Next weekend The Disney Channel will be showing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!  They will be on on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday October 3

• SS – 6pm EST
• CoS – 9pm EST

Sunday October 4

• SS – 12pm EST

Make sure to check your local listings to be sure of the times!  I’ll try to remember to post a reminder for us! 😉

In a new press release, WB has announced what will be on the Harry Potter DVD game that will be released on December 1st.

Year 4
• Quidditch World Cup Escape: Players navigate through a maze of tents and people to make it safely back to the Weasley tent.
• Dumbledore’s Office: Players must look carefully around Dumbledore’s office to locate items that appear on-screen.
• Marauder’s Map: Players make their way from one end of the map to the other, while avoiding teachers and other obstacles.
• Year End Challenge – Dragon Chase: Players navigate the dragon up and around Hogwarts castle spires and through narrow bridges, to get back and protect the golden egg.

Year 5
• Grawp’s Gotcha: Players must find and ring Hermione’s handlebar bell to distract Grawp and be released from his grasp. Those who are not careful might get tossed into the forest.
• Extendable Ear: By lowering one of Fred and George’s Extendable Ears down a stairwell, players have to determine which of a group of characters can be heard talking.
• Dumbledore’s Army: After watching Harry teach Dumbledore’s Army members how to cast combat spells, players practice what they have learned by casting spells on a Death Eater dummy.
• Ministry Of Magic: To gain entrance to the Ministry of Magic, players have to solve the puzzle within the phone booth that acts as the visitors’ entrance.
• Year End Challenge – Falling Prophesies: Players must make their way to the Hall of Prophesies exit while avoiding falling prophecies and Death Eaters.

Year 6
• Advanced Potions: Using the Half-Blood Prince’s book, players must remember the proper sequence of ingredients in order to successfully brew their potions.
• Room Of Requirement: Players have four chances to find a hidden object somewhere inside the very crowded Room of Requirement.
• Harry Potter Chronology: Before the clock chimes, players have to place film scenes in the proper chronological order.
• Year End Challenge – Apparition Tests: To pass this test, players must choose the right moment to Apparate into the ring on the floor.

Final Round
• The Pensieve: A concentration game where players must carefully select a specific memory from the many memories swirling in the Pensieve.

The game can be pre-ordered (starting October 27) here for $24.98

The official Harry Potter DVD website from Warner Bros has now been updated. The US has the trailer for the Ultimate Editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD and Years 1-6 giftset.  The UK Harry Potter DVD site has wallpapers and a screen-saver.

Thanks TLC!

There is a new trailer for the Ultimate Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone that has a bunch of new clips .

I’m trying to get the file so I can embed it here, so keep checking back.

UPDATE: Here we go:

More information has been revealed about the Ultimate Collector’s editions of Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets.

The new Ultimate Editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, priced at $39.92 on DVD and $49.99 on Blu-ray, will each include five hours of special features, theatrical and extended versions of the film, a 48-page photo book and other collectibles.

MovieWeb has released the details of what is on the dvds, click the previous link to see it all but here are some interesting ones:

Sorcerer’s Stone:
Disc 3
– Interview – Capturing the Stone: A Conversation with the Filmmakers – Director Chris Columbus, Producer David Heyman, Screenwriter
Steve Kloves and Production Designer Stuart Craig talk about casting and bringing the novel to life.
Disc 4:
– Introduction by Daniel Radcliffe – An introduction to the many special features for the Harry Potter films [NEW]
– Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins – Discover the story of how one vision for the Harry Potter films came together out of limitless possibilities to create the visual world we have come to know and love. [NEW]
– A Glimpse Into the World of Harry Potter 2001 International TV Special

Chamber of Secrets:
DISC 3:
– A Conversation with J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves – The author and screenwriter detail how the books are brought to life, and the changes that happen in the process.
DISC 4:
– Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters – Explore how the cast and creative team of directors and designers take the characters’ descriptions on the page to the actors’ performances on film. [NEW]
– Screen Tests of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson [NEW]
– Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Revealed – 2002 HBO First Look special

The Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets Collectors DVDs will be released on December 8th along with the HBP DVD. Video Business is reporting the following:

“Ultimate Editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, priced at $39.92 on DVD and $49.99 on Blu-ray, will each include five hours of special features, theatrical and extended versions of the film, a 48-page photo book and other collectibles. Among the special features will be screen tests, new featurettes with the cast and filmmakers and the first two one-hour installments of a new comprehensive documentary about the making of the movie franchise. Called Creating the World of Harry Potter, the eight-hour documentary will have one hour on each Ultimate Edition. Sorcerer’s Stone will contain Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 1: The Magic Begins and Chamber of Secrets will have Part 2: Characters.”