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Poor Crmhpfan has gone and hurt herself and was unable to do this month’s desktop calendar.  So, I’ve done it again this month…hope you like it.  I have the trio with the locket to help us celebrate the recent filming of them in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with the locket (see photos starting here!).  So much tension – poor Ron doesn’t look well at all!

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More photos from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Epilogue filming are now online. We get an even better look at Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) with his beard.  There are also new photos of Harry Potter (Dan Radcliffe) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint).  See all the new photos in our gallery starting here!

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

Thanks to UHP for letting us know!

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New photos from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows set are now online.  They show the trio in an open field.  Ron (Rupert Grint) is in a sling and looking a little worse for the wear.  Hermione (Emma Watson) looks very worried.  In the photos, the locket is given to Harry (Dan Radcliffe) and photos include him putting the locket on.  You can see the photos in our gallery starting here.

Thanks to DanRadcliffe.fr.

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Entertainment Weekly‘s 20 year anniversary issue is now on shelves.  The issue includes the 100 greatest characters in the past 20 years, in which Harry Potter is one of.  For the edition, they spoke to Dan Radcliffe about having the role.

EW: You were 11 when you were cast as Harry Potter, who was already a global phenom. Did you feel pressure?
DR: If I had been older and slightly more self-aware about the following that Harry had, I would have been slightly more intimidated. Ignorance and confidence of youth- it’s enough to transcend that.

EW: How did you go about creating Harry? ANs how has your perception changed over the years?
DR: In the beginning, creating the character was all about the costume and the look. That’s how people thought of him. In terms of what I did to prepare, it was very much: Just learn the lines. I’m aware now that there are so many different ways to play any one line.

EW: What makes Harry interesting for you to play?
DR: That he is not perfect. He’s capable of being quite arrogant, quite stubborn, pigheaded, and a little bit selfish. He can make himself something of a martyr when he really doesn’t have to. All those characteristics are wonderful because it separates Harry from the archetypical superheroes hat you so often get in children’s literature.

EW: Has J. K. Rowling offered you advice on playing Harry since the first film?
DR: I did ask her for some advice on the fifth film. I talked to her about Harry’s emergence as the leader of Dumbledore’s Army. She said that it was very important because it’s the first time we see Harry be a leader, and eventually he’s going to have to lead large numbers of people.

EW: If you could have spent your adolescence playing any other character, who would it be?
DR: I was always unbelievably jealous of Tobey Maguire playing Spider-Man. I do think Spidey is the coolest of superheroes.

Source: TLC

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EA Games have launched their official Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows website and Facebook page.  You can see the website here. They encourage fans to like their Facebook page, found here, in order to get the latest updates.  The first image from the game, which shows the trio with their wand out while in the forest up against what are probably Death Eaters, is also online.  You can see it in our gallery here.

Thanks to TLC, Rememberall.org, and UHP.

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If you’ll recall vacation packages for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter went on sale with the vacation dates beginning May 28. Since the announcement that the public grand opening would occur on June 18 many thought those vacation packages wouldn’t start until that date, but apparently not. Reports are surfacing online and it seems the Wizarding World is open to those who got those vacation packages.

Insidethemagic.net have a report from the theme park that includes photos and videos. The report doesn’t include anything from the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride because it shut down just before the reporter was able to get onto it. However, the rerporter did have one expressive word for the park: Wow!

The Orlando Sentinel, whose article also includes a video, was able to talk to a lucky fan who rode the illusive ride. Here’s what she had to say:

Kelley and other preview participants experienced the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride that’s housed in the signature Hogwarts castle. Once onboard, passengers virtually fly along with the Potter character through various adventures and encounters with Dementors, dragons and a Quidditch match.

“You go through and see all the characters,” said Laney Rauch from Augusta, Ga. “Spiders fall and skulls pop out ar you. The Dementors are so close to you it’s like you can almost feel them next to you.”

Rauch, visiting with five family members, ranks Forbidden Journey higher than Islands of Adventure’s Spider-Man ride.

“It’s so much better. It’s the best ride I’ve ever been on in my life,” she said. “It’s just so much more real.” Passengers estimated the ride to be four minutes long, and there were reports of the sound system malfunctioning on some seats.

More photos from the park can also be found here!

Parade also have a report from the park. To say the author was awed by the park is an understatement.

As a J.R.R. Tolkien freak who grew up near Orlando and as the father of two Harry Potter fans, I fall squarely into The Wizarding World’s target market. Just walking through its arched gate was enough to stop me in my tracks. I’m standing in the village of Hogsmeade, a place I’ve seen many times in the movies, and I feel like I’ve stepped into the real thing (save for the fake snow and fake owls roosting at the Owl Post). I stroll past the red Hogwarts Express locomotive while I munch on fish, sausage, and gravy Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans (they taste ickily real) from Honeydukes sweets shop. Two of the park’s three rides are clearly visible: the Dragon Challenge, a high-speed pair of intertwining roller coasters; and Flight of the Hippogriff, a family coaster.

Source: MN and TLC

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For those who are fans of reading books on the Kindle, iPad, or other eReaders, you’re possibly in for a treat real soon.  Bookseller.com are reporting that Neil Blair, who works for J.K. Rowing’s representatives the Christopher Little Agency (CLA), has stated that they’re ‘actively’ looking at ways to have the Harry Potter books go digital.

In the past, J.K. Rowling has been adamant that the books will not go digital, however, now Mr. Blair states they’re “currently considering all the options and opportunities that this evolving space provides”.

When British publisher Bloombsury’s executive director, Richard Charkin, was asked whether this was accurate, he wouldn’t say, only stating, “That’s between us and CLA.”

If this development comes about, we’ll make sure to let you know.

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The Death Eater known as Yaxley will be played by Peter Mullan, according to his agency‘s website. Yaxley is the Death Eater who, accompanied by Antonin Dolohov, kept watch in the Forbidden Forest, shortly before Harry’s infamous journey to death and the Death Eater who took control of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Source: SnitchSeeker.

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Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) fans know how much the two Harry Potter stars like to tweet on Twitter.  Here is what they had to say about the filming of the Deathly Hallows epilogue at Kings Cross Station in London:

Mattdavelewis  So I rock up to Kings Cross. Been on the train a while. Rather tired. And some people are blocking the place up shooting a stupid movie.

TomFelton  @Mattdavelewis I got blocked by the same people! Such a nuisance! Sick of these little indie films jamming up London! Get a studio : ) x 

Mattdavelewis @TomFelton Haha, it’s an outrage! Out of curiousity since I’ve now left King’s Cross, how’s it all gone? I heard it was…emotional!

TomFelton @Mattdavelewis I’m tearing up as we tweet. It was special mate, What can I say……I’m tweetless x

Here is what Tom added a few hours later:

 TomFelton  what a wonderful few days at kings cross… its where it all started…i miss mrs malfoy and scorpius already

Now, Guys, don’t you dare get me started!  Dijares, where did you say my box of tissues was?

Click here to see a video of Felton at King’s Cross and here to see a photo of him with “Scorpius”.

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The filming for the Harry Potter films is soon coming to an end…only two weeks left.  During the National Movie Awards, Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson did a few interviews in which they spoke about the filming coming to an end.

They spoke with People where Dan admitted he’ll be devastated when it’s over and Emma went onto say that she feels as if someone is dying.

“I will be devastated [when it's over],” Radcliffe, 20, said Wednesday at the National Movie Awards in London. “There is nothing I watch without it triggering a series of memories. Everything [about the films] is so linked to my life. At the same time, it is exciting. It is the end.”

“I feel like someone is dying,” said Watson, 20, adding that she never expected just how big the franchise would get (even inspiring a theme area at Universal Orlando). “This kind of love and recognition is just incredible. It is also really emotional for me. I am proud.”

They also spoke after the awards about their futures and the end of the films.

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