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REUTERS — Enchanted “Harry Potter” fans lined up in London’s Leicester Square on Thursday (October 13) for a global fan event to get a sneak peek at the new spin-off movie penned by J.K. Rowling, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. The British contingent of Potter-philes were part of a coordinated event to see early footage from “Fantastic Beasts” at select IMAX theaters in cities including Rome, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and New York. […]
(Reuters) Ahead of the film’s November release, the final trailer for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’ has been released. The film is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling. Eddie Redmayne takes the lead role of Magizoologist Newt Scamander in the film directed by David Yates, who helmed the last four “Harry Potter” films. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opens in 1926 with Newt Scamander […]
(REUTERS) — Harry Potter fans hoping to see the franchise’s new West End play could be refused admission if they buy their tickets on re-sale websites. In a statement, the producers of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” called the second-ticket market an “industry-wide plague” and said they were taking the matter “very seriously.” “Our priority is to protect all our customers and are doing all we can to combat this issue. From the […]
by Elizabeth LAW Singapore, Singapore (AFP) — Harry Potter magic hit Asia on Sunday morning, as aspiring witches and wizards crowded into bookstores to get their hands on the first copies of a new play that imagines the hero as an adult. Launch parties for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” were held hours after the play’s premiere in London, setting the stage for a return of the series that has captivated readers and movie […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — J.K. Rowling, creator of the mass-selling “Harry Potter” books, made an impassioned plea Monday for Britons to vote to stay in the EU, warning in a blog posting against rising nationalism across the world. The British author, whose novels and films about the boy wizard have become a global phenomenon, said many of those backing a Brexit in Thursday’s EU referendum were making a protest “against everything about modern life […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Queues snaked for meters at London’s Palace Theater on Tuesday (June 7). The reason? The next installment in the ‘Harry Potter’ saga. ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ opened for the first of several previews at the central London venue – and fans lucky enough to secure tickets for the event waited anxiously to get into the theater. The story – which is split into two parts – follows title character […]
by Edouard Guihaire LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Harry Potter makes his stage debut on Tuesday in a new London play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a father of three, in the latest offshoot of the globally successful franchise. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series by J.K. Rowling, which have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been adapted […]
by Edouard GUIHAIRE LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Harry Potter makes his stage debut on Tuesday in a new London play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a father of three, in the latest offshoot of the globally successful franchise. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series by J.K. Rowling, which have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been […]
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – It was a celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood on Tuesday (April 5), where music filled the air and fireworks lit up of the sky for the unveiling of “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.” The opening was marked by legendary composer John Williams leading the the L.A. Philharmonic in front of the theme park’s massive Hogwarts castle, which provided the perfect backdrop for the evenings dramatic 3D light […]
(Reuters) — The chair that birthed Harry Potter and millions of so-called Potterheads is hitting the auction block. The wooden dinning chair once owned by J.K. Rowling, comes with a letter in which she said she was sad to let it go. “This is a chair that J.K. Rowling wrote the first two Harry Potter books on. And it was in her government flat. It was given to her with a group of chairs. […]
The Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter, at the Hertfordshire Leavesden Studios, gave a preview of its expansion on Tuesday (March 3). It showcased a major new addition – Platform 9 3/4 with the original Hogwarts Express train, steaming on a set of tracks. The iconic 78-year-old red steam engine (named ‘Olton Hall’) was used in the movie franchise to transport Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the rest of the gang to […]
(Reuters) – Watch out Harry Potter, you are not the only wizard with an invisibility cloak. Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered a way to hide large objects from sight using inexpensive and readily available lenses, a technology that seems to have sprung from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series. Cloaking is the process by which an object becomes hidden from view, while everything else around the cloaked object appears […]
