Category: Harry Potter

I posted last week on Magical-Menagerie that Chris Rankin would be attending a Harry Potter marathon on April 5th starting at 10am as part of the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival. Now thanks to HPP we know that Matthew Lewis will also be in attendance!   The festival takes place at the Hyde Park Picture House from March 29 to April 9 and will feature screenings, workshops and guest appearances.

Ticket Prices are as follows:

Harry Potter All Day Pass: £8.00 People under 19 Or £10.00 For over 19’s
Harry Potter Individual Films: £2.50 People Under 19
——————Or £3.50. For over 19s accompanying a young person
——————Or £4.50 For over 19s Not accompanying a young person

Universal has released another press release with more details on The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park!  First, the park will open on June 18th!  Next, we got some information about one of the rides: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.  Here are some quick facts about it:

Storyline: As you venture through Hogwarts, you meet Harry, Ron and Hermione, who convince you to skip a planned lecture and follow them.  Upon taking their advice you travel by Floo powder, and begin your adventure as you soar over Hogwarts, narrowly escape a dragon attack, have a close encounter with the Whomping Willow, get pulled into a Quidditch match and more.

First-ever combination of advanced robotic ride system technology with innovative, immersive filmmaking

Award-winning composer John Williams oversaw the creation of the attraction’s score

The queue includes the following Harry Potter book and film elements: Headmaster Dumbledore’s office, Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, Gryffindor common room, Room of Requirement, and the greenhouse; talking portraits including the Fat Lady and the never-before-seen four founders: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw; the Sorting Hat, the One-Eyed Witch statue and the Mirror of Erised

Duration of ride: The full attraction experience, including the queue, takes about an hour

Number of scenes in the attraction: 12

Characters (featuring Harry Potter film talent): Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid and Draco Malfoy

You may also catch a glimpse of Fred and George Weasley, Ginny Weasley and Neville Longbottom

Get ready for some big Neville action in a little over 2 weeks! abc Family is having yet another Harry Potter weekend, they are playing the extended Order of the Phoenix (in case you missed it on abc last Saturday) AND showing a preview of Deathly Hallows (the one that was on the Half-Blood Prince dvd)!!!!

Spend three days enjoying every spell, snitch and scar-burning moment of the first five films in the Harry Potter franchise with ABC Family’s “Harry Potter Weekend” on Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21. The weekend event also includes the basic cable premiere of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” featuring deleted scenes not included in the original film version.

Along with a weekend full of wizarding fun, ABC Family will be premiering a two-minute never-seen-before on television sneak peek of the upcoming film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” throughout the weekend event.

Friday, March 19th
• (7:30 – 11:00 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

Saturday, March 20th
• (9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
• (12:30 – 4:30 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
• (4:30 – 7:30 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
• (7:30 – 11:00 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

Sunday, March 21st
• (9:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
• (1:30 – 4:30 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
• (4:30 – 8:00 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
• (8:00 – 11:00 PM ET/PT) “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”

Matt has just confirmed via his Twitter that he will have night shooting this week!

Sat in the hotel. On nightshoots this week. I’ve brought my clubs so I think the driving range and then the swimming pool beckons.

So this means that Swinley Forest will be filming at night, which makes me assume that he is filming Hogwarts Battle scenes, yay!