Category: Harry Potter

Since Matthew news is a bit slow these days I thought I would share some Deathly Hallows news. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed that 10 films are in final contention for the Excellence in Visual Effects Oscar and Deathly Hallows: Part II is among them. The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released the longlist of nominations for this year’s BAFTA awards and Harry Potter is up for a few. Final nominations in all categories will be announced on Tuesday 17 January with the winners being announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 12 February.

• Outstanding British Film
• Editing
• Adapted Screenplay
• Production Design
• Cinematography
• Make Up & Hair
• Costume Design
• Sound
• Special Visual Effects
• Original Music

Finally it has been nominated for Excelence in Production Design for a Feature Film in 2011 under the Fantasy category at this year’s Art Directors Guild awards. It will also receive this year’s Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award, which will be presented to the principal team behind the Harry Potter films including Producers David Heyman and David Barron; Director David Yates; creator and author J.K. Rowling; Screenwriter Steve Kloves; Production Designer Stuart Craig; Art Director Neil Lamont; and Set Decorator Stephenie McMillan.

Congratulations to all involved in the making of the Harry Potter films! Let’s cross our fingers for lots more nominations and wins!

Thanks to Magical-Menagerie for the news!

Back in July, ITV aired a Harry Potter special and revealed the 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments as voted by fans. While there were no moments with Neville by himself (only the group scenes, like number 39 and 1 below) in the original list, this new list includes one of Neville’s Deathly Hallows moments! If a video appears online I will post it here. The following scenes include Neville:

42. Neville Defends Hogwarts on the Bridge – Deathly Hallows Part 2
39. Pesky Pixie’s of the Cornish Variety – Chamber of Secrets
01. The First Sight of Hogwarts – Philosopher’s Stone

Thanks Magical-Menagerie.

Empire Online has released their list of the Top 10 Movies of 2011 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II comes in at Number 4! Matthew Lewis fans will particularly enjoy the “Money Moment,” read below to see why.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
A decade of franchise dominance ended spectacularly. Forever.

Released: July 15
Talent: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, David Yates (director)
Box office: $1.3 billion
Money moment: Neville Longbottom stands up to Voldemort and his cackling Death Eaters. “They didn’t die in vain. But you will!”
Empire line: “The effects have never been better, the sets more beautifully designed nor the explosions bigger.”
What to say: “Finite incantatem!” (Then cry uncontrollably.)

Thanks Magical-Menagerie!