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Front Page > News Closeup: Deathly Hallows
Latest news as of Thursday, August 28, 2008
WARNING: Articles highlighted in red contain spoilers!| Friday, August 22, 2008 |
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| EA discusses future of Harry Potter games after the movies |
Electronic Arts, the company that produces the Harry Potter video games for Warner Bros., hopes to make the Boy Who Lived continue to entertain game fans, even after the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has bowed out of theaters. "We've done it with Lord of the Rings. There's more stories that we can tell." [more...]
Source: MTV |
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| Friday, August 15, 2008 |
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| Dan loses his pants in next Harry Potter film |
Daniel Radcliffe will appear naked in the next Harry Potter film, he has revealed. The 19-year-old, who first appeared in Equus, admits he was unsure when he was told he would be appearing without trousers in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He said, "At first I thought I had pants on. Apparently not!" [more...]
Source: Showbiz Spy |
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| Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter fairytales to be published |
A collection of fairytales penned by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is to be published. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Rowling first mentioned in The Deathly Hallows, will go on sale on December 4. The book will feature additional commentary on each fairytale from Professor Dumbledore, and an introduction by Rowling. [more...]
Source: BBC News |
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| Friday, July 25, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter drives Scholastic's global sales |
Scholastic's global sales were up 15% to $2,205.6m in the year to end-May 2008, driven by strong Harry Potter trade sales of approximately $270m following its US publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in July 2007. It also said that a strong performance in the UK, Australia and Asia contributed to the increase. [more...]
Source: The Bookseller |
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
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| J.K.'s magical $300 million eclipses Hollywood stars |
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's earnings have dwarfed those made by Hollywood's biggest stars. She made £150 million in the last year, ahead of Oprah Winfrey, who earned £137.5 million. Her books have sold 375 million copies worldwide and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has sold 44 million copies alone since last July. [more...]
Source: The Scotsman, UK |
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| Fans rush to snap up Deathly Hallows in Japanese |
A throng of Harry Potter fans flocked to book stores on early Wednesday, eagerly awaiting the release of the Japanese translation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. About 1.8 million first editions of the new book that is divided into two parts will go on sale at bookstores around the country. [more...]
Source: Mainichi Daily News, Japan |
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| Monday, July 21, 2008 |
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| Last chance to buy first edition hard-cover Deathly Hallows |
BooksOnBoard, the premier online bookshop, now offers the First Edition hardcover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for less than the UK paperback list. Priced at $9.99, that's $25 off the publishers list price of $34.99. The UK paperback edition was released last July 5th with a list price of approximately $17. [more...]
Source: Webwire |
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| Harry Potter fans pay £1000 to stay in J.K. Rowling's suite |
The Edinburgh hotel suite where JK Rowling completed the Harry Potter series has become a Mecca for fans across the world, at almost £1000 a night. Renamed the J.K. Rowling Suite, it still contains the marble bust she triumphantly signed after completing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in January last year. [more...]
Source: Edinburgh News |
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| Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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| Deathly Hallows now available in Hindi |
The Hindi edition of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series "Harry Potter Aur Maut Ke Tohafe" (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) was released in Bhopal, India, on Friday. "The quality and look of the Hindi edition is at par with international standards," said Vikas Rakheja, managing director of Manjul Publishing House. [more...]
Source: Smashits, India |
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| Monday, June 9, 2008 |
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| Warwick Davis sounds off on his part in Deathly Hallows |
In a new interview on the MTV Movies Blog, Warwick Davis, who plays Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter films, talks about how his part in the next film, Half-Blood Prince, how his character comes out in the final book, and how he feels about the final film being made in two parts. [more...]
Source: MTV Movies Blog |
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| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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| John Hurt hinting he'd like to be in Hallows |
John Hurt, who played Mr Ollivander in the 2001 movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, says he hopes to return for the final installment of the boy wizard franchise Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which will be split into two. Hurt says, "I didn't spend a lot of time on the Harry Potter film, but I might be spending more time there next time. We'll see." [more...]
Source: PR Inside |
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