Thanks as usual to Oclumencia we have a bunch of new high resolution photos from Order of the Phoenix! We see Harry, Ron, Hermione, Voldemort, David Yates, Neville and more!
Thanks to SS we know that Angelica Mandy confirmed at the London Film and Comic Con, during a talk with James & Oliver Phelps, that she would reprise her role as Gabrielle Delacour in Deathly Hallows. According to the source:
She even likened the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, the filming she will be involved with, to the Yule Ball scenes in Goblet of Fire, since it will feature ‘a lot of people’ and be ‘a lot of fun’. She also mentioned that she’s excited to return, particularly because of the similarities.
Access Hollywood was given a tour of Emma’s costume trailer last year, by Emma herself, and she shows some outfits her character Hermione wore in Half-Blood Prince and talks about fashion. View it below! (thanks SS!)
The Half-Blood Prince video game, which first debuted a few weeks ago, has topped the all-formats chart. Here are the top 5:
1. (4) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Electronic Arts)
2. (3) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision)
3. (1) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
4. (6) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. (2) Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)
Half-Blood Prince has broken a record for the best international IMAX opening, grossing $3.6 million from 62 screens. In the US the film took $429,000. On July 29th the film will open in a further 161 theaters in the States.
“Warner Bros. is thrilled with the opening weekend numbers and setting a new IMAX international record,” says Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, President of Warner Bros. Pictures International. “These results are a testament to the long and flourishing partnership we have had with IMAX, with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince marking the 19th feature title our companies have released together.”
“The worldwide excitement around this title has been incredible, and we’re so happy to be able to reach fans with another – our 4th, in fact – amazing Potter IMAX Experience,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “Warner Bros. has created an unrivaled franchise with the Potter films, and we are grateful to them as well as David Heyman, David Baron and David Yates for enthusiastically supporting The IMAX Experience.”
The LA Times has a new interview with Producer David Heyman and in the article they have a photo of Daniel and Rupert the first time they met!
“One night, looking for a break, I went to the theater with Steve Kloves, the screenwriter who has written five of the six films. There sitting behind me was this boy with these big blue eyes. It was Dan Radcliffe. I remember my first impressions: He was curious and funny and so energetic. There was real generosity too, and sweetness. But at the same time he was really voracious and with hunger for knowledge of whatever kind.” He coaxed the youngster’s parents into bringing him by for an audition. “I watched that audition tape recently — we’ll be putting it on one of the DVD releases — and I barely recognized him.”
“I know they all will have great success in whatever they choose to do,” Heyman said at his Watford office, putting away his photo collection. “Emma is astonishingly bright. She is radiant and relaxed. Dan is extremely focused on his acting, and I have the fortune too to read his poetry and short stories, and there are some major poets who have written the most glowing, supportive things about his work. And Rupert — Rupert is the most natural comedian of the bunch. I think that he is like an old person in a young person’s body. He is a wonderful eccentric, a distinct original.”
