Aug 26, 2002
Thanks to the readers who sent in this link to pictures of an ice sculpture of Hogwarts. It’s a wonderful model of the castle as depicted in the movie by artist Jonathan Lloyd. Pictures courtesy of Rex Features.
Aug 25, 2002
The lurvely reader Michelle Ravel sent this to us, and I hadn’t found it until now – thanks Michelle, sorry it took me so long: Mary Walsh, a popular Canadian comedienne, has begun to do a show called “Open Book” in which she discusses a certain novel with a panel of other Canadians. The show …read more!
Aug 24, 2002
My Yahoo! News alert tells me that today is Rupert Grint’s 14th birthday!
Aug 23, 2002
Again, it’s nothing we haven’t heard before, but a Reuters article on bookseller Barnes and Noble states that the company’s fourth-quarter outlook had … “previously assumed a new Harry Potter at Christmas, which is not going to happen now.” From InternetNews.com comes this article on Warner Bros’ web promotion for Harry Potter and the Chamber …read more!
Aug 23, 2002
The Seattle Times is carrying an article entitled “Rumors percolate over future Potter plots” wherein they summarise the possible storylines for books five, six, and seven: When there’s little reliable information available, where do you turn? The Internet, of course. Some of the multitudes of Harry Potter Web sites are imaginative, others boast impressive effects, …read more!
Aug 23, 2002
Some of you have probably heard about the Harry Potter Symposium, which is being planned for July 17-20, 2003 at the Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida – for others of you, this is something new. Yahoogroups and sites like Harry Potter for Grownups – with help from FictionAlley and a nice …read more!
Aug 22, 2002
Reader “CED” sends us this link to a Weekly Sound Out survey conducted by the PBSKids television show ZOOM. The question for this week: “How does the Harry Potter movie compare to the book?” As of this writing, there were 22694 votes tabulated, with 30% of the opinion that the movie was “way better” than …read more!
Aug 22, 2002
Thanks to Jasen at iharrypotter.net, we’ve learned that you can now see the US version of Movie #1 (aka Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone) for $4.00 per 24 hours right here. Can anyone who actually views it let us know how the quality is?
Aug 22, 2002
It’s the first review of COS, from the fine folk at Aint It Cool News. Quotage!: SECRETS is rough around the edges, especially in the final act. I think they’ve also tried to condense everything, making it move faster and faster, while skipping over some nice details. In the movie’s defense, purists might say the …read more!
Aug 22, 2002
“After last year’s spectacular debuts, Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins take on new quests this winter, as do their publishers and booksellers, who must find a way to maintain excitement about the same old titles. Unlike traditional movie sequels that spawn novelizations or new tie-ins, all of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings …read more!