there is to be an 11 minute, 38 secondContinued...
Deluxe French Harry Potter DVD Set of Years 1-6 Due November 16, 2009
Earlier this year we reported that Amazon France was offering a limited "Prestige edition" collection of Harry Potter DVDs housed in a special container set at the base of a replica of Hogwarts. Today, the French Amazon website has been updated with the news that this set containingContinued...
Covers for UK Half-Blood Prince DVDs Now Online
Play.com has now updated their website with cover art of the UK editions of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVDs. You can see the standard DVD cover here featuring the main poster of Dumbledore with the Trio, and the Blu-Ray here featuring the closeup of Harry. Also shown is temporary artworkContinued...
Extended Edition of Chamber of Secrets on DVD Now Confirmed
A quick follow today regarding extended editions of the Harry Potter films coming to DVD. Rope of Silicon is now reporting that an extended edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has been rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. This follows earlier news thatContinued...
New Looks at Artwork for First Two Harry Potter Collector's DVDs; New House Crests Wallpapers
Last month, we first told you pre-orders were available for the first two of the new Harry Potter Ultimate Collector's edition DVDS, as seen here and here. WB has now released their newsletter which contained this new look at the artwork on the boxesContinued...
Pre-Orders for Two DVDs from Harry Potter Ultimate Collector's Edition Now Available
Last week as we heard in New York from Potter producer David Heyman, there will be ultimate collector's editions of the Harry Potter films due out on Blu-ray and DVD. Tonight, Amazon.com has two discs in what is clearly labeled "ultimate collector's edition" availableContinued...
Emma Watson Looking Forward to Filming Ron/Hermione Scenes from Silver Doe Chapter for "Deathly Hallows"
Actress Emma Watson has given a new interview to MTV, where she discusses the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie. Noting she has not yet discussed with co-star Rupert Grint the romance and kiss their characters share, Emma WatsonContinued...
Happy Birthday, Alfonso Cuarón
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón, who is celebrating his 47th birthday today. Many happy returns, Alfonso. Cheers!
iTunes to Offer Warner Bros Movie Downloads Day of DVD Release
Calling all iTunes fans! Apple has announced a new deal with Warner Brothers that will allow downloads of movies the same day the DVD is released. Wired reports that “new-release downloads will be priced at $15, while catalog titles will still cost $10 per download.” OtherContinued...
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...
My Boy Jack to Air on PBS April 20
My Boy Jack, the Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) television film recently broadcast in the UK, will be aired here in the US on PBS this spring. Masterpiece Classics has released their schedule (pdf here) for the early portion of the year, and “My Boy Jack” is set to air on the public television channelContinued...
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...
Harry Potter Tops Amazon UK 2007 Best Seller List
Online retail giant Amazon.com announced today that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was the number one best-selling item of the year in both the US and the UK. The Telegraph reports that the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD was also the number one best-seller DVD in the UK.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...
Leaky and PotterCast Present: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Fan Commentary
