This morning Warner Bros have sent over some official footage from the Harry Potter Celebration that was held at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this weekend. The video includes interviews with the various cast members in attendance and highlights from the weekend. The film was released on DVD in the US last week and will come out in the UK on December 2nd!
US fans may order the movie through the following links:
WB have emailed this afternoon with a fun pieces of news! You have the chance to win a visit from Rupert Grint to your school for a special Q&A session! The press release is as follows:
In celebration of the UK release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ – Part 2” on 3D Blu-ray™, Blu-ray Triple Play and DVD on the 2nd December, Warner Home Video and Sainsbury’s will be offering one lucky person the chance to win a visit to their UK secondary school from Rupert Grint!
One of the stars of the world’s most successful film franchise, Rupert Grint, will visit the winning UK school for an exclusive Q&A session and personal delivery of copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ – Part 2” on Blu-ray.
To find out more go to http://www.sainsburysharrypottercompetition.com. Terms and conditions apply. No purchase necessary. All entries must be received by midnight on Monday 28th November.
Can you believe that it has been exactly 10 years since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone came out in theatres? I can still remember waiting for the movie to come out, it was on my friend’s birthday. Do you remember when it came out? Who would have known that 10 years later we would have 8 films, HUGE stars in the main cast, the most successful film franchise, a theme park in Florida and a Studio Tour on the way in London. As Ollivander said to Harry, “I think we can expect great things from you.” Hopefully in 10 more years people will be just as in love with Harry as we were from the start [for some of us since 1997 or 1998].
At the DVD Launch this past weekend Crave Online asked the stars (and crew) what their favorite deleted scenes were, or what they wish they had filmed. A small selection may be read below, the rest are here.
James Phelps: For me, personally, I guess it was the actual death of Fred. That was a bit disappointing, but I guess it kind of worked more into Oliver [Phelps] and Rupert [Grint], seeing their emotion in that way. So a lot of the fans saw it in that sense, when they hadn’t thought about it before. Oliver Phelps: I think the de-gnoming of the garden in the second film. That would have been brilliant. James Phelps: It isn’t PC, is it? Oliver Phelps: I was really looking forward to being able to do that. Shame.
Evanna Lynch: It [Luna’s Quidditch commentary] was never filmed. It was in the script and I got so psyched about it, because it was done really well. I find sport incredibly boring, so I would like to see Luna’s take on it. I got invited to the Quidditch World Cup, to commentate, and sadly it conflicted with this. It’s going on in New York at this moment. But one day I will get there and I will commentate that match.
Alfie Enoch: It was actually my last day of shooting on the last film. I was up on the battlements with the Weasley Twins, and we were defending the castle from some of those spells. You know, you saw that fantastic scene where all the Death Eaters were sending in those spells and breaking down the wall, and then they go and they’re actually attacking the stone of the castle. That’s something. We’re up against a green screen, and I thought, this the first time I’ve actually got a wand in my hand [and can] let loose. I was having a brilliant time. I got so into it I actually fell off the podium, which was quite embarrassing. That was such a sort of fun finale. I was sorry that didn’t make it in.
While the cast have been in Florida they have been doing various activities at the park. James and Oliver went on a couple rides with Kevin Periera of E!Online. Evanna Lynch and Rupert Grint went on a tour with him and Evanna picked out a wand at Ollivanders! So far only the video of the Phelps twins is on YouTube so watch the rest at the following links:
On Friday members of the Harry Potter cast appeared on the Today Show as part of the Harry Potter Celebration Weekend at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Those videos may be seen below:
