Chalk up another award for the "Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix" movie. The movie won the award for Movie of the Year at the
British and Irish exhib/distrib industry's RAAM Awards, held tonight at
London's Millennium Hotel. Additionally, Warner Bros. won Distributor
of the Year at the ceremony.
Hpana News
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling is the subject of an interview
which ran this past weekend in a number of Spanish language
publications as part of the XLSemanal
section. This interview first took place a number of months ago and
features Jo speaking of her inspirations for events and characters
which played heavily in the Harry Potter series, a little about her
past, and candidly about her husband, Dr. Neil Murray. We are still
awaiting the entire interview and will provide more here when we can.
In the meantime, here are some rough excerpts from the interview which
appeared over the weekend:
About the relationship between September 11, 2001 and Harry
Potter, Rowling denied any influence and recognizes the true
inspiration for Minister Cornelius Fudge: “My model of the world after
Voldemort’s return was, directly, the government of Neville Chamberlain
in Great Britain during the Second World War, when he tried to minimize
the menace of the Nazi regime for political convenience.”
She also spoke about her two marriages, saying: “I had
decided not to marry again. In seven years I hadn’t met anyone who
liked me so much. And I remember that I thought: I have a daughter who
I adore, I have success, and deep down, I am happy. My sister
introduced us and I thought he was a very solid person. He’s an
excellent doctor in his profession, and he works in a world that is far
away from mine. What I most adore about him is that, everyday, Neil
knows more people that want to know if he can help them, without having
to ask who he is married to.”
She didn’t avoid talking about her first husband, Jorge
Arantes, who Jo was married to for nearly two years: “None of the
characters of my books are based on my ex. Whatever happened in our
marriage, the truth is that my ex-husband contributed fifty percent to
one of the most beautiful things that has happened in my life, which is
my eldest daughter. So, I’d never used him in a fairy tale. He’s her
father.”
Posted by Edward @ TLC.
OotP Nominated for Several Movie Awards
"The BBC is reporting tonight the “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” film received a total of six nominations at the upcoming Empire Magazine Movie Awards.
The fifth film in the series was nominated for Best Film while actors
Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) both
received nominations in the respective categories of Best Actor and
Best Actress. The film also received recognition in the category of
sci-fi/fantasy, where it was nominated for Best Film: Sci-fi/Fantasy.
The film’s soundtrack, composed by Nicholas Hooper, received a
nomination for Best Soundtrack as did David Yates, who was nominated
for the Best Director honor. “Order of the Phoenix” leads the pack in
overall nominations along with the film “Atonement,” who also received
six nominations. The awards ceremony is set for March 9th at the Grosvenor
House Hotel in London, England. Comedian Rob Brydon is set to host the
ceremony, which will announce the winners as voted by EmpireOnline.com readers and magazine subscribers. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be broadcast on ITV2 Monday, March 10th at 9pm local time."
TLC
Has Pansy Parkinson been re-cast?
According to the A & J Management website (the casting agency also in charge of Jessie Cave, slated to play Lavender Brown), 17 year old Scarlett Byrne has been cast in the role of Pansy Parkinson for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
She looks like a perfect Pansy. But what happened to the old Pansy, Genevieve Gaunt, if this is true?
JKR Receives Another Award
The South Bank Awards took place at the Dorchester Hotel in London
today with Lord Richard Attenborough presenting author J.K. Rowling an
award for outstanding achievement in the arts in recognition of the
"Harry Potter" series. In an interview from the event JKR also said
that finishing the series was "more painful than getting divorced" and
that she has finished writing about Harry.
Read more in inthenews.co.uk
Five Day Harry Potter Conference Planned
CHICAGO, IL -- January 29, 2008 -- The planning team for Terminus, a
five-day Harry Potter conference to be held August 7-11, 2008, has
announced that the deadline for programming proposals has been extended
to Sunday, February 3.
"The programming for Terminus is drawn from the proposals made to the
conference," noted Hallie Tibbetts, a Lead Event Organizer. "We invite
scholars, professionals, and fans to share their analyses and interests
surrounding Harry Potter and the related phenomenon with our attendees.
Between the release of the final book and the continued fan interest,
there are still hundreds of avenues to explore in presentations, and
there's nothing quite so exciting as discussing Harry Potter with over
a thousand other attendees who understand the allure of the books,
films, and fan community."
The conference welcomes proposals for papers (solo and pre-empaneled),
panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions. In addition, there are
presentation options for fanfiction readings, fan art and craft
portfolios, and gallery art, and interactive booths for writing,
editing, drawing, and art critique.
Terminus is presented by Narrate Conferences, Inc., a 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to creating dynamic, innovative educational
events for adult scholars, students, educators, librarians,
professionals, and fans. Narrate Conferences recently presented Phoenix
Rising, a five-day Harry Potter conference in New Orleans.
Read more here. Thank you Wizard News for the heads up.
Cormac And Blaise will be played by Freddie Stroma and Louis Cordice.
Katie Bell, the Gryffindor chaser who suffers terrible injuries from a cursed necklace, is being played by Georgina Leonidas. Isabella Laughland will play her friend Leanne. Gryffindor fourth year Romilda Vane who tries to use a love potion on Harry, will be played by Anna Shaffer. And Robert Knox will play Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby. No pictures were located o these five actors/actresses at this time. Filming should be starting soon.
Good news for Septimus Heap fans!
The fourth book in the Septimus Heap series, Queste, is being released on April 8, 2008. The US cover has not yet been released, but normally the covers are quite similar. This is what Amazon and other US booksellers have to say about Queste:
There's trouble at the Castle, and it's all because Merrin Meredith has returned with Darke plans for Septimus. More trouble awaits Septimus and Jenna in the form of Tertius Fume, the ghost of the very first Chief Hermetic Scribe, who is determined to send Septimus on a deadly Queste. But Septimus and Jenna have other plans--they are headed for the mysterious House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets and the place where they fervently hope they will be able to find Nicko and Snorri, who were trapped back in time in physik. But how will Septimus escape the Queste?
Queste, like all the books in the Septimus Heap series, is filled with nonstop action, humor, and fantastical adventure as Septimus continues his journey of Magykal self-discovery.
The UK description is a little more in depth:
In the fourth book, Septimus goes on a perilous quest to the House of Foryxx to find Nicko and Snorri, who have been trapped back in time. Everyone at the Castle is slowly beginning to realize that their chances of coming back are slim. Septimus, aided by ancient alchemist Marcellus Pye, learns of a place where all time meets: the House of Foryxx. But how does he get there?
Jenna and Septimus find Nicko's notes from the past and discover that he knows of the House of Foryxx as well and has been creating a map to plot the house's hidden location. With the help of the Questing Stone and Nicko's faded maps, will Septimus be able to find the House of Foryxx, and save Nicko and Snorri? Meanwhile, Simon Heap has taken on Merrin Meredith, former apprentice to DomDaniel, as his own apprentice, giving Merrin an opportunity he has been waiting years for. With the help of a frightening creature called a Thing, Merrin plans to reclaim the identity he used to have - that of Septimus Heap.
The book will be 608 pages.
In other news, we have a little good/bad going on at the same time--a new Artemis Fowl book will be released on July 15, 2008 and will be approximately 400 pages. The title is The Time Paradox. No cover art or description is yet available for this book, but author Eoin Colfer has said in his blogs that this may possibly be the last in the series, and even if he decides to go forward with this series, we won't be seeing any new volumes beyond this one for at least three years.
Fantastic news for fans of the Inheritance Cycle!
Kvetha Fricaya! Greetings, Friends! I am pleased to tell you that the title of Book Three in the Inheritance cycle is Brisingr. Sometimes one's first thought is best, and so it was with naming this book. After many months of trying to sum up a complex story in a single word, it struck me that I had had the name all along. For reasons that will become clear when you read Brisingr, this title is perfect.Brisingr is an Old Norse word for "fire". As you may remember, in Eragon, Brom uses the word brisingr to start a fire. This is the first time Eragon hears an ancient language word, a word of magic. Later, when Eragon is cornered by Urgals in Yazuac, he shouts Brisingr! to great effect (see Eragon chapters "Revelation at Yazuac" and "Admonishments").Both elements of the cover, the gold dragon Glaedr and the title, touch on Eragon's inheritance. With his painting, John Jude Palencar has captured the dignity and wisdom of Glaedr, and Random House has again designed an awesome book cover.More exciting news is on the horizon . . .May your swords stay sharp!Christopher PaoliniTo see a larger version of the cover, please visit our forums
here. You don't need to be registered to view the thread, but you do need to be registered to post. In addition, Random House, the publisher of the Inheritance Cycle, has announced that the release date of Brisingr will be bumped up to September 20, 2008.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has finished casting the new characters for the movie. Horace Slughorn will be played by Jim Broadbent, Narcissa Malfoy by Helen McCrory, and Lavender Brown by Jessie Cave. Eleven-year-old Tom Riddle will be played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Ralph Fiennes' nephew, and teenaged Tom Riddle will be portrayed by Frank Dillane. Photos are not currently available for Tiffin and Dillane.
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