On Thursday, Universal Studios Japan will unveil their plans to build the first International WWOHP, which has been an enormous success in Orlando, Florida. The park in Japan is being build on vacant land and as a result will open ahead of the WWOHP at Universal Studios Hollywood, which has to rebuild areas of its theme park.
On May 13, 2005, the webmasters from the most popular “Potter” fan sites announced their invitation from JKR to conduct a personal interview with her.
You may have noticed that for the past few months, MuggleNet has been slowly morphing into a different kind of website. With a desire to return to our favorite book series, the hardworking staff of the site have developed two new podcasts – MuggleNet Academia and Alohomora! – to lead a new wave of Potter conversation and critical discourse around the world.
Like Luna? Our featured Fan Art submission this week comes from fan Naomi Nowak and it’s beautiful. The piece is titled, “Luna Lovegood (with crumple-horned snorkack, heliopath and moon frog).”
HBO will be airing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 beginning on Saturday, May 12 at 8:00pm EDT. While we are sure everyone reading this has seen the movie, there is still something new about seeing the films on television.
Daniel Radcliffe – the star who portrayed the title character in all of the Harry Potter films – was in attendance saying he was honored to be at the event and admitted he was a little star-struck. When he found out New York Jets newest quarterback was there, Dan admitted that he was a huge fan.
As we reported last month, the International Quidditch Association launched a new contest that took competition off the Quidditch pitch and into the kitchen. The Quidditch Culinary Classic is an IQA inspired recipe challenge that was launched on their Facebook page. Final entries are to be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 14, 2012.
The second episode of our new Potter podcast Alohomora! is now available for download. In it, MuggleNet hosts Noah, Kat and Caleb are joined by Meg Falasco – an English Literature major from Muhlenberg College with a focus in Narrative studies and Celtic Myth.
Potted Potter has played to sold out houses in Toronto, London, Edinburgh, Australia and New Zealand, and will now make its US debut, beginning Saturday May 19 at the Little Shubert Theatre (422 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues). Opening Night is set for Sunday June 3. This limited engagement continues through August 12 only.
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