Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 & 2 as well as many of it’s stars have been nominated for National Movie Awards. You can vote for your favorites Here until April 18th with the awards ceremony to be held in May. The nominations are as follows:
Best FANTASY FILM
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
• Gulliver’s Travels
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• TRON: Legacy
Must See Movie of the Summer
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Cars 2
• Cowboys & Aliens
• Green Lantern
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• The Hangover Part II
• The Smurfs
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• X-Men First Class
One To Watch: Brits Going Global
• Jamie Campbell Bower
• Riz Ahmed
• Henry Cavill
• Luke Evans
• Andrew Garfield
• Tom Hardy
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
• Felicity Jones
• Alex Pettyfer
• Sam Riley
• Andrea Riseborough
• Ed Westwick
Performance of the Year
• Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter
• Rupert Grint – Harry Potter
• Emma Watson – Harry Potter
• James Franco – 127 Hours
• Zach Galifianakis – Due Date
• Jack Black – Gulliver’s Travels
• Jennifer Aniston – Just Go With It
• Ben Stiller – Little Fockers
• Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia
• Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia
• Nick Frost – Paul
• Simon Pegg – Paul
• Natalie Portman – Black Swan
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
• Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
• Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• Jeff Bridges – TRON/True Grit
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Collider were able to interview Harry Potter producers David Heyman and David Barron at CinemaCon. The Davids spoke about the length of the final film, 3D and more.
Do you guys ever envision a 3D conversion of the earlier films and also the theatrical re-release of them in 3D?
Heyman: We haven’t’ talked about it but I won’t be surprised if that happens. I don’t know about theatrical but I suspect in 3D that will go on.
What’s the running time of the final film?
Barron: It will be one of the shortest films.
Heyman: It will be the shortest film.
So what does that mean?
Heyman: We don’t know yet, because we’re still editing.
Barron: It’s not a short film, but it will be shorter than the others.
When I spoke to you guys last time, you mentioned that the last film was much more of an action film. Is that still the case?
Heyman: It’s not non-stop action, but it’s a lot of action. But, one the the things that makes Harry Potter so special is it’s not just action, not just magic, it’s characters, humanity and truth.
Barron: And a strong emotional core.
Heyman: And that’s what this film has: a real strong emotional center. So yeah there’s a lot of action, and it’s a really thrilling ride, and it ends with the final confrontation with Voldemort with Harry, but most importantly it’s a film that moves you and it makes you really involved and invested in the characters.
They also posted a description of the Part 2 footage that was shown.
The last bit of footage was from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Producers David Heyman and David Barron took the stage and showed us about 4 minutes of footage. Cutting from what seemed like an extended trailer to random bits from the movie, the stuff they showed today was epic. Since I don’t want to spoil anything for those that haven’t read the books, I’ll just say they showed us some MAJOR stuff from the last 20 minutes of the movie. Besides key moments from the end of the movie, they showed us the escape from Gringots, looking for stuff in the forest, major chase scenes, and a key moment with Harry and some people that Voldermort has killed off. Fans of the books, you know what I’m talking about…
As someone that has read the books more than once, the stuff they showed looked like I’d always imagined it and I absolutely think they’ve hit a massive home run. Fans are going to love the final installment and I think it could be the best film of The franchise
WaterTower Music have updated their website with the release date for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II soundtrack. The soundtrack was composed by by Alexandre Desplat, who also did the score for Part 1. The current release date is Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
Another new deleted scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 has been released. This clip shows Death Eater Yaxley searching the deserted Granger house. The clip can be watched below.
WB have emailed this morning to let us know that fans in the London area will be able to meet some Potter stars at HMV Oxford St. You can read the full press release here, but the important information is below.
Starting at 4pm on April 10th, Warwick Davis, Matthe Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Natalia Tena will be meeting with fans To sign their copies of the Deathly Hallows Part 1 BluRay (which fans must purchase at the store).
Please note: Due to time constraints access to the queue at HMV Oxford St will be strictly limited. Wristbands will be issued from 10am on the day of the event from the store on a first come first served basis, no reservations, one wristband per person only.
Adelaide Now has a new interview with Tom Felton where he talks about Twitter, Harry Potter, Rise of the Apes and more!
The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 opens July 14. What is in store for Draco?
There is a bit of redemption – I don’t think the crowd will be cheering him on, but he and Harry come to each other’s aid on more than one occasion.
Was Draco in it enough to keep you satisfied?
It’s a tough one, because it was 140 central cast members in this last film, so even if you get half a page of dialogue, consider yourself lucky! But there’s a lot more physical stuff for Draco to do with the big, final battle coming up – he has quite a role in that and that was a lot different for me.
