Blu-ray.com have announced that the Harry Potter Wizards Collection is now available for preorder at Amazon.com for $349.99. The specific special contents of the set are not yet known, but the set will include Blu-ray and DVD editions of each film. Check back soon; we’ll post more information as it becomes available!
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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.
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Once again, a Harry Potter movie marathon will be included in ABC Family’s 25 days of Christmas. And this time, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be among the films shown this weekend! The sixth Harry Potter film will have its television network premiere on Sunday, December 4 at 8:30pm EST/7:30pm Central on the ABC Family TV channel. The marathon itself will begin on Saturday, December 3–All Day Long (according to the program guide).
Click here for more information on the ABC Family website and here for the program guide.
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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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AMC Theatres have announced that they will be showing all of the Harry Potter films back-to-back beginning July 11th through July 15th in select theatres.
Harry Potter: 8 movies. 4 nights. The Legendary Adventure.
Revisit the entire Harry Potter epic and be among the first to witness the final film, shown in RealD® 3D.
See two of the films each night, Monday, July 11 through Wednesday July 13 at 6 p.m. Then, on Thursday, July 14, see Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at 9 p.m. right before catching the premiere of Part 2 at 12:01.
$45 ticket includes admission to all eight films, a commemorative lanyard, and retrospective booklet.
See the list of participating theatres here.
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Warner Bros. have provided us with a video of a featurette that includes clips from all of the Harry Potter films, including a type of trailer from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. It also includes interviews with Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, producer David Heyman, and director David Yates and behind-the-scenes footage.
They also provided us with download links so you can also download the trailer.
See the trailer here.
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YouTube has just updated its YouTube Movies selection to include six of the seven released films from the Harry Potter film franchise, available for viewing as 24-hour rentals in the United States. Currently, the only unavailable film of the series is the sixth, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. Because the films are new to the service, the search database will lead you in circles whilst seeking the films for viewing. Use the links below for easy access to the films on YouTube Movies.
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Variety are reporting that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince are getting a 3D conversion for their Blu-ray formats. According to the article, Warner Bros have contracted Prime Focus to do the conversion.
As reported previously, Warner Bros scrapped the 3D conversion for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 because they felt the conversion would not be done with the quality they expected by the film’s release date of November 19th. So, instead of pushing back the release date, they instead have stopped the conversion. However, the conversion hasn’t been ruled out for a later date. They still expect Part 2 to be in 3D.
There’s still no release date for the 3D formats for the 5th and 6th films, and director David Yates isn’t expected to be able to start work work on them 2011. Whether they’re going to release the films in the 3D format in theatres is still uknown.
Studio is keeping mum about its 3D plans for the “Potter” backtitles, including street dates for 3D homevideo and whether there will be a theatrical re-release for the series. With the final four “Potter” pics in 3D, however, conversion of the earlier pics seems likely. Just as Yates has had creative oversight of 3D on his pics, conversion of the earlier titles would likely require the involvement of Chris Columbus, Mike Newell and Alfonso Cuaron, who directed the first four in the series.
Read the entire article here.
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The Times created a list of 50 kids’ movies that can be enjoyed by adults as well as children. According to the article, the choices caused quite a debate among The Times staff before the Harry Potter films were placed in the #23 spot:
23 Harry Potter (2001-present) JK Rowling’s books were famously devoured by both kids and adults, and the film continued the trend, especially later installments, when the Children of Men director Alfonso Cuaron and State of Play ‘s David Yates injected teen angst and political intrigue.
The Incredibles produced by Pixar was #1.
Click here to read the article and the list.
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ABC have announced that the network premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will take place on Saturday, February 27th as part of their Saturday Movie of the Week.
So far there’s nothing to state that any extra features will show with the presentation. We’ll let you know if we find out anything different.
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