Empire Online has released their list of the Top 10 Movies of 2011 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II comes in at Number 4! The films are chosen by Empire’s writers and contributors and includes a wide range of films from Fast Five to Drive to The King’s Speech.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 A decade of franchise dominance ended spectacularly. Forever.
Released: July 15 Talent: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, David Yates (director) Box office: $1.3 billion Money moment: Neville Longbottom stands up to Voldemort and his cackling Death Eaters. “They didn’t die in vain. But you will!” Empire line: “The effects have never been better, the sets more beautifully designed nor the explosions bigger.” What to say: “Finite incantatem!” (Then cry uncontrollably.)
Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been revealed and the Harry Potter stunt team has been nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture” for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. They are up against the stunt teams from:
The Adjustment Bureau
Cowboys & Aliens
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-Men: First Class
The award show will be shown on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT)from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
Producer David Heyman recently discussed the Harry Potter series with Variety. He talks about the films award chances, his views on the success of the films and his production company, Heyday Films.
CG: Do you attribute that success to being faithful to the books and keeping fans happy? (Author J.K. Rowling’s) books provide a loyal fanbase, but I also think we made films that stood on their own terms. You never see “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” with film covers. Jo was very keen to keep the books and the films separate. They’re very different. Clearly, the success of the books has made the films possible and fueled their success, but it’s amazing what percentage of filmgoers did not come to the films from the books.
CG: You famously optioned the first book in the galley stage in 1999, not knowing its franchise potential … I never viewed it as a franchise. It’s a series of films, one film at a time. That’s always been the way we have approached it. This label ‘franchise’ … that’s not where it began.
WB has released a new version of the Harry Potter cast saying goodbye to the series. WB released a similar video last month, and this video has some additional cast members included.
The Harry Potter series will be honored at this years American Film Institute (AFI) Awards. These awards honor the best in American made films and television. The Potter series will be reciving an AFI Special Award, which is given to outstanding achievements in the moving image that do not fit into AFI’s criteria for the other honorees. See the video below for all honorees at the event (Harry Potter is at 1 minute 54 seconds)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its list of 15 movies in the running for the Achievement in Visual Effects for the 84th Academy Awards! In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee will narrow the list to 10. Teh full list is as follows:
“Captain America: The First Avenger”
“Cowboys & Aliens”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
“Sucker Punch”
“Super 8”
“Thor”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“The Tree of Life”
“X-Men: First Class”
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PTr. The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.
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