Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter and Timothy Spall, who are all in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd, attended the European movie premiere in London today .

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The Courant.com has a new interview with Alan Rickman where he talks about Sweeney Todd! We also learn that he starts filming Half-Blood Prince on January 6th!

“What’s interesting about this film is, who’s worst in it?” Rickman says. “It’s not a beauty pageant of nice people.”

Then there’s the flip side of giving people — especially young ones — what they want. His first on-set call for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is Jan. 6.

“It’s fun,” he says of the series, “although your eye line keeps shifting. Some years ago I was looking down at [Daniel] Radcliffe. … We’re kind of looking each other in the eye now.”

British magazine Empire just posted their annual 100 Sexiest Movie Stars and some Harry Potter actors have been included  in that list.

• Emma is number 26
• Dan is at number 23
• Gary Oldman is number 72
• Alan Rickman is at number 83

Congrats guys!

Alan Rickman has donated his original cast and crew Hogwarts/Quidditch shirt, two pages of his script from Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, and a headshot photo of himself. Alan has autographed both the photo and the script pages to a charity auction.

The auction is for ANSA, Artists for a New South Africa, they support programs to help AIDS orphans.

You can find out more and bid HERE. The auction goes until December 14.

Thanks Leaky!

There is a new transcript online from the Sweeney Todd press junket which Alan Rickman attended. In the interview he confirms he will be back as Professor Snape.

QUESTION: How did your work schedule play into the next ‘Harry Potter’ film? Did you go from one to the other or did they overlap at all? I know that in ‘Half-Blood Prince’ there’s a lot for you to do in that film?

RICKMAN: Yeah, but they still have to get inside a certain period of time. I do seven weeks. I can’t even remember when we shot the last one so I think – we shot ‘Sweeney Todd’ this year – it was over a year ago that I did ‘Order of the Phoenix’.

IESB has a new interview online including Alan Rickman (Professor Snape in Harry Potter) and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange in Harrt Potter).  There is mature content in this interview so parents be cautioned.

Although reticent to discuss Harry Potter, Alan Rickman laughed about the recent rumor of a JK Rowling inspired musical; “who is shoving that around?” He further informed the IESB that there is an online porn version of the franchise making the rounds. (Harry Pooter is my vote for the title)
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Helena also has some big projects in store, she is due to have her second child with partner Tim Burton in two weeks time and said she’ll be “breast feeding in time for the filming of Harry Potter 6 in February 2008.”

When asked about the HP franchise she commented, “it’s made me very popular with kids although they all seem to be scared of me.”

IESB also has lots of clips from Sweeney Todd, that you can see HERE! The film, which has been rated “R” contains mature subject matter with violence, and is not suitable for young children.