It's done!!!

Ok, the Half-blood Princde movie is finally compleeted, the actual film part i mean. There are stil minor details and bonus dvd discs to work out, but the actual watching part is done! Here's what Matthew Lewis (Neville) said sbout the film after he watched the completed version for the first time:

"Every year, we always say 'it's much darker, this one', but this one really is. It gets pretty heavy in parts," he said."But the balance they've achieved with the comedy... the timing is wonderful."

"Jim Broadbent [Professor Slughorn] is superb, Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley] is on top form and it is very very funny."

Also, CBBC has a new interview with Tom Felton (Draco), Matthew Lewis (Neville), James Phelps (Fred) and Oliver Phelps (George), where you get to hear their comments about the new movie.

Brain Wash I Tell You!!

"Where are you going sweety?"
"Hot topic, Mom."
"What are you going to get while you are there?"
"Isn't it obvious mom? I'm going to buy the latest Harry Potter lip gloss, duh! Try to keep up with the times..."

This is what American children will be saying before long due to the fact that the popular shop Hot Topic as well as many other store will be selling Harry Potter fashion, purses, shoes, and yes, even lip gloss. Check some of them out here:
-Harry Potter cast t-shirt
-Dark Arts necklace
-Gryffindor crest necklace
-Hogwarts tote bag
-Hogwarts wallet
Is HP making a come-back as most popular fantasy series (as opposed to Twilight)? Well, we'll have to see...

New clip!!

Now you can see the full clip of Tom Riddle's memory online (i mean, if you can't just wait 24 days until the actual movie... jk, i watch them too... i just can't wait)!!! Enjoy: right here, or watch the 9-minute retrospective that you can watch at this link!!!!

Harry Potter Brain Wash!!

Harry Potter is taking over he world!!! Harry Potter websites, books, books about those books, podcasts, vodcasts, movies, movies about those movies, videos, exibits, museums, themeparks, merchandice, concerts, bands, music..... have all been joined by another Harry themed way of brainwashin the youth of the world..... (as you probably already know) the HP video game!!!!! Tom Felton hosts a video online clip about the new game. So, let the brainwash begin!!! Watch it!

The DH Split

Deathly Hallows director, David Yates is still deciding where to split the movie.

He said: " We've had three or four different ideas about where to cut off the seventh film. Traditionally, the movies have ended with a death or a bereavement, some sort of passage or arrival. This time we think we will end with more a cliffhanger. Again, though, that's the thought as of this moment"

The movie will most likely be split at one of these parts:

1) The trio are caught and taken to Malfoy Manor

2) Dobby shows up at breaks them out of Malfoy Manor

3) Dobby is killed by Bellatrix

4) Dobby's funeral

Go to http://bit.ly/15iQvn to comment on where you think they should split the films

Q: Who's the most colorfull person in the HP series?

A: Lavender Brown!!! (get it?? cause her name is two colors??? ha!ha! oh, i crack myself up..)

Anyway, news has it that she's back for the spaxmaticly, ludicrus, sirius (...as sirius black), amazing, spectacular, sad (poor fred...), happy (no more "you no poo"), battle in the final movie, HP and the Deathly Hallows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! Here's what she said about the try-outs in a recent interview:

For the final audition I was kitted out in Hogwarts uniform and driven in a golf- buggy to the Gryffindor common room. I had to improvise in front of a room full of people with Rupert and a paper biscuit for half an hour.

She makes it sound like a bad thing to get stuck in a tower room with rupert grint and a paper biscut... well, good luch lavender! We can't wait for the final battle!!!

Kreacher Casted...

At least, we think his voice is....

Anyway, Simon McBurney has been casted as Kreacher... we're guessing it's his voice that'll be heard in the movie. 

You might recognize him from The Golden Compass or the Duchess.

Hooray for Kreacher! (Click on Picture!)

The Exhibition!

Hey everybody! So a few days ago I went to the Harry Potter Exhibition in Chicago! Sadly, they did not allow pictures inside the exhibit, but I did not completely fail you guys! I have pictures of the Weasleys flying Ford Anglia. so feat your eyes on the REAL magic flying car.

Harry Potter's at Court... Again

Adrian Jacob's estate filed a lawsuit against UK Potter publisher Bloomsbury today, claiming that JK Rowling stole the plot of Jacob's 1987 novel The Adventures of Willy the Wizard-No 1 Livid Land. From the Estate's press release:

Both books describe the adventures of a main character, "Willy" in Jacobs' book and "Harry Potter" in Rowling's, who are wizards, who compete in a wizard contest which they ultimately win. Both Willy and Harry are required to work out the exact nature of the main task of the contest which they both achieve in a bathroom assisted by clues from helpers, in order to discover how to rescue human hostages imprisoned by a community of half-human, half-animal fantasy creatures, "the merpeople" in Harry Potter.

Bloomsbury quickly responded with a press release of their own. Our friends at HPANA received a copy of the statement and passed it along to us. An excerpt:

...this claim is without merit and will be defended vigorously. The allegations of plagiarism made today, 15 June 2009, by the Estate of Adrian Jacobs are unfounded, unsubstantiated and untrue.

JK Rowling had never heard of Adrian Jacobs nor seen, read or heard of his book Willy the Wizard until this claim was first made in 2004 -- almost seven years after the publication of the first book in the highly publicised Harry Potter series and after the publication of the first five books.

Willy the Wizard is a very insubstantial booklet running to 36 pages which had very limited distribution. The central character of Willy the Wizard is not a young wizard and the book does not revolve around a wizard school.

This isn't the first time that JK Rowling has went to court, hopefully she'll pull through. All the best to her!

For more on the Bloomsbury press release click here!

2 New TV Spots for HBP

Want to see a few more clips of Half-Blood Prince?

Say no more! Just click here and here for two clips that have been running on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

I'm Cartoon Network fan myself...

Another HBP Clip with Merlin

According to NBC, along with the premier of it's new TV Series, Merlin, there's to be a HBP movie clip...

There's really a lot of promotion for the movie lately, and just wait!  Only 30 days left!!!

Click here to learn more about Merlin, and don't worry. As soon as that clip is online, it'll be on our site!

NEville and the Children

According to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) was there to help the Horsforth Children's Center with it's Grand Opening.

I'd love to be one of those kids... they get to meet Neville!

Click here for more.

Subway Station is Potter-ized

The Times Square Subway Station in New York City had been tricked out- Half-Blood Prince Style. 

The subway's pillars are garnished with several promo posters from Movie 6 and are simply amazing!

If you want to see all of these amazing pictures of this fabulous subway station (which is now my favorite subway station ever) click here.

TWIP (6/14- 6/20)

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