Archive for March, 2003

Oldman and Heyman on HP3

Mar 31, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Thanks to the readers who sent us this Coming Soon article in which David Heyman talks about Cuaron and Gary Oldman says joining the cast was like joining a family. This article also gives away major PoA plot elements as is becoming business-as-usual in the press at large. Sigh.

Some Churches Want Schools to Ban “Harry Potter”

Mar 31, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

The New Haven Register [Connecticut, US] reports that members of several city churches want the “Harry Potter” series banned from school libraries and reading lists.

Have they redone Hagrid’s hut?

Mar 31, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Newsround has a story about Hagrid’s moutain “hideaway” and the gatehouse for Hogwarts. We’re guessing that the gatehouse is where the students pass by Dementors, but we’re not sure about the hideaway.

Pictures of DVD discs

Mar 30, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Rita Skeeter’s Scoop got some great pictures of the interior of the CoS DVD and a screenshot from a game. Click here to see disc one, or disc two.

Book 5 Ad

Mar 29, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Thanks Jody, for sending in this scan of Scholastic’s ad for Book 5. It’s hard to tell, but the pages might have been extended by width to fit the book. We’ll try and find out.

Borders sales

Mar 29, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Our reader Laurie tells us that thus far Borders Books had 203,579 reserve requests for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We don’t know if that’s official – mark this as rumor please – but wow anyway.

Entertainment Weekly Pic for CoS DVD

Mar 28, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Thanks to Cindy for scanning this Entertainment Weekly picture of the CoS DVD ad for us.

Review of CoS DVD

Mar 28, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

IGN.com has published a review of the CoS DVD. Said the reviewer: “Easily the biggest complaint about the Sorcerer’s Stone DVD is that you had to play stupid games just to access the deleted scenes on the DVD. Thankfully, Warner has listened to the complaints and all of the special features are easily accessed in …read more!

Copy of OotP Won in Online Auction

Mar 28, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Check out Road Runner for news of a Harry Potter fan who paid $8,000 for (but apparently will not receive until publication) an author-signed copy of the unreleased fifth book. (Scroll down to “‘Harry Potter’ Fan Buys Unreleased Book” for story.)

On the Way –

Mar 28, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Yes, BK and I are alive and safe, and back in the States. 🙂 Thanks to everyone who noted their concern. We picked a bad time to travel, admittedly, but we could not have had better hosts than our UK friends. We had a wonderful, wonderful time. Soon, we will have pics of our trips …read more!



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