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A new app is now available that allows you to take the Harry Potter movies with you.  The Harry Potter Films: App Edition is now available in the iTunes app store for the iPhone and iPad and in the Android Market.

The applications themselves are free, however there is a cost for the films.  Right now all of the films are available except Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.  In order to watch the film, you need to have a wi-fi connection.

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The complete Harry Potter film series has been chosen by the American Film Institute to receive a special award in the institute’s annual recognition of excellence in film for the year 2011.  This recognition honors both the cast and crew for all eight films!

According to their website, the American Film Institute is “America’s promise to preserve the history of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers…”  Also, it is the largest non-profit exhibitor in the United States which has honored many legendary films, actors and actresses as well as television movies and programs for the past 40 years. 

The Special AFI Award is presented to visual screen work that has made outstanding achievements in the moving image which do not fit AFI’s criteria for the other honorees of the year.

But we always knew the Harry Potter films were in a category of their own, didn’t we?

Congratulations to the cast and crew of the Harry Potter films for receiving one of the highest honors in the film industry!

Click here for more information about the American Film Institute.

Source:  Harry Potter Films Official Facebook Page

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We previously reported that from December 29th, the Harry Potter films will no longer be shipped out to outlets.  Of course, this panicked a few of us fans.  Jeff Baker, senior vp and general manager of Warner Bros.’ Theatrical Catalog, informed Entertainment Weekly that the films aren’t going to disappear, but they may become harder to come by.  And they are also expecting to ship out a new product at the beginning of 2012 and other things are planned for Potter.

“Even though there could be a sense of urgency from the consumers’ perspective, there will be Potter product come the first of the year,” says Jeff Baker, senior vp and general manager of Warner Bros.’ Theatrical Catalog. “But over time, they’ll be less and less of that inventory. At some point, whether it’s next April or May or June or July, it’ll probably be very difficult to find Harry Potter product, especially if you’re looking for the third movie or the fifth movie, for example.”

There are also other avenues that fans can take to get the films, like video-on-demand or digital download.

“The idea is not to let Harry Potter dissipate. There are exhibits around the world. There’s the Harry Potter World…in Orlando,” says Baker. “There are a lot of things that are Harry Potter that are going to be available to consumers well into the future, and we certainly want a home entertainment component to those grand plans.”

There is discussion internally about aggregating assets from all of these films over the last decade and adding some new things — we’ve never done an Ultimate Edition on the final two films — and doing some grand kind of piece,” says Baker. “It could be the end of 2012 or the beginning of ’13.”

So, no worries, Potter fans. However, if you don’t have your copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Blu-ray, I’d suggest you get it now.

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 We previously reported that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will stop distributing the Harry Potter films after December 29, 2011.  So now, WBShop.com has a huge sale on all seven Harry Potter films on Blu-Ray and DVD.  It is huge because the Blu-Ray films are under $10 ($9.00 to be exact) and the DVD films are under $5 ($4.25 to be exact).  That is quite a deal!!

Click here for more information.

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At the beginning of this month publisher HarperCollins put a sneak peek of the Harry Potter Page to Screen book online, which you can see here.  Another peek at the book is now online. This peek includes some great photos from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, some from behind-the-scenes, including one of Rupert celebrating his 21st and getting ready to blow out his candles.  There’s also concept art and more.

Harry Potter Page to Screen will be available on October 25th.  It includes behind-the-scenes secrets, techniques, and artistry that helped to bring the films to life.  It has over 500 pages with exclusive stories from the cast and crew, hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and concept art, and rare memorabilia.

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Publisher HarperCollins have put an peek online to the Harry Potter Page to Screen.  Harry Potter Page to Screen will be available on October 25th.  It includes behind-the-scenes secrets, techniques, and artistry that helped to bring the films to life.  It has over 500 pages with exclusive stories from the cast and crew, hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and concept art, and rare memorabilia.

You can pre-order the book in our Amazon store here.

Here’s the look at the book!

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The Pottermore Insider has been updated to state that early access for beta testing of Pottermore has begun! If you haven’t received your email, no worries. They’re staggering them so they can properly collect the feedback for the site so you should get yours soon!

The reason for the beta testing is so they can gather feedback on the site. And feedback is very important. Here’s what they have to say:

We’re excited to announce that early access to Pottermore has begun, so if you’re one of the million people who found The Magical Quill and registered for early access, please read the rest of this Insider post carefully.

The most important thing to know is that we need to stagger entry to the ‘Beta’ (early) version of Pottermore so we can properly collect all the feedback. To begin with, we’ll be inviting a very small number of people onto the website, so you may not receive your Welcome email straight away.

We’ll be sending those Welcome emails out over the coming weeks and, once yours arrives, you’ll be able to log in and start helping us develop the Pottermore experience.

As Pottermore Beta users, you’ll be exploring all the different elements of the site and, hopefully, sharing your thoughts with us along the way. How? By using the ‘Beta feedback’ button. You’ll find it located at the bottom right-hand corner of every page on the site…

It’s important for us to know what you enjoy about the site, what you would like to see improved, and that you tell us about any parts you think aren’t working smoothly.

As well as the ‘Beta feedback’ button on the site itself, we’ll also send each Beta user a survey to complete, asking some detailed questions about the Pottermore website.

All this information will be collated and analysed to help make Pottermore as enjoyable, interesting and easy-to-use as possible.

They also gave an update for those that have registered with the site and will have access in October.

Very soon, we’ll be opening Pottermore registration for October. This means:

- If you have submitted your email address to be notified when registration is open to all, then you’ll be hearing from us soon, and you’ll be able to register for entry in October.

- If you asked to be notified when registration was open to all but also registered for Beta, then you may receive two emails from us. You do not have to register for October if you already have a validated early access (Beta) account. In other words, if you received a Beta ‘Congratulations!’ message then you can ignore the ‘Pottermore registration is now open’ email (although do feel free to forward it to your friends!).

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Some of you have been lucky enough to get registered for the early preview of JK Rolwing’s new website Pottermore.

For some of us it was quite a challenge especially since the registration timeframe was in the middle of the night. I know that for myself, I continually woke up during the night on Tuesday so I could catch the Magical Quill.

To help those out who are in different time zones, the Pottermore Insider blog has updated their earlier post with the timeframe that Day 4 will open and also other information.

So far, all the clues have appeared in the early hours of the morning in my time zone. Will this continue for the remainder of The Magical Quill challenge?
We know that Harry Potter fans around the world are taking part in the challenge, so we will be varying the times that the clues are revealed. We can tell you that tomorrow’s clue (Day 4) will be released between 2.00pm and 6.00pm BST.

You can check out the world clock here to determine what time that is in your time zone.

Other information included in the update is different languages information and offers and/or ebay sales for early registration accounts.

If you are being offered an early registration account or are tempted to purchase one on ebay, please do not do this. It is not safe. You must make sure to protect yourself and not give out any personal identifying information to people you do not know.

Check out the entire post here.

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ITV in the UK have aired a special that shows the 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments as voted upon by fans.

Below are videos showing all of them thanks to Sabkay!  They include, of course, many clips from all of the films and interviews with many of the cast and JK Rowling as well.  I think they did pretty good!

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A new app is now available to Harry Potter fans who would like to find out what your Patronus is.  Warner Bros developed this app so fans can find out what animal Patronus will help to fight off the Dememtors.

I got a swan!

Go find out what yours is either on Warner Bros website here or on Facebook here!

Thanks to WB for letting us know!

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