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March is finally upon us, and for many of us that means Spring!  It also brings many memories of good times and of those we lost.  That’s why I chose the theme of In Memoriam for this month’s calendar.  This calendar includes many of those that were lost in the battle against evil in the Harry Potter books.

*Caution* If you haven’t read all of the books, this calendar does contain spoilers.

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Instead of being sad, know that the battles that they fought were worth it!  And remember them forever!

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It has finally come at last!  According to Playbill.com, tonight will be the first performance for Daniel Radcliffe’s (Harry Potter) musical debut as “J. Pierrepont Finch” in Broadway’s second revival of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Rob Ashford (Parade, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Promises, Promises) 

Finch is a window washer who, guided by a book with the same title as the show, rises to the top of the World Wide Wicket Company in New York City.

In a recent interview, Radcliffe said he was willing to do a musical because he “always had an attraction to muscials”…

… ”I’ve always been taken to see musicals by my parents, who love musicals, and I grew up with them. Every long car journey that we’d go on, we’d be playing either the [cast album] of Company or Chicago, which used to terrify me. I used to be so scared of those women. I still am!”… 

The show was first produced and ran in 1961.  It  earned seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Author and Best Score, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Robert Morse earned a Tony Award for his performance as J. Pierrepont Finch.  Ironically, Mr. Morse can now be seen as the owner of the company in the US television show Mad Men which also takes place in the 1960′s.

In 1995, How To Succeed… had its first revival starring Tony winner Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally.

According to the article, Radcliffe compared the corporate world in 1960′s America to what it is now:

“Well, I think, first of all, we live in times when big business is under a huge amount of scrutiny, and I think it will be fun for people to see big business have the piss taken out of it,” he added. “That’s going to be funny, and also, you’ve got with the advent of Facebook and especially, last year, with the film ‘The Social Network’ – Finch is kind of a period Mark Zuckerberg who is a kid who kind of comes to a realization that he’s smarter than everybody else out there and he won’t let being a kid in any way inhibit [him] from attaining what he wants.”

The show will be performed at The Al Hirschfeld Theatre.  Officially, the opening will be Sunday, March 27.  For ticket information, click here.

Click here to read the complete article which includes a video interview between Radcliffe and the show’s director Rob Ashford which we mentioned here.

Break a Leg, Dan!

Source:  How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Official Facebook Page

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When J.K. Rowling appeared at BAFTA on the red carpet, she was asked about her writing and her answer was that she had quite a few writing projects and didn’t know when they will be published.  When the Harry Potter author obtained her official Twitter account, her first tweet was that although she could tweet endlessly she was busy putting pen to paper.  That tweet was back in September 2009.  And now yesterday, she tweets that she is “STILL” putting pen to paper:

This is the real me, but you won’t be hearing from me often I’m afraid, as pen and paper are STILL my priority at the moment. 1:29 AM Feb 24th via web

This is the real me, but you won’t be hearing from me often I’m afraid, as pen and paper are my priority at the moment. 3:38 AM Sep 1st, 2010 via web

This is the real me, but you won’t be hearing from me often I am afraid, as pen and paper is my priority at the moment. 2:58 AM Mar 2nd, 2010 via web

………….as pen and paper is my priority at the moment 9:37 AM Sep 17th, 2009 via web

However, I should flag up now that although I could twitter endlessly, I’m afraid you won’t be hearing from me very often………. 9:36 AM Sep 17th, 2009 via web

I am told that people have been twittering on my behalf, so I thought a brief visit was in order just to prevent any more confusion! 9:35 AM Sep 17th, 2009 via web

There is online speculation that she may be working on the Harry Potter Encyclopedia.  Anyone taking bets?

Source:  MuggleNet

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People Magazine have done a write up on Dan Radcliffe’s (Harry Potter) new Broadway show How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying that includes some photos of he and co-star Rose Hemingway, who portrays Rosemary Pilkington, rehearsing.  You can see the photos in our gallery starting here.

Others in the play include Anderson Cooper (CNN) as the narrator and John Larroquette as J.B. Biggley.

You can see the entire article here.

Previews begin February 26th.  Find more information here.  Also, make sure to check out the special promotional offers for Dan’s fans at this link!

UPDATE: We have been provided a few more hi-res photos (taken by Ari Mintz) from the article.  You can see them in our gallery starting here.

You can also see a video interview Rob Ashford with Playbill did with Dan at this link.  In the interview, he talks about the similarities between himself and his character, J. Pierrepont Finch.  He also talked about how his dancing has really improved, despite the fact that some people told him he wouldn’t be able to dance.

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It seems Jason Isaacs won’t be far from the sight of American fans who enjoyed him as “Lucius Malfoy” in the Harry Potter films.  According to The Hollywood Reporter,  the British actor will be seen in the leading role  for the pilot of the new US television show, REM.  The show is about the simultaneous and parallel lives of a detective who can’t let go of any aspect of his fractured family after a car accident.

This is not Mr. Isaacs’  first role on US television.  He “toplined” in the pilot for Pleading Guilty on Fox TV (which will broadcast REM)  last year.  Also, he was seen in the Showtime series Brotherhood.

At this time, it is not confirmed when REM will be broadcasted on Fox-TV.

The post on The Hollywood Reporter site mentioned Mr. Isaacs will be seen as “Lucius Malfoy” (for the final time) in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 which will be released in movie theaters on July 15.  It is not his only film that will be released this summer, for he used his great voice in the animated feature Cars 2 which will be released in movie theaters on June 24. 

Click here to read the complete post.

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According to Home Media Magazine, Warner Home Video plans to release the DVD/ Blu-Ray ultimate editions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on June 14, nearly a month prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in movie theaters.   Each set has a  a new hour of the “Creating the World of Harry Potter” documentary series, a digital copy of the film, over four hours of special features, and collectible items such as a 44-page photo book, limited edition character cards and a lenticular card.

The two-disc Blu-ray for the ultimate editions of the two films will be $49.99 each  and  the three-DVD ultimate editions of the two films will be $39.92

The ultimate editions are available for pre-orders on May 10.

Source:  The Leaky Cauldron

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Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) recently had a photoshoot session for this month’s edition of Vogue magazine with photographer Annie Leibovitz for his new Broadway play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. We have received a photo from the photoshoot, which you can see in our gallery here.

There is also a video of him, which was actually shot at the West End in London, during the photoshoot, which you can see here.  In the interview he says that his singing is going pretty well, but that his dancing wasn’t so great.  He also mentions this in our interview with him during the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 premiere, which you can see here.  However, he does say that his pedigree for dancing is pretty good, since both of his parents were good dancers.  At the end, he does says his dancing performance has improved though.

He’s very excited for the play and says that entire families can come see it and that it will be very fun and entertaining.

Previews begin February 26th.  Find more information here.

UPDATE: See the special promotional offers to see Dan on Broadway on this spectacular show at this link!

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BBC News reported that a Leicestershire bookshop is requesting participants for a Harry Potter ‘readathon’ on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 for Comic Relief.  Each participant will take their turn in the aloud reading of all seven Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling for 12 continuous hours.

Lynn Moore, from The Reading Shop in Oadby, said: “At the moment there are only four of us and I’m going to be doing the major share.  “If we can’t get people to come and join us, I’ll be whispering by 2130!” …

“Come in fancy dress if you want, come prepared to have a good laugh and enjoy it, and we hope people will come into the shop, listen to us reading and give us money as well,” said Lynn.

According to the article, the specialist children’s bookshop is inviting everyone to come and do something funny for money, even if they managed to get sponsorship for reading for only two minutes.

Comic Relief is a charity organization which creates fun and humorous ways to strive for a just world free from poverty.  In fact, J.K. Rowling assigned all royalties from her books Quidditch Through The Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them to the organization.

Click here for more information on participating in the readathon.

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We previously reported that Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) was in this month’s Vogue magazine to promote How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying on Broadway.  According to her official website, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) is also in this month’s issue of  the magazine.  But instead of promoting a film or a Broadway show, the Harry Potter star discusses her collaboration with Alberta Ferretti for a line of clothes titled Pure Threads in a brief article by Lindsay Talbot who reported on the collection which features five pieces made from organic cotton.

On Watson’s website, there is a scan of the article which shows the actress wearing a lovely peasant style blouse from the collection which is due to be launched this Spring.  Click here to view it.

Source: Emma Watson Official Website

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We recently reported that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.  One of the persons cited for the nomination is Christian Manz.  The other people cited include Tim Burke, John Richardson, and Nicolas Aithadi.

Manz recently spoke with The Geek Files with the Coventry Telegraph about the challenges of the Dobby death scene.  Here’s a bit of what was said:

“Dobby is a central character in part one of the Deathly Hallows, as he dies at the end,” said Manz. “We created more than 300 different facial expressions for him.”

One scene proved especially challenging. Harry Potter and his friends, including Dobby, have to escape from a knife that has been hurled at them, by magically vanishing into thin air.

Although the disappearing act lasts just a few seconds on screen, the Framestore team experimented with 100 different effects before they felt they had captured the right look for the scene.

In the following scene, the group magically reappears on a windswept beach. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) realises that Dobby was hit by the knife, he cradles him in his arms and they talk briefly before Dobby dies.

On location, Dobby was again played by an actor, who was much larger than the animated Dobby. So when the special effects wizards got to work they found that the actor had obscured much of Radcliffe’s body. This meant Christian Manz and his colleagues had the task of ‘recreating’ bits of Radcliffe’s clothes, arms and hands.

“It was such a crucial scene, we knew we had to be perfect down to the tiniest detail,” said Manz. “As Dobby passes away we made his eyes appear watery and we slowly changed the texture of his skin texture to make him appear wan and pale.”

You can read the entire article here.

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