While James and Oliver Phelps were attending the opening of Harry Potter: The Exhibition in Singapore they talked about their favorite films and series.  The twins also have some new roles coming up where they are not playing twins! James plays Morris Talliver, a young stand-up comedian in a short British drama “The Turn,” which will air soon and Ward 3, a horror film. Oliver will play Alfred Jarry (a French writer) in the Pablo Picasso biopic “Latin Quarter.” The full interview may be read here.

Which Harry Potter film do you like the most?
Oliver: “[Harry Potter and the] Goblet of Fire” is probably the one that will always stand out in my mind. But the most challenging scene is probably when I got my ear blown in the seventh film.

James: I don’t know about the most challenging, but the most fun we had was when we had the jokes shop [in “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”].

Are there any props that you would have liked to keep?
Oliver: I always wanted to keep the golden egg. When nobody is looking, I might take it. Borrow it, borrow it!

James: I would like to have Nagini [Voldemort’s serpent, which is on display for the first time in Singapore].

Evanna Lynch and Gary Oldman have joined Dominic Monaghan and Joanne Whalley in Monster Butler, a crime thriller that will be shooting in Scotland starting this week.  The film tells the true story of Roy Fontaine, a bisexual jewel thief, con man AND serial killer.   According to The Hollywood Reporter:

Evanna will be playing Fiona Carrick-Smith, who is intrigued by her upper class family’s new and seemingly all-knowing butler. Seeing him as an older, wiser confidant, she confesses her misgivings for her upcoming marriage and her longing for dangerous excitement. She soon acts on her desires with acts of reckless behaviour that lead to betrayal and tragedy.

Gary Oldman will be Wiggy, “a taxidermist with anger issues and business on the side who partners with Fontaine on a number of crimes before things get heavy.”

The Pottermore Insider blog has been updated letting fans know the status of the Chamber of Secrets.  The update is as follows:

Last week, we recorded audio for the Chamber of Secrets Moments. We’re really pleased with how things went and are now editing the sounds. As well as finishing off Chapter Three, The Burrow, we’re currently tweaking the artwork for Chapter Sixteen, The Chamber of Secrets.

Today the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection website has revealed a blueprint of Hogwarts Castle along with an interview with Art Director Gary Tomkins. To reveal the Blueprint go to the website and learn the wand gesture. A few snippets from Gary’s interview may be read below:

What was your specific role in the Harry Potter art department?
As well as working on lots of the full-sized sets on all eight Potter films, I looked after the model unit requirements, transforming Stuart Craig’s ideas and sketches into architectural working drawings (blueprints), and supervising the construction of not only the Hogwarts castle model, but Hogsmeade village, the Weasley house, Privet Drive and others.

Over the years, what were some of your favorite designs, and why?
Apart from Hogwarts castle itself, which has become quite an iconic building, my favourite miniature has to be Hogsmeade village which, although being seen only fleetingly in the films, had an incredible amount of detail, including fully dressed shop windows, working lights, and even tiny footprints in the (false) snow!

What is the purpose of blueprints for production? How many blueprints are produced for a film?
The reason architectural working drawings, or blueprints, are produced on a film is to allow the carpenters, plasterers and model-makers to make the sets and miniatures exactly as the designer intended. All the views of a set or miniature are drawn and dimensioned along with dozens of details of doors, windows, and whatever else is required to convey the ideas of the art department. During the course of all eight Potter films, over 10 years, 8395 working drawings were produced for the sets and miniatures!

Were there any challenges in the creation of the Hogwarts castle blueprints?
The main challenges were the changes that were made from one film to the next. Because of changing requirements in each new script, and the fact that not all of the books had been written when we initially built Hogwarts, we had to introduce new elements, such as the prison tower, Owlery, astronomy tower, viaduct and courtyards as they were required by the story. Integrating these into an existing and well-known building like Hogwarts without destroying its overall look was quite a challenge.

Today Sony have announced their plans to release a new game, Wonderbook: Book of Spells, which they have created in collaboration with J.K. Rowling. Hypable, who are at the E3 conference, report that the game has new information from Rowling including the history of spells. and that players can “visually see how ancient wizards discovered the spell.” They also say that there is brand new information in the game, they call it Encyclopedia-like.

J.K. Rowling says

Wonderbook: Book of Spells is the closest a Muggle can come to a real spellbook. I’ve loved working with Sony’s creative team to bring my spells, and some of the history behind them to life. This is an extraordinary device that offers a reading experience like no other. We’ll have more to share before it’s launch this Holiday.

A trailer for the game may be seen below thanks to TDADC and you can watch the keynote speech at this link.

The 2012 MTV Movie Awards are being held tonight and Harry Potter is up for 7 awards.  We will be updating this post throughout the night to let you know whether or not the series and actors have won in their categories.  They are up for the following:

• Movie of the Year
• Daniel Radcliffe – Best Male Performance
• Emma Watson – Best Female Performance
• Best Cast – WINNER
• Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes – Best Fight
• Rupert Grint and Emma Watson – Best Kiss
• Harry Potter – Best Hero – WINNER

Tune into the show on MTV at 9pm ET!

You can also watch the Perks of Being a Wallflower trailer that Emma presented at the pre-show on the MTV website.

Results (winners in bold):

Best Male Performance
» Daniel Radcliffe, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» Ryan Gosling, “Drive”
» Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “50/50″
» Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games”
» Channing Tatum, “The Vow”

Best Female Performance
»Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games”
» Kristin Wiig, “Bridesmaids”
» Emma Stone, “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
» Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2?
» Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

Best Kiss
» Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
» Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2?
» Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games”
» Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, “The Vow”
» Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″

Best Fight
» Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2?
» Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, “The Hunger Games”
» Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill vs. Kid Gang, “21 Jump Street”
» Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton, “Warrior”
» Tom Cruise vs. Michelle Nyqvist, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”

Best Cast
» “Bridesmaids”
» “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part “
» “The Hunger Games”
» “21 Jump Street”
» “The Help”

Movie of the Year
» “Bridesmaids”
» “The Hunger Games”
» “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2?
» “The Help”
» “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1?

Best Hero Twitter Voting
» Harry Potter
» Katniss Evergreen
» Captain America
» Thor
» Jenko