The Leaky Cauldron have found an iTunes podcast of an exclusive clip from Half-Blood Prince showing Harry and Dumbledore entering the cave. It is introduced by the Trio and can be downloaded via this link.
Advance Publishers, a leading children’s publishing house with licensing rights from Warner Bros. Consumer Products has announced that it will be releasing a set of 7 collectible Harry Potter postcard sets with figurines.
These highly collectible sets are based on some of the most popular characters from the series: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Lord Voldemort and Dobby. Each numbered set (1 through 7) of 15 postcards with photographs featuring the character from the Harry Potter movies comes with its own figurine.
The collectible sets are available beginning July 1 in select super markets including Publix Super Markets, BI-LO, Hy-Vee, Meijer, Strack & Van Til, Giant Food, Scolari’s Food and Drug Company and Big Y Foods. Find them on display in high impact Harry Potter floor displays holding 48 units per store.
Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe are both scheduled to appear on NBC’s “The Today Show” to promote Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The show will air live on Friday July 10th at 7 am EST.
Someone has typed up Daniel Radcliffe’s interview in Tu magazine, you can see the scans here at TrioNetwork. Here are some segments:
What is your favorite thing about this new movie?
Wow, so many things! It’s great, it’s been definitely a great experience. Acting with Michael Gambon, who plays Dumbledore. Even though I had worked with him in the previous movies, this time around we were working together the first four months of filming. Definitely our relationship grew stronger, onscreen and off screen.
Do you have any fun anecdotes from the set?
Michael Gambon is one of the most respected actors of his generation, but he’s one of the least serious actors (laughs). It seems that he’s never focused, he’s chatting with everyone all the time, joking around, teasing people, eating. But when they say “action!”, he transforms himself completely into this character, just in the same tone of voice in which he left the character the last time. While the rest of us need a few moments to connect with the character, he doesn’t need anything, he’s a genius.
You’re 19 years old. How do you handle your daily life after becoming so famous?
If you mean going to a pub, or on a date or to the movies I must confess that at times is complicated because people recognize me. And there’s paparazzi, who can be very intimidating and aggressive. I’m not one of those guys who likes to go clubbing, I hate crowds and I hate electronic music. When I’m not working I go out with my friends, I like to read because I’m an insomniac, I watch TV and I try to have fun.
Warner Bros has sent SS an exclusive look at potions making in the Half-Blood Prince video game and it is hosted by Tom Felton. According to them, “In it, instructions on making potions in the game are given by Professor Slughorn, and through new interviews with Dan Radcliffe, Bonnie Wright, Emma Watson, and Jessie Cave the significance of potions in the sixth game and film is revealed.”
