There is a new interview on MTV with Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell.

But even given a chance, there’s nothing Newell would want to change anyway � or add. Not S.P.E.W., not Dobby, not Rita Skeeter’s capture or Dumbledore’s “gleam of triumph.” Nothing.

“There was something in the book that was absolutely glorious and would produce this great driven vehicle which would really hum along. It was a God given thriller. It’s like ‘North by Northwest.’ That’s how the strong story in ‘Goblet’ worked,” Newell said. “I thought that was a colossal way of structuring the story, and would work really well. You would dilute that if you went into all the subplots.”

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Guillermo Del Toro, the director of Hellboy, has recently discussed the possibility of directing a Harry Potter film. 

“I’ve read them all, and when I read the books before the movies were done, I always pictured Charles Dickens – they were very Dickens-ian. The situation of Harry Potter reminded me a lot of Pip from ‘Great Expectations’. I saw them as deeper, more creaky, more corroded; then [the stories] were textured very differently when the first two movies came out. They were so bright and happy and full of light, that I wasn’t interested.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has passed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in domestic box office sales! It has made $290,189,393 while Goblet made $290,013,036.

As for worldwide sales, it has made $933.88 million, however, Sorcerer’s Stone is still ahead with $976,475,550 million.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have been reviewed in the New York Review of Books!

In a world that is changing too rapidly even for many children to keep up with, the Harry Potter books can also be enjoyed as the celebration of a largely pre-industrial society. Hogwarts School is in a castle lit by torches and oil lamps and heated by fires; mail is carried by owls, and at the Ministry of Magic memos fly about as paper airplanes. There are no computers, phones, or radios, though a Knight Bus makes an occasional and often disastrous appearance. Magic takes the place of most modern inventions, and many of the people who employ it with skill are children and adolescents.

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Warner Bros.just announced another HUGE milestone for the Harry Potter films! They are now the “Top-grossing film franchise worldwide. Ever.”

According to numbers-crunchers at the studio, the first five installments in the wizarding film series have amassed more than $4.47 billion worldwide, passing the worldwide B.O. for all previous 22 James Bond films and the six “Star Wars” movies.

Bond, which dates back to 1962, has generated $4.44 billion worldwide and the “Star Wars” pics have pulled down $4.23 billion since the first release in 1977. None of the tallies account for inflation or rising ticket prices.

And since there are 2 movies still to come it will get even higher! Congrats HP!

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Along with the normal OotP DVD, which comes out on Dec. 11th, a Limited Edition Giftset will be released:

Also set for release the same day is the Harry Potter Limited Edition Giftset which includes Harry Potters Years 1-5, a Harry Potter DVD game Hogwarts Challenge, along with a bonus disc containing over 2 hours of enhanced content, an exclusive “Harry Potter’s Bookmark Collection”, and collectible trading cards. Retail is $119.97 SRP.

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Thanks Leaky!