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Update: Dan Not to Star as US Marine in New Film

Posted by Dijares On February - 26 - 2010

/Film are reporting that Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) will take on a new film called The Lucky Ones. Lily Rabe is reportedly his co-star. The film, which is directed by Doug McGrath and adapted from the novel by Nicholas Sparks, is about a US Marine named Logan Thibault. Thibault finds a photo of a woman while stationed in Iraq and feels the photo brings him good luck. When he returns to the US he tracks down the woman (named Elizabeth) who turns out to be a divorced mother.

The report from /Film came about when Christine Vachon updated her Twitter account last night stating she was heading to a Doug McGrath script reading that starred Dan Radcliffe. After the reading, she twittered again, stating that Dan and Lily Rabe were amazing together.

Filming is expected to start in May.

UPDATE: MTV, who acknowledged that this story was very likely, was able to dig around and find more information. They stated that, in fact, Dan and Lily had attended a reading together, but not for The Lucky Ones. Instead, the reading was for a film that has yet to have any financial backing. Their unnamed source stated that the name of the film is Nothing Else Like it on Earth.

Apparently none of the actors have been confirmed yet due to film being in an early state of production. Daniel and Lily were just doing the readings, and no casting decisions have been made. However, the little information that is known about the project is that it is about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and that Sigourney Weaver and Nathan Lane also read for parts.

“But if they cast the line-up that was at the reading yesterday it will be quite the cast,” our insider shared. “Lily Rabe played the role opposite [Daniel]. She did a pretty incredible job.”

Read their article here.

Dan Radcliffe

People Tree’s Love From Emma In Teen Vogue

Posted by Lilysowl On February - 26 - 2010

We previously reported that Emma Watson’s official site noted Teen Vogue listed the Harry Potter star’s “Love From Emma” fashion line for People Tree in the number one spot for the Top Ten Spring Fashion List. The magazine posted the list on their website which included the following quotes from Watson:

“Girls I’ve spoken with are as conscientious as ever, yet there’s so little ethical clothing out there for people my age,” she explains. . .

”In a way, I did it for me because I couldn’t find what I wanted in stores,” says Emma. “This collection reflects my casual side, the stuff I’d wear to class,” she adds of the striped T-shirt dresses and soft gray blazers, spun from organic cotton—as in, grown without toxic chemicals. “The cuts are sexier than most sustainable brands. I’m a perfectionist, so I couldn’t sleep if something wasn’t exactly the way I wanted.”…

”I made sure everything felt good. Organic clothes can be scratchy, but ours feel heavenly!”

People Tree uses fashion to fight poverty by following the British Fair Trade principles created by WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization). People Tree works closely with 50 Fair Trade groups in 15 countries. This benefits people and the planet at as many steps of the production process as possible i.e. growing cotton, weaving, dyeing, embroidery, stitching, etc. It has contributed to helping alleviate poverty in the world’s most marginalised communities.

Now, I mentioned in our previous report that I had my eye on a scarf in the “Love From Emma” collection. Since I happened to live in the States, I emailed People Tree to inquire if the scarf could be mine. Today, I received a reply from their Mail Order Department:

“From this weekend we will be able to take orders on the web and ship to the US so please do log on to the site.”

So watch out, US Emma Watson fans, that scarf is mine! Lolol!

Source: The Daily Snitcher

Emma Watson

Video: AP Live Interview With Dan Radcliffe Today

Posted by Lilysowl On February - 26 - 2010

Dan Radcliffe Today, AP Live will interview Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter). Then, the interview will be broadcast Livestream at 3:00pm EST.

We will keep you updated with any further information.

UPDATE: The interview will be broadcast at 3:30pm. Sorry for the misinformation.

Video of Dan’s interview is now online. He spoke about his involvement with The Trevor Project, which we previously told you about.

Watch live streaming video from aplive at livestream.com

Thanks to The Daily Snitcher

Dan Radcliffe

Update: Video: Jason Isaacs Talks Potter

Posted by Dijares On February - 26 - 2010

Jason Isaacs, who portrays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, recently spoke with CNN, answering some fans’ questions. He was asked whether he likes playing a bad guy, and he prefers good writing over bad writing (and not necessarily the bad guy role). He also stated he had auditioned for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart and that his favorite part of doing Potter is off camera and getting to spend time with what he called ‘British Acting Royalty.’ He says he’s a huge Potter fan. He was also asked if he were Lucius Malfoy for a day what he’d do. He said if he were Lucius, he’d probably kill Muggles all day since that’s what Lucius dreams of. He also reminded fans that he’ll be in Green Zone with Matt Damon which will be in theatres on March 12. See this hilarious interview below:

UPDATE: In another interview, this time with ComingSoon.net, Jason spoke more of some of the characters who will be in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, how the stories are roller coaster ride, and how he feels about the end.

“They made the last book into two films, and it was a fantastic experience because everyone who is left alive is back… and even some of the dead people,” he said with a sly smile. “There is one long sequence where everyone who is left standing is there when the forces of good meet the forces of evil.”

“I think over the years that they’ve been adapting these incredibly popular and successful books, they’ve increasingly become more and more confident in their ability to make great cinema experiences out of it and where they need to change the book or the central thrust of the story, they do it now with real aplomb and with Jo Rowling’s blessing,” he continued. “Everybody is very savvy to the notion that this is a much-loved franchise and this will be the end of an eighth film, and it needs to have weight and substance and you need to feel drained by the end of it. It’s a ten-year roller coaster ride, not a two-hour roller coaster ride, and we all know it and we all felt it, and it was in the air while we were shooting it.”

“This franchise goes out in an epic way,” he concluded. “I think the end of the films will be a fantastically cinematic and visual feast and it will more than satisfy the readers of the books, but what you won’t get is the book on screen. You will get something more and different.”

“It’s very sad for me,” he admitted when asked about how he felt about the movies coming to an end. “I’m a particularly sentimental fool anyway so I was already nostalgic for the history of Harry Potter while I was still making it, and I knew the end was coming. I was always cognizant of the fact I was going to have to pack up my furry friend of a wig and stick it in a box and say goodbye to the cane and any magic powers. All the joy was tinged with sadness for me.”

Read the entire article here.

Jason Isaacs

New Photos of Swinley Forest DH Set

Posted by Dijares On February - 25 - 2010

Some new photos from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Swinley Forest film set are now online. The photos are from a SnitchSeeker visitor. They show some buildings and some bright green material that is usually used for special effects. You can see them in our gallery beginning here.

The person also got to ask some of the security people some questions. Here’s what they had to say:

Firstly he said the reason for the security is that if a person or even just a torch or camera flash gets in a shot it can ruin a whole take. [He] told me they were having 150 extras on set that night, which explained the many mini-buses we saw going through the forest, and the huge catering marquee at the WB base. He said no main cast were due in that night although I noticed on Matt Lewis’s twitter that he was “rockin in from work at 4am”.

They were filming chase scenes with freerunners - the Snatchers? (he called them Catchers) - running down a slope (i think there’s a picture of the slope) towards a crowd of extras, I heard lots of shouting (”Go, go, go!” that kind of thing) which sounded like they were rehearsing the running.

They were going to be filming this till the early hours of the morning, but it eventually would be edited down to a clip less than 30 seconds long. I assume this could only be something for the Battle, with the many people and the section of Hogwarts nearby.

Finally he said that some main cast would definitely be on set filming for about an hour on Monday night, and they hoped to be all done with filming by Tuesday.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I will be in theatres on November 19, 2010, and Part II will be released on July 15, 2011.

Thanks to SnitchSeeker for letting us know!

DH Movie

Bonham Carter Talks Bellatrix Death Scene

Posted by Dijares On February - 25 - 2010

Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films, recently spoke with Rotten Tomatoes about the death scene she does in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Here’s some of what she had to say: (**Caution for spoilers.**)

“I’m mostly in [Deathly Hallows: Part 2],” she told RT. “But it was fun. I died on my last day, which was really weird — to actually be [killed] on my last day. Molly Weasley - Julie Walters - kills me.”

And it’ll be quite the moment, she explained. “I do get a good death scene,” she told us. “It was really exhausting. As usual! [I'm] duelling, with a wand, on a table. I fell right off. I was clever enough to say, ‘If you’re going to ask me to duel, backwards, can we put a stuntman at the end?’ They said, ‘Ah, you won’t need one.’ And what did I do? Walked straight off.

“You’d think with 70 people looking at you, one of them would go, ‘Er, could you stop?!’ No! They loved it. I nearly killed myself — on the day that I died.”

Read the rest of the article here.

DH Movie, Helena Bonham Carter

Happy Birthday to James & Oliver Phelps

Posted by Lilysowl On February - 25 - 2010

The Phelps Twins Happy Birthday, James and Oliver Phelps!

The actors who portray the humorous Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films celebrate their 24th birthday today. James and Oliver Phelps were born on February 25 1986 in England. Oliver was born 13 minutes before James.

Phelps Twins

Felton Preparing For Deathly Hallows Epilogue?

Posted by Lilysowl On February - 25 - 2010

Now that Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) has returned from Berlin, Germany where he did some filming for The Apparition, there is some online supposition that he may be being prepped for the filming of the epilogue in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, thanks to a couple of his tweets here and here:

TomFelton Just had my body cast in plaster. Very odd feeling! So nice when it comes off! Will be the last time I do that for HP. Quite sad really x

TomFelton Back at hogwarts getting a head cast. You guess what for x

Hmmm…I wonder…I’m usually so bad at guesses, Tom.

Thanks to MuggleNet

DH Movie, Tom Felton

Moviefone Questions For Remember Me Cast

Posted by Lilysowl On February - 24 - 2010

Rob Pattinson AOL’s Moviefone is accepting questions for Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter films) and his co-stars Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper and Pierce Brosnan in the upcoming film Remember Me, along with their director Allen Coulter. Moviefone will video record the interview this Saturday (February 26), so the deadline to submit questions for Pattinson and his co-stars is this Friday (February 25). And then, stay tuned on Monday, March 8 to watch the complete interview on Moviefone’s site.

Click here to submit your question in the “Comments” section below the movie’s trailer.

Remember Me will be released in theaters on March 12, 2010.

Source: Remember Me Official Facebook Page

Rob Pattinson

Video: Warwick Davis & Matt Lewis at Expo

Posted by Dijares On February - 23 - 2010

Warwick Davis (Griphook and Professor Flitwick) and Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) recently attended the Midlands MCM Expo. While there they answered some questions. Here’s some of the things they talked about:

Matt said they’re nearly done filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I and they’re working on the final battle scene with Voldemort and the Death Eaters
Matt admitted that when he was young (around 9 or 10) he dressed up as Harry Potter as he was a fan of the books
Warwick said he gets a lot of his information about Potter from the fans
Matt Lewis says he got to keep the Gryffindor Sword he broke while filming