Things Get Harry Over At PBS

Tonight at nine o'clock PBS starts it's Charles Dickens tribute. As you may or may not know Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) made his television debut in the 1990 TV movie "David Copperfield" based on a the Charles Dickens book of the same title! So guess who's gonna be on PBS! You got it: Daniel Radcliffe! Check your local listings for more information.

UPDATE: Gina Marie e-mailed me and reminded me that Timothy Spall (Wormtail) is in the film Oliver Twist which is also being shown as part of this tribute. Once again check your local listings for details.

And the Director of Photography is...

Eduardo Serra! Eduardo Serra has been confirmed as the D.O.P. for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He past credits include such hits as Blood Diamond and Defiance. You can visit Serra's IMDb (Internet Movie Database) page here. And yes, he is super French.

New Fudge Interview

Robert Hardy (Fudge) has a new with the Daily Mail. In the interview he reflects on his role as The Minister of Magic. Hardy has this to say: "I loved my time as Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, but my character has now been erased! I knew it would happen, because he's quite a good part in the book, but there was no way they were ever going to fit everything into one film." To read the interview and article click here.

MTV Sneak Peek

Spoilers (on MTV) is set to air an episode about the upcoming film Watchmen. But it promises to also show clips from Star Trek, Land of the Lost, Transformers 2, and HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE! You can read the MTV article here. The episode is set to air February 21st. Just what we need another sneak peek the day before the sneak peek at The Oscars! It is like they're trying to say "SORRY!"

UPDATE: You can see the sneak peak here on YouTube.

JK Rowling's Handprints Set in Stone

According to an article from Places2Stay.co.uk JKR's hand-prints have been "immortalized in stone" at the Edinburgh B&B. She won the Edinburgh Award 2008 for her "contribution to raising the city's profile". The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, George Grubb, had this to say about the hand-prints "With the installation of the beautifully crafted stone bearing Ms Rowling's hand-prints, the City Chambers quadrangle is fast becoming a lasting visual testimony to some of Edinburgh's greatest living citizens." You can read the full article here.

UPDATE: Not really. I just forgot to say HAPPY VALENTINES DAY from all of us over here at Siriusly Potter!

HP Paperback Book Set

Scholastic, the US publisher of Harry Potter, has announced a new box set of all seven books in paperback shall be introduced this summer. 

"The box, priced at $86.93, includes paperback editions of Books 1 through 7, and features the deluxe cover from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The stand-alone, paperback edition of Deathly Hallows will be released July 7, the same day as the boxed set," said Syracruse.com. 

It is available for pre-order at Barnes and Noble and Walmart. For more click here! 

Reg Is Casted

The Chester Chronicle has reported that Steffan Rhodri has been casted as everyone's favorite Ministry of Magic Janitor, Reg Cattermole. 

“I’m really looking forward to it, it’s the biggest film I’ve been involved with.” Rhodri told the Chroncile. 

We're excited about Reg, he's brilliant! For more click here.

HBP at the Oscars

According to The New York Times, there is going to be a montage of scenes shown at the Oscars from Half Blood Prince and other Warner Brothers films. The Oscars take place on February 22, 2009 and anyone can see them on the telly (TV, the British way). Here are the other movies according to the article, 

"Not too surprisingly, the company decided to put its biggest, if not best, foot forward: The choices were “Sherlock Holmes,” directed by Guy Ritchie with Robert Downey Jr.; “Terminator Salvation,” directed by McG with a temperamental Christian Bale; and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” directed by David Yates with Daniel Radcliffe."

The Oscars take place at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST, and you should all watch to see the clip. The NYT also brought up this point: 

"Any one of these movies has a shot at selling as many tickets as all of the year’s Oscar nominees combined."

For more click here.

High Res Posters that Keep on Teasing

You saw these posters awhile ago, but how about high resolution?

Click here for Dumbledore.

Click here for Harry.

And click here for Harry with Dumbledore in his glasses!

James and Oliver Interview

Yay!!! A new James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley, respectively) interview has been posted by SnitchSeeker that took place in Halloween '08 while they were at the EA Be the One Event, promoting Half Blood Prince movie and the video game, even though (sadly) Fred and George aren't featured in the game.

The article includes pictures of the Phelps twins at the event and of course, the interview! If you love those guys as much as I do, click here.

Borders Gets Exclusive Twilight DVD

Borders and Summit have collaborated together to make an exclusive special edition two disc DVD boxed set of Twilight.

The box includes an extra 60 minutes of bonus features, 10 photo cards printed on peatlescent paper and unique packaging.

This box set is $39.99 and will be available on March 21, 2009.

For more click here. (We all know Jordan will not be getting the DVD).

Emma Dreads to Kiss Rupert

According to the Telegraph, Emma is dreading her first on-screen kiss (ever!)-- with Rupert. At the Bafta Ceremony she said, 

"Well I've never had to do it before so I can't say I have any techniques," she says. "I've never had to kiss anyone on screen so it is all new to me. "Of course I am nervous about it. But, apparently it gets quite boring after a couple of takes, that's what Dan said to me anyway."

Rupert's also pretty nervous too, though he's had some experience from his recent movie Cherrybomb.

Crosswords anyone?

For more click here.

New HBP Preview Leaked!

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All Good Things Come to an End

Though we can't say if Equus was a good thing for everyone, I suppose we can guess it was a good thing for Daniel Radcliffe, but like they say, all good things come to an end. Equus, which opened in September of 2008, is now closing this year. Playbill.com notes: "When it closes, the acclaimed revival will have played 21 previews and 156 regular performances." Pretty big news right there. Click here and here for more.

Also, Rupert Grint recently attended the world premier of his new film Cherrybomb, which premiered at the Berlin film festival yesterday. I guess you could day the filming might be a good thing coming to an end. For more click here.

Today the news has been very philosophical. Let's all think deep and intellectualy about the true meaning of Harry Potter. Let's all be like Dumbledore!

Deathly Filming Starts Soon

Only two weeks, and the filming of Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows will comence! Leavesden Studios is back open, and Warner Brothers confirms the opening. But can we trust that they will go through with plans and not delay the fimlming again? We can only hope! A spokesperson from The Deathly Hallows' production team confirmed the start yet again, " We have not begun filming yet and will not do so for another two weeks. This has always been the case," she said."Filming will commence mid-February and go through to spring 2009." We supose she maent to say that the filming would end in Spring 2010, as the filming will most likely run up to 54 weeks due to the fact that Warner Brothers are filming both parts together.

Twip 2/8 - 2/14

Sun 2/8 ~ Afshan Azad's Birthday (Padma Patil)