There are some additional details on the Half-Blood Prince BluRay including some fun news about the special features!
WB Maximum Movie Mode with director David Yates, producers David Heyman and David Barron, and cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Tom Felton, including Focus Points, picture-in-picture and image galleries (BD exclusive)
Additional scenes (6’31”)
Close-Up with the Cast and Crew of Harry Potter: hosts Matthew Lewis (“Neville Longbottom”) and Alfred Enoch (“Dean Thomas”) lead us on an entertaining look at the cast of Harry Potter as they explore their interests away from acting and spend a day on set with the production team (28’30”)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life: a fascinating and intimate look into the life of J.K. Rowling over the last year of writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (49’32”)
One-minute Drills: the cast has 60 seconds to describe their character’s personality, history, relationships and other traits before time runs out (6’43”)
What’s on Your Mind: hosted by Tom Felton, the cast is put on the spot when asked a series of rapid-fire questions on their likes and dislikes. (6’41”)
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WB has announced that the Half-Blood Prince DVD will be released on December 7th in the UK. More information (like covers for the dvds) should be released today so stay tuned!
UPDATE: Amazon.co.uk has another edition of the dvd out now! “Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince – Limited Death Eater Mask Edition (Amazon.co.uk Exclusive)” You can preorder it for £17.99 here!
More information has been revealed about the Ultimate Collector’s editions of Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets.
The new Ultimate Editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, priced at $39.92 on DVD and $49.99 on Blu-ray, will each include five hours of special features, theatrical and extended versions of the film, a 48-page photo book and other collectibles.
MovieWeb has released the details of what is on the dvds, click the previous link to see it all but here are some interesting ones:
Sorcerer’s Stone:
Disc 3
– Interview – Capturing the Stone: A Conversation with the Filmmakers – Director Chris Columbus, Producer David Heyman, Screenwriter
Steve Kloves and Production Designer Stuart Craig talk about casting and bringing the novel to life.
Disc 4:
– Introduction by Daniel Radcliffe – An introduction to the many special features for the Harry Potter films [NEW]
– Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins – Discover the story of how one vision for the Harry Potter films came together out of limitless possibilities to create the visual world we have come to know and love. [NEW]
– A Glimpse Into the World of Harry Potter 2001 International TV Special
Chamber of Secrets:
DISC 3:
– A Conversation with J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves – The author and screenwriter detail how the books are brought to life, and the changes that happen in the process.
DISC 4:
– Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters – Explore how the cast and creative team of directors and designers take the characters’ descriptions on the page to the actors’ performances on film. [NEW]
– Screen Tests of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson [NEW]
– Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Revealed – 2002 HBO First Look special
The Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets Collectors DVDs will be released on December 8th along with the HBP DVD. Video Business is reporting the following:
“Ultimate Editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, priced at $39.92 on DVD and $49.99 on Blu-ray, will each include five hours of special features, theatrical and extended versions of the film, a 48-page photo book and other collectibles. Among the special features will be screen tests, new featurettes with the cast and filmmakers and the first two one-hour installments of a new comprehensive documentary about the making of the movie franchise. Called Creating the World of Harry Potter, the eight-hour documentary will have one hour on each Ultimate Edition. Sorcerer’s Stone will contain Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 1: The Magic Begins and Chamber of Secrets will have Part 2: Characters.”
