Sky News is reporting that Mattel has created a special JK Rowling Barbie doll and they have a photo of the doll. Sadly it will not be created for mass distribution to the public.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling, tennis champion Kim Clijsters and Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria have all been given the ultimate plastic accolade: being turned into a Barbie doll.
The JK Rowling doll, meanwhile, is dressed in the black wool suit and hot pink top combination she wore at the 2009 Monsters and Critics Award Banquet.
The three one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls, which will not go on general sale, are being showcased in Mattel’s showroom at the world’s largest toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany.
Exhibitors from around the world are meeting to show off the trends that will fill this year’s Christmas stockings.
Thanks very much to WB for sending over a press release about Deathly Hallows in 3D. Read the full press release here and a snippet below:
Fellman continued, “We are confident in the constantly evolving 3D technology, and the results for ‘Clash of the Titans’ will be presented onscreen with the highest-quality images available today. Based on our track record, we know that audiences are embracing the RealD and IMAX experiences, and we see many opportunities on our film slate to provide moviegoers with these great options at the multiplex.”
Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Picture Group, said, “We’re excited about 3D and look forward to bringing a rich, involving visual experience to audiences around the world.”
Additional titles on Warner Bros. Pictures’ 2010 film slate that will be released in 3D (in addition to 2D) include “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” (July), “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” (September) and “Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, Part 1” (November).
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Warner Brothers has confirmed its plans to make Deathly Hallows, Part 1 and 2 into 3D films and the HarryPotterFilm Twitter account has also confirmed the news!
“We are experienced and have been successful in the conversion of 2D to 3D going back to such hits as ‘The Polar Express,’ select scenes in ‘Superman Returns’ and the last two Harry Potter films,” Warners domestic distribution boss Dan Fellman said.
The next “Potter” pic — “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1” — is set to unspool Nov. 19. “Part 2,” set for July 15, 2011, also will be released in 3D, though Warners hasn’t yet acknowledged the latter move.
Last week I posted about a trailer for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter that would be aired during Super Bowl XVIV. It was released early and you can watch it below:
The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been released and Half-Blood Prince has received a nomination! It is up for the Cinematography award against:
France’s One magazine released a new interview with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows set. Here are a few segments of the interview, when there is a large enough scan online I will upload it to the gallery!
Emma Watson To kiss Rupert in front of cameras will stay the strangest experience for me, since I’ve played in Harry Potter. Him and I was frightened about this scene, and would like to do it quickly. But the hardest is coming … I have to kiss Dan ! It’s a scene where Ron imagine a kiss between Harry and Hermione.”
“We haven’t filmed the epilogue yet, in which we can see the future of Harry, Ron and Hermione 19 years later. At the beginning, producers would like to replace us, but they finally kept us. We will look like 40 years old persons. I’m very impatient to see that !”
Daniel Radcliffe “In the Deathly Hallows, you’ll see Harry as you never saw him before ! For example, I shot a scene where i’m entirely naked. When I read the script, I thought that I would carry underwears but no ! I’ve already done it for Equus so it wasn’t so difficult. I’m wondering how people will react, even if any things will be hidden in the screen !”
“Recently, we’ve finished a scene in which I had difficulties. It’s the 7 Potter’s scene ! We had to shoot a take where I was a different Harry instead of the other actors. It was fun, but very hard, because sometimes, I forgot who I had to be … That made me crazy !”
Rupert Grint “We shot a lot of physical scenes. For Daniel, filming was very complicated. But he never complained … When he became sick because of filming conditions, he was ok and he never complained …”
