Earlier today SnitchSeeker was able to interview Percy Weasley actor Chris Rankin about  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! “Chris talked in depth about playing various aspects of Percy throughout the series, from pompous prefect, to family traitor, and back to redemption (and which he enjoyed portraying the most); and hanging out with fellow Weasley costars Julie Walters, Mark Williams, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, and James and Oliver Phelps.”

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At the First Light Movie awards last weekend, Bill Nighy spoke about role as Rufus Scrimgeour in Deathly Hallows and Wild Target.

“It’s a big massive friendly set and I grew up with most of the people in it, so it was a bit of a reunion.”

“I was very pleased to be in it and pleased to work with Daniel, Rupert and Emma and with David Yates the director.”

“The three of us are in a film called Wild Target where I play an assassin and Rupert plays my apprentice.”

Thanks SS!

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In a new research study done by The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) they found that JK Rowling is the most inspirational entrepreneurial female role-model for young women in the UK.

The Harry Potter author came out top of the survey, ahead of other respected names such as Stella McCartney and TV’s Dragon’s Den star, and successful business-woman, Deborah Meaden.

The research – inspired by International Women’s Day on 8 March – also revealed that 75% believe it is more difficult for women to get ahead in business while more than 80% felt they needed to work harder than men to get ahead.

However, more than 90% felt that positive female role-models will help to pave the way for more young women to reach their full potential.

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Thanks to Oclumencia we have a new behind the scenes photos from Half-Blood Prince that you can see here in the gallery!

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Thanks to thierrycoup on Twitter we have another Official photo from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park!  The promo is of the Hogwarts Express and may be seen in our gallery!

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According to the Hollywood Reporter NBC will be airing a tv special entitled ‘The Making of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ on June 6th!

“The Making of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” which gives viewers a sneak peak of the Universal Orlando Resort’s new theme park attraction, runs Sunday, June 6

I will post more information as it comes!

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A bunch of Harry Potter stars have taken part in this year’s National Doodle Day by drawing a doodle that will be sold for charity! Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Ian Hart (Professor Quirrel) Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Miriam Margolyes (Professor Sprout), Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon), Roger Lloyd Pack (Barty Crouch Sr.), Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) and Dave Legeno (Fenrir) have participated!

Visit the National Doodle Day website to see a gallery of all doodles that were donated.The doodles will be auctioned off tomorrow, March 5th, on eBay. (I will update this with a link to the doodles when they are on ebay)

Thanks to Leaky for the info!

UPDATE: Go here to bid on the auctions!

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BehindtheThrills.com has posted some new details about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park!  Download a pdf of the Universal brochure, here.

• Wizarding World Descriptions! Attractions for Forbidden Journey, Dragons Challenge, and Flight of the Hippogriff are all mentioned and described under these. As typical vague descriptions to keep surprises and to keep the common guest informed on what the attraction will feature, but an interesting note is the height requirement is 48 inches for Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey. Could this be a typo? Something not finalized yet? It seems a bit taller than what I was expecting for a ‘thrilling’ dark ride that the entire family will enjoy. This is the centerpiece attraction and much like spider-man is for marvel. it should be the most cohesively themed piece of the area. Maybe one should not look too much into this early but it certainly is different than what many expected.
• Dragon’s Challenge mentions “different ride each time!” some are speculating that it will have unique elements to the coaster like sound effects and other tracks for on board audio that may be installed. As neat as that could be I don’t think that is the case here and the description just pushes the fact that there are two solid different roller coaster attractions to experience.
• Three Broomsticks: The description says counter Service. This is a general term for someone to pick up their food in a cafeteria style restaurant. As of right now it is a general description as all counter service restaurants seem to be around the resort at the

Thanks Mugglenet!

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In addition to Cherrybomb, Wild Target’s release date has also been changed to April 23rd.  So now both films will be released that date.

Thanks Rupert-Grint.us!

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