ABC Family is having yet another Harry Potter weekend this week! The marathon starts Thursday, May 17th with “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and goes through Sunday, May 20th with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” The lineup is as follows (check your local listings to be sure of times)
Thursday, May 17th
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
Friday, May 18th
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
Saturday, March 19th 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
11:00 PM – 2:00 AM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
Sunday, May 20th
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
8:30 PM – 12:00 AM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
Don’t forget, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II is also airing on HBO right now, it is also available On Demand and on HBO GO, for more details read this post.
HMV is running an online poll to find the best British album and film from the last 60 years to celebrate the Jubilee and the Olympic summer with Harry Potter obviously being among the movies! To be more specific, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II made the cut! To vote visit their Facebook page, you can also write in your own candidate (like any of the other 6 Potter films!)!
hmv is proud to be associated with the Music is GREAT campaign, which, in this very special year for Great Britain, celebrates everything that’s wonderful about British music and the fantastic contribution that it makes to our rich and diverse culture and to our nation’s standing around the world. By way of showing our support, and to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we invite the public to vote for their greatest British albums and films of the past 60 years.
We’ve already polled everyone at hmv, and have come up with a longlist of classic albums and can’t-miss films. We know it’s hard to pick just one, so you can vote for up to five albums and films, and also vote for your favourite if it didn’t make the longlist.
As a big thank you to everyone taking part, we’re also giving one lucky person from the UK the chance to win all sixty films and albums on the list.
Some other films in the running are The King’s Speech, Love Actually, Atonement, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Goldfinger, Notting Hill and many more!
The Harry Potter Wizards Collection website has released another new feature today. To unlock the feature fans must use their wands to make a special gesture (once on the website, click wand gestures and scroll to number 7). This gesture displays a clip from one of the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban discs, featuring goblins. They have released new information on what will be included in the collection, which is as follows:
Year 3 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™
Four discs include:
1) Theatrical version on Blu-ray
2) Theatrical version on DVD
3) Special Features on DVD
4) Creating the World of Harry Potter – Part 3: Creatures on Blu-ray
Rating: PG: SOME SCARY MOMENTS, CREATURE VIOLENCE, AND MILD LANGUAGE
Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 3: Creatures
Soar on the back of Buckbeak. Battle a Hungarian Horntail. Trace Voldemort’s terrifying transformation from grotesque infant-like creature to Dark Lord. Fascinating footage lets you experience the Harry Potter world of creatures through new eyes with this revealing look at a new group of wizards: the artists who create the monsters and marvels. Roam the Creature Shop, where actors turn into beasts and sketches turn into animatronic wonders. Join Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as they share stories about acting opposite everything from tiny computer-generated pixies to a four-ton mechanical spider (guess which young star is really afraid of spiders). New discoveries and new revelations all make your journeys into Harry’s world even more thrilling!
The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection DVD Set website has released a brand new clip from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. You can watch the clip below:
Fans can also reveal the Harry Potter Catalouge of Artefacts book as well as an interview with graphic designer Lauren Wakefield by using their wand to make an “N” shape on the screen of the website. Some snippets are below:
What was your specific role in the Harry Potter art department?
As Assistant Graphic Designer, it was my job to help Mira and Eduardo with a huge variety of tasks. This could be anything from aging a stack of Daily Prophets to designing a series of intricate labels for Dumbledore’s memory vials, or rushing a particular graphic prop down to the set. The Art Department, as a whole, was a very inspiring environment in which to be immersed and it was a great privilege to work alongside such talented and creative people.
Over the years, what were some of your favorite designs and why?
The Weasley shop was an unbelievable visual feast for the eyes. It was so much fun to be part of the graphics team, designing the hundreds of products that lined the three stories of shelves and stands. For me, however, the beautifully finished book, “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” is a particular favourite. With its fully illustrated pages and cloth binding, it reflects the immense amount of detail that went into creating so many of the props.
Warner Bros. have sent over two photos, a trailer and clip (which we saw previously on Yahoo) for the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection! The spectacular limited-edition collectible box set is available for pre-order now at the Wizard’s Collection Website. The most comprehensive Harry Potter movie collection yet, the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection, featuring all eight films, exclusive never-before-seen content and must-have memorabilia, will be available on 10th September from Warner Home Video.
They have also sent over some new information about the special features:
Special Features for Hours of Entertainment
Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection Bonus Disc
Nearly 4 hours of features including:
All New! “The Harry Potters You Never Met” – watch how thrilling stunts from the films were performed, and learn about the tricks behind the major stunts in the series
Exclusive memorabilia including a Map of Hogwarts, concept art prints, catalogs of props and posters, all designed by the graphic designers from the films will be revealed in detail on www.harrypotter.com.
The new Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection DVD/BluRay set now has it’s own website with a countdown (with a widget you can download), an area to pre-order and more!! I posted earlier today that iw as available on the 10th of September but the website says September 7th. They also have other fun content:
Use wand gestures to reveal new exciting features of the collection weekly
Sign up and be the first to receive wand patterns and updates
Pre-order the Wizard’s Collection and hang your picture in the portrait gallery with pride (coming soon)
New Limited And Numbered Collection Is Largest Ever for Warner Bros.
31-Disc Collection Features All Previously Released Content Plus 5 Hours of Never-Before-Seen Exclusive Material
Boasts All Eight Movies in Blu-ray™ and DVD
All Disc Versions Feature UltraViolet™ Digital Copy
Presented in Gorgeous Giftbox Packaging with Eight Must-Have Pieces of Collectible Movie Memorabilia That Can’t be Found Anywhere Else
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