Tons of photos and videos of Tom Felton at this past weekends FanExpo are now appearing online. All the coverage may be seen at FeltBeats but here are some video interviews from the event; there are 2 playlists and 7 videos all together; they are just different views of his Q&A session.
Tom will also be at this coming weekends DragonCon, I’ll do a roundup post for that too once it’s over.
The first female billionaire novelist, J.K. Rowling celebrated the release of the eighth and final film in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II,” 13 years after the release of the first book. But the young wizard hasn’t left her system completely; Pottermore, a new website, will be launch in October to coincide with the premiere of the Harry Potter series as e-books. Between the films, books, merchandise and amusement park at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., FORBES estimated Rowling, a married mother of three, is worth $1 billion. She’s more than a commercial force: she is credited with getting a new generation of kids reading and “Knights Of Old And Harry Potter” (Georgetown University), “Battling Against Voldemort” (Swarthmore College) and “Christian Theology and Harry Potter” (Yale Divinity School) are a sample of the courses available at U.S. colleges.
Natalia Tena, best known for portraying Tonks in the Potter films, recently starred in a film titled You Instead that was filmed at Scotland’s T in the Park music Festival. The synopsis and trailer for the film may be seen below courtesy of Icon Film Distribution.
Shot guerrilla-style, over five days during T in the Park in the summer of 2010, YOU INSTEAD is a free-wheeling rock’n’roll love story set against the raucous magnificence and unforgettable sounds of Scotland’s leading music festival.
The film features a charismatic performance from Luke Treadaway as strutting indie star Adam. Arriving at T in the Park for his gig, Adam is handcuffed to punky girl-band leader Morello. Initial frustration gives away to grudging acceptance and then the stirring of genuine feelings over the next 24 hours of the festival.
The film will be released on September 16th but Icon Film Distribution will be holding a launch event on September 13th in London. Here’s where the fun comes in! The studio have offered up 2 tickets for a Magical-Menagerie reader in the UK, who is 18 or older, to win! You will be able to attend an exclusive screening of the film and a VIP after-party. For full details on how to enter visit this page!
Freddie Stroma (Cormac McLaggen) recently spoke to CelebBuzz about the end of the Potter series as well as his upcoming film A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song [more info on that film may be read in this post].
Walk us through your last day of shooting for Harry Potter. Mine wasn’t too bad. I think for those guys–Dan, Emma, and Rupert–they started when they were nine or ten so it had formed their entire life. I wasn’t there when they had their final wrap day so I didn’t get to see that—probably for the best though because I’d be very emotional! It was okay but it was sad. I’ve spent definitely a long time with that lot and they’re such beautiful people.
Not a lot of people know this but you actually hold a degree in neuroscience. I managed to get an agent just as I was starting university so I was juggling doing neuroscience and running off and filming. Personally, it’s the best degree to study because the human brain is just fascinating.
You’re currently in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song. Tell us a little bit about the project and what drew you to it. It’s modern telling of Cinderella. I guess it’s a comedy, which is definitely something that draws me to a project. Also, I was able to sing in it as well which was kind of fun. It was my first time going into the studio, recording a song, and having my own song—which is very cool.
The Pottermore Insider blog has been updated once again with another status update for Welcome Emails. They have answered some Frequently Asked Questions about Beta Testing, some answers may be seen below, the rest are available on the website.
‘Dear Pottermore. I’m taking the time to write this to remind you that I am not a squib. I want my letter now, please.’ We know that you’re all checking your inboxes every time we send an update announcing that Welcome emails have gone out. As you’ll remember from our previous Insider post, we need to start the Beta with a very small number of people in order to properly test Pottermore and collect feedback. We know that waiting can be frustrating but the good news is that, as the Beta progresses, we’ll be increasing the number of emails we send out at any one time.
‘… Will you at least put up a schedule to let us know when the next batch of Welcome mails come out for us still waiting?’Beta phases are fluid and it’s important to watch and see how a site reacts to increasing amounts of users and activity. Every time more people are added to Pottermore, we take a pause and look at how the site is responding to see if everything is working as we expect it to and whether we need to make changes before we let more people into Pottermore. We are planning on giving more people early access over the next week or so and then we will pause sending Welcome emails for a while so that we can see how things are going.
Unfortunately, we can’t create a schedule to share, as we need to respond to what we learn with each group of new users. That’s also why there are gaps between the batches of Welcome emails; it all depends on what we’re learning from those who are currently on the site.
‘… Is it only when you send a batch out that we have the potential to receive an email? Or are there always emails being sent out?’ We always announce on the Insider and @Pottermore when Welcome emails are sent out, but sometimes these can take a while to arrive in your inbox, so you might get yours after the announced time. It’s always best to wait for your email to arrive before you try to log in.
‘… I’ve been hearing this rumour that if you haven’t received your welcome letter yet and someone who has adds you as a friend on Pottermore, you may get in faster. Is there any evidence that this is true?’We aren’t quite sure where this rumour started but, no, it isn’t true.
Once again I am going to take the time to say that I will not be posting any Pottermore spoilers on the site because even I myself haven’t gained access and I know I would hate to find out what is on the site before I am able to see it myself. It is also against the Terms and Conditions to post screenshots or information from the site; BUT if anything is sent to us directly by Pottermore I will post it.
The Summer 2011 issue of Studio CinéLive contained a HUGE feature on the Harry Potter series. The issue also included some new behind the scenes shots from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. The issue has a section for each film, as well as additional articles on Emma, Dan, The Theme Park, Alexandre Desplat (the composer for the last 2 soundtracks) and more! You can see the photos in the gallery!
[There is actually a pdf download of the issue available, I won’t post the link, but you can find it with google]
Thanks to SS for the initial tip, the cover of the issue as well as an additional photo were found by me.
