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HBO will be airing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 beginning on Saturday, May 12th at 8:00pm EDT.
The trailer for the HBO premiere above is only new in the way it was edited.
While we are sure everyone reading this has seen the movie, there is still something new about seeing the films on television. So let us know in the comments if you be watching it in this format.
Thanks to Hypable for the tip!
Posted by Keith on 05-08-2012 at 2:00 PM
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With the new rules in place for Best Picture nominations at the Academy Awards, the Academy is able to nominate between 5 and 10 films for the coveted Oscar. This year, the Academy chose nine films. So why did Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the biggest film of the year with the biggest franchise of all-time, remain left off the list as the tenth nomination? MTV gives us their viewpoint.
From the article:
To be clear, I'm lamenting the lack of recognition for the nearly perfect eighth and final Potter film, but we Potter fans cannot deny the fact that the franchise as a whole deserved Best Picture consideration. With "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" having paved the way for fantasy films to resonate with Academy voters as well as the general public, and the fact that 10 films can be nominated, it seemed very likely that The Boy Who Lived had a chance at that nomination.
The article goes on to point out some of the films most notable highlights: Alan Rickman's brilliant performance as Professor Severus Snape, the casting directors for the incredibly impressive cast that they put together over all of these year with the most outstanding and notable British actors of all-time, and also director David Yates, who so successfully added a his direction to close out the series in near perfection.
"Again, when will such amazing and dramatic achievements occur again in cinema? The 'Harry Potter' franchise is a perfect storm of so many elements, the proverbial lightning in a bottle that can not be duplicated. A Best Picture nomination was more than a little bit deserved."
The Oscars ceremony takes place on Sunday, February 26th. The Harry Potter series has been nominated for technical awards, but is this enough to get you to watch the show this year or not? Let us know in the comments below.
Posted by Keith on 02-18-2012 at 2:50 PM
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The 25th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards show is scheduled for Saturday March 31st at 8:00pm ET. Harry Potter has been nominated in a variety of categories.
The show will be led by international film star Will Smith and will air live from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. A star-studded line-up will be vying for the coveted Kids' Choice Blimps as kids honor their favorites spanning the worlds of film, music, TV and sports.
Harry Potter has conjured up four nominations for Favorite Movie, Favorite Book (the Harry Potter series), Daniel Radcliffe for Favorite Movie Actor and Emma Watson for Favorite Movie Actress.
For a complete list of the nominations, you can check out the Nickelodeon website right here.
How do you think Harry Potter will do at this award show? Let us know in the comments below.
Posted by Keith on 02-16-2012 at 5:05 PM
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Thanks to the good people at Harry Potter Forum (in particular Jason and UniversHarryPotter), new images from Warner Brothers concept art and some very ugly images of up-close looks at the Giants from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 are now available for you to view.
The first set of images are some interesting new concept art:
The next set of images are incredibly detailed looks at the Giants we saw in the Final Battle of Hogwarts, only much creepier looking:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Special thanks to Hypable for the tip!
Posted by Keith on 01-19-2012 at 1:50 PM
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On Tuesday evening, Harry Potter producer David Heyman and actor Daniel Radcliffe attended the National Board of Review Gala, which was hosted by Today show's Natalie Morales in New York City.
David and Dan did not walk the red carpet but were present to accept the award for Special Achievement in Filmmaking. You can see a hi-res image of the pair holding the award right here.
The National Board of Review, a group of film historians, students and academics founded in 1909, is one of the first notable groups to announce its picks for the year's best movies.
Congratulations to David Heyman and all of the cast and crew of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 for this special award recognition!
Thanks to Snitchseeker for the tip!
Posted by Keith on 01-13-2012 at 10:35 AM
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The website, RottenTomatoes.com, announced the winners of their 2011 "Golden Tomato" awards, and Deathly Hallows - Part Two was named the best reviewed movie of the year! Deathly Hallows - Part Two achieved a 96% rating on the popular website, which includes critics ratings. By the fans of the series alone, the movie was rated at 92% with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5 tomatoes.
Deathly Hallows - Part Two beat about Moneyball, Brad Pitt's baseball biopic, as well as The Muppets, Drive, and Hugo.
For a full list of the winners, check out RottenTomatoes.com.
Posted by Kat on 01-06-2012 at 7:40 PM
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According to E! Online, Hollywood has suffered one of its worst years at the box office in recent memory! Of course the one bright spot, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, became the world's third-highest grossing movie of all-time with over $1.3 billion. The other billion dollar club movies this year were Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
So where were the big failures of this past year? Well, one of the biggest disappointments in 2011 was the animated movies, which in past years have done quite well at the box office. Only five animated films broke $100 million and none eclipsed the $200 million mark in domestic sales. Compared to 2010, when five animated films topped the $200 million mark, led by Toy Story 3.
Of 2011's most notable disappointments was the animated film Mars Needs Moms, which grossed less than $40 million worldwide and cost over $190 million to produce (according to BoxOfficeMojo.com numbers).
If you take away the success of Deathly Hallows - Part 2, with it's $381 million domestically, the industry would have suffered its worst year in five years.
Here are the year's top movies (domestic gross only according to BoxOfficeMojo.com):
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - $381 million
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $352.4 million
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 - $268.2 million
The Hangover Part II - $254.5 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - $241.1 million
Fast Five - $209.8 million
Cars 2 - $191.5 million
Thor - $181 million
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - $176.7 million
Captain America: The First Avenger - $176.65 million
What do you think will happen at the box office in 2012 with no more Harry Potter films?
Posted by Keith on 12-24-2011 at 2:50 PM
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