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This month’s desktop calendar has Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley getting rather cozy.  I made the calendar this month as poor Crmhpfan’s mac is still on the fritz.  So, I decided that since May is usually such a lovely month, I’d make one that had a bit of love in the air.  Nearly included some purples and pinks in it, but then went to blue – it was just to frilly for me.

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Rupert Grint (who portrays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) were recently interviewed by the UK’s Inquirer while on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  During the interview, Rupert revealed that it took four shots for the kissing scene with him and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger).

Saying he was nervous since he has known Emma as a friend for 10 years, Rupert revealed that it was hard to concentrate. “The first take was quite hard,” said Rupert, who recalled that they did four takes of the smooch, which many “Harry Potter” fans around the world can’t wait to see.

He and Tom also spoke of the actors that play their children in the Epilogue scene.

Like Rupert, who had scenes with a boy actor who plays his child (“The kid looks just like me!”), Tom Felton also acted with a youngster who portrays his offspring. “It was bizarre, nerve-wracking and poignant at the same time, because it reminded me of how I began,” pointed out Tom, who is as nice in person as he is evil as Draco Malfoy.

Producer David Barron revealed that they have yet to determine where the two films will split, but there are three different possibilities.

Co-producer David Barron disclosed that no decision has yet been made as to where the much-anticipated movies will be split into two parts. “There are three sensible places where we can do the split,” he shared.

Read the entire article here.

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

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Tom Felton, who portrays Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, updated his Twitter today to state he’s learning to be 19 years on.

i learnt some new skills at work today…i had my first lesson in being 19 years on (not such a spring in my step for this scene)

If you’ll recall, the epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows takes place 19 years after their 7th year.

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

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Brit Movie Tours has created two bus tours with the Harry Potter theme.  One is the Harry Potter London Tour of Locations.  The two and a half hour luxury mini coach tour includes London locations from the latest film in the series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.  For example, there will be stops at locations and inspirations for Platform 9 3/4, 12 Grimmauld Place and the sites used for the Leaky Cauldron.  During the tour, there will be discussions about  how the films were made, the books,  and trivia about Harry’s magical world created by J.K. Rowling.  Also, there will be opportunities to get off the bus to take pictures and to walk around to get a closer look at the locations.

Brit Movie Tours encourages their guests to dress up as their favorite Harry Potter character.  And if fans would like to see the locations used for Hogwarts and Privet Drive,  Brit Movie Tours suggests their Harry Potter Tour of Oxford and Lacock.

On that tour, fans will also travel on a luxury mini coach to see some of England’s most historic places and scenic countryside as well as Harry Potter locations that include Privet Drive in Little Whinging, the University of Oxford and the village of Lacock.  Like the London tour, fans will learn how the films were made, discuss the books, and obtain trivia about Harry’s world.

For more information about the tours, click here and here.

Thanks to Brit Movie Tours for letting us know!

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We previously told you that Warner Bros stated that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be in 3D.  Warner Bros today announced a 20 picture deal with IMAX today and part of the agreement states that both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be in 3D. The announcement lists some of the films, including both of the last Potter films, and other anticipated films, most notably The Hobbit (December 2013 – note:  Apparently the date for this film was incorrect on the press release and has been updated as December 2012).

Under the agreement, Warner Bros. movies that will be released in Imax are: Legends of the Guardian, The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3-D (Sept. 24, 2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (3-D) (Nov. 19, 2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (3-D) (July 15, 2011); Happy Feet 2 (3-D) (Nov. 18, 2011); and The Hobbit (Dec. 2013 [2012]). Warner Bros. and Imax also plan to release an additional 15 films over the course of 2011, 2012 and 2013, including Gravity, Dark Shadows, Fury Road, Batman 3, and Superman.

Read the entire announcement here.

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To promote his next project, appearing in a stage production of Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Michael Gambon spoke to The Irish Times.  The Harry Potter star mentioned briefly his time as Hogwarts’ headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore.

“I enjoyed it!” he says proudly of his Dumbledore days, though he admits the role may not have stretched him particularly as an actor. “There’s no character really, it’s just me! Me dressed up in a costume! I’m essentially playing myself, that’s all I’m doing.”

Still, he misses the Harry Potter films. “It’s fun laughing all the time, and I know all the other actors, I’ve known them for years. It’s like being with friends.”

The article also mentions how Mr. Gambon started in acting due to the fact that when he was a boy  his father was “a bit of a communist” and suggested he help a local theater which was producing communist plays:

The theatre in question, the Unity Theatre, put on plays for a working-class audience – “communist plays about capitalists” – and it needed help building a set. “So I went round and they immediately said: ‘Will you be in the play tonight? All you’ve got to do is walk on with a cup and a saucer and ask can you have more tea.’ ” He grabs the cup and saucer in front of him in a quick re-enactment of his acting debut. “I just did it!”

He reverts to the cockney accent of his childhood as he delivers his first-ever line again. “‘Can I’ve a cuppa tea?’ . . . I thought: ‘People do this for a living? It’s easy!’”

Mr. Gambon received his first professional acting job in Dublin.  Later, he worked with the late Laurence Olivier at his National Theatre Company and then the Birmingham Repertory Company before he received roles in television and films:

The transition from stage to screen presented no major problem – “It’s just acting, isn’t it?” – though he later admits to a nervousness in front of cameras. “They’re frightening! I had to learn how to relax in front of them. Working in America, I watched American actors, who just have the ability to exist in front of the camera. They’re not worried, not frightened. I tried to learn that from them. They break all the rules.”

Mr. Gambon also talked about his time in Hollywood when he is working on a project. (When he was in his thirties, he was considered for the role of James Bond before it was given to Sean Connery).

…“I’ve got six mates there who I always consort with. They’re all English. It’s like going back home. We sit in each other’s houses, and swear . . . We meet on Saturday, have lunch, get pissed, and that’s been my life in Hollywood,” he says with a grin. “You go out every day and do the film, and you look forward to the weekends where you can be English again.”

When asked what makes a great actor, Mr. Gambon was quoted to have replied:

“I don’t know! I’ve no idea!” He looks alarmed at the question. “You can’t teach people to act,” he says, as he struggles to find an answer, before surrendering with a shake of his head. “It’s hard, I can’t answer that.” Yet he is immediately conscious that to fail to define this secret ingredient may contribute to an inflated sense of his profession. “It’s no mystery,” he clarifies with a shrug. “It’s either there or it’s not.” For his own part, he employs no particular technique. “It’s intuitive. I don’t think about it.”

Click here to read the complete article.

Source:  Beyond Hogwarts

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Universal Studios Orlando have released their official photo of the entrance to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  It shows the arc along with the sign that states “Please Respect the Spell Limits”.  Check it out in our gallery here.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s grand opening occurs at Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios, Orlando on June 18, 2010!

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Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) participated in an interview with Nylon magazine for its Young Hollywood issue.  The magazine released video previews of their new issue which reveals some of the Harry Potter stars’ favorite songs.  Note:  Grint’s Cherrybomb co-star Kimberley Nixon will also be in the issue and seen in the first video.

The second video is exclusively Rupert Grint who discusses wanting to sell ice cream in Japan, his collection of pets and things, and what kind of films he likes.

Click here, here, and here to see photos of them at the shoot in our photo gallery.

Thanks to Snitchseeker

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Rupert Grint recently appeared on Just Lee Collins: Good Times.  In the interview, he talks about Cherrybomb and about his audition for the Harry Potter films where he reenacts some of his rap he did for his audition all while playing darts.  We’ve got a video of him during the interview (thanks to RG.net) here:

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In 2008, David Tennant (Barty Crouch, Jr. in Goblet of Fire) appeared as “Hamlet” in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) modern day stage adaptation of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.  The recently-knighted Sir Patrick Stewart (known to Star Trek fans as “Captain Picard” from Star Trek: Next Generation) also appeared in the production.  The two actors will reprise their roles in a made- for- television film of the production which will be seen on PBS-TV’s Great Performances.  It will air this Wednesday (April 28) on PBS-TV at 8:00pm. 

Check your local listings for exact time and channels.

The film will be shown in its entirety on the Great Performance website immediately after the broadcast.

Source: DavidTennant

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