The Gryffindor Gazette

May 14th, 2008

Updates from the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

SUPER long update for you today; here’s a summary:

The inside of The Burrow was amazing, the attention to detail. I climbed up the stairs to Ron’s room, the bedrooms aren’t there but the corridors have doors coming off them with pictures and ornaments. One of the doors had a picture of mushroom on it. Downstairs […]

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May 10th, 2008

Saturday Half-Blood Prince updates

A couple of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince updates for you that I’ve picked up at a few places:

Jessie Cave, who plays Lavendar Brown, talks about kissing Rupert Grint: “It was a bit embarrassing. Our first screen kiss was on my third day of shooting.” says Jessie. “It’s been an amazing experience […]

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March 24th, 2008

My favorite Harry Potter art of the week

Gosh, I haven’t done one of these for a while! Okay, here are my favorite Harry Potter art pieces for the week, as always from the lovely deviantART.

Voldy Jon by ~mistic56 on deviantART

McGonagall by ~kyoultai on deviantART

Please, Lily… by ~AtreyuSue on deviantART

emma by ~seiya13 on deviantART

Remus blue version by ~ArgosArt on deviantART
Tags: 7th harry […]

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March 20th, 2008

Harry Potter producer talks about the decision to split Deathly Hallows in half

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There is a great (long!) interview with one of the producers of Harry Potter about the decision to split “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”; here’s an excerpt:
We just thought how are we going to approach this? Is this going to be a four and […]

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March 13th, 2008

Where do you think Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows should be cut?

Okay readers: with yesterday’s news that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being cut into two parts, now comes the really hard part: where should they split it? Let’s discuss this. Here are a few options:

After the death and funeral of Dobby at Shell Cottage. They could even pan away with Dobby’s gravestone […]

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March 12th, 2008

IT’S OFFICIAL!! Deathly Hallows will be a two-parter!

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YES!! According to the LA Times, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be split into two parts. More to look forward to!! Here’s the scoop:
After months of rumors, Warner Bros. and the producers of the massively successful movies will announce Thursday that they plan […]

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February 26th, 2008

Confirmed: David Yates will direct Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Director David Yates, who also directed “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and who is currently directing “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, has been confirmed as the director for the last installment of the Harry Potter films:
Yates set to direct final Harry Potter film
23/02/2008 - 8:37:38 PM David Yates has been tipped […]

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February 12th, 2008

Steven Spielberg will not be directing Deathly Hallows

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), Steven Spielberg will NOT be directing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, according to Daniel Radcliffe. Here’s what he had to say when asked about the possibility recently:
Speaking at a recent awards ceremony in London, he said, “It’s absolute rubbish that Spielberg is directing […]

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February 11th, 2008

More on the possible split of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

There’s an article in today’s Daily Telegraph about the possible splitting into two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Quite a few of you have already let me know that yes, you DO think this is a good idea, and apparently the idea is gaining some momentum. Here’s a brief excerpt from the […]

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January 30th, 2008

News coming soon on who will be directing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

We might finally be getting close to a decision being made on who exactly will be directing the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
…..an announcement in the near future could address who is directing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well as answer rumors about splitting the final film into […]

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