March 14th, 2008 — Movies, TV, Celebrities, News and Events
Tags: Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. will split the final installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise into two parts, six months apart. Warner Bros. is set to release the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in November 2010 with the second part of the finale opening in May 2011. Both movies will be directed by David Yates and written by Steve Kloves.
The movies will be shot simulataneously, and it’s not yet known at what point in the story, adapted from J.K. Rowling’s 784-page book, the films will break. The seventh and final novel sees Harry and his friends battle arch nemesis Voldemort to the death. The seventh book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold a record 11 million copies during the first 24 hours after its release last July. The sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, also directed by Yates, will open this November. Daniel Radcliffe and the rest of the cast from the sixth movie are already confirmed for the finale.
Why does Warner Bros. split the book into two movies? Is this a profit-making scheme or is the book really that long?
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October 21st, 2007 — Movies, TV, Celebrities, Writing and Poetry
Tags: dumbledore, Harry Potter, JK Rowling
There could hardly have been a bigger sensation if Russell Crowe, Rod Stewart or Sven-Goran Eriksson had come out of the closet. Millions of fans around the world were yesterday digesting the news that one of the main characters in the Harry Potter novels, Albus Dumbledore, is gay.
The revelation came from author JK Rowling during a question-and-answer session at New York’s Carnegie Hall. It instantly hurtled around the internet and the world. News websites in China and Germany announced starkly: ‘JK Rowling: “Dumbledore is gay”.’ One blogger wrote on a fansite: ‘My head is spinning. Wow. One more reason to love gay men.’
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January 21st, 2007 — News and Events
Tags: Chelsea, JK Rowling, LG, Liverpool, Oprah Winfrey, Prada
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December 22nd, 2006 — Writing and Poetry
Tags: Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, JK Rowling
The wait is over for eager J K Rowling fans as the title of her latest book is revealed as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
It will be the final instalment in the hugely popular series of books about the young wizard which have won admirers of all ages.
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