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It is hectic here in Olympic London, as well as all over the country. Rupert Grint took part in the Olympic Torch Relay, running the ever-lit torch from Middlesex University. He ran the torch down hill to Barnet, near London. The Examiner reports:

The first photos of Rupert Grint in CBGB have surfaced. A fan visiting the set in Savannah was able to snap a photo of Grint and his PA, as well as one of Grint and herself. You can view the pictures here, or below.

Rupert Grint has been listed in the cast of a new movie called The Necessay Death of Charlie Countryman. According to ScreenDaily Grint will be acting along side Trasnformers star, Shia LaBeouf. The movie has been in production in Berlin, and will be starting a portion of production in Romania May 21. Voltage Pictures, who will back the production of the movie, released a synopsis:

The MTV Movie Award nominations were revealed tonight, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is up for 6 awards. The final Potter film is nominated for Movie of the Year, and its young cast has also received nominations, including Best Male Performance for Daniel Radcliffe and Best Cast.

See the complete list of nominations for "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" below. Voting is open to the public from tomorrow morning, 8 a.m. EST at MovieAwards.MTV.com. Winners will be announced live at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 3rd.

Movie of the Year
"Bridesmaids"
"The Hunger Games"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
"The Help"
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Best Male Performance
Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
Ryan Gosling, "Drive"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "50/50"
Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
Channing Tatum, "The Vow"

Best Female Performance
Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"
Kristin Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

Best Cast
"Bridesmaids"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
"The Hunger Games"
"21 Jump Street"
"The Help"

Best Fight
Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, "The Hunger Games"
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill vs. Kid Gang, "21 Jump Street"
Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton, "Warrior"
Tom Cruise vs. Michelle Nyqvist, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"

Best Kiss
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, "The Vow"
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

The red carpet for the grand opening of Warner Bros. Studio Tour - the Making of Harry Potter is about to get underway! Watch live as the cast and crew of the "Harry Potter" films arrive and speak to presenter Alex Zane. Leaky will have more coverage from the grand opening, so stay tuned!

 

Beginning Wednesday, March 14, ABC Family will be kicking off a Harry Potter marathon, airing the first six movies through Sunday, March 18. Exclusive interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will be interspersed throughout the marathon during commercial breaks.

The complete "Harry Potter" schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, March 14th

7:30 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT –  “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

Thursday, March 15th

3:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET/PT –    “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT –  “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

Friday, March 16th

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET/PT –    “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET/PT –  “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”

Saturday, March 17th 

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET/PT –    “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM ET/PT –    “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
9:00 PM – 12:00 AM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”

Sunday, March 18th 

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET/PT –    “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
5:30 PM – 8:30 AM ET/PT –   “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
8:30 PM – 12:00 AM ET/PT – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

A video clip of Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) from his first post-Potter film, "Into the White," has been released. In the film, Grint plays a British air force soldier during WII trapped in the mountains of Norway with German soldiers, relying on one another for survival. Watch the clip below, in which Grint puts on a Scouse accent.



"Into the White" will have its world premiere on March 4th in Oslo, Norway. Grint is expected to attend.

Thank you to RupertGrint.net for the news!

Leaky's interviews with cast members and filmmakers from the Harry Potter film series from the red carpet for WB's Harry Potter Home Entertainment Celebration are now online and can be viewed via this link, or below:

PART ONE: Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan), Nick Moran (Scabior), George Harris (Kingsley), David Bradley (Filtch), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Executive Producer David Baron.



PART TWO: Director David Yates, Executive Producer David Heyman, Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), and Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)



In these interviews, we get to hear from a number of the cast members about their impressions of the Wizarding World and of how they are feeling now that one of the last big milestones in the Harry Potter films series, the final film's DVD release, is upon them.  We also speak with a few of the filmmakers, who discuss how they feel wrapping up the last eleven years of their lives and dish a little on what we might be able to see on a future Ultimate 8 Film Boxed Set.

The "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" DVD/Blu-ray is available in stores and online in the States now.

Enjoy!

Yahoo! Movies has released two exclusive behind the scenes clips showing the Harry and Snape confrontation in the Great Hall during "Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

The first clip includes an interview with Daniel Radcliffe where he talks about Harry Potter's heroic moment, while the second clip focuses on Snape's role in the scene. Watch them both on this page or below:

This morning, the final nominees were announced for the People's Choice Awards. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is up for several awards, along with its young cast. The categories are:

Favorite Movie: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
Favorite Movie Actor: Daniel Radcliffe
Favorite Action Movie: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
Favorite Movie Star Under 25 Presented by Moviefone: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton
Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
Favorite Book Adaptation: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"

A red carpet event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 12 for the Blu-ray/DVD release of "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" and E! Online will be live streaming the event beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.

The event is part of Warner Bros. and Universal Orlando's celebration of the Harry Potter films, which will be taking place next weekend, Nov. 11-13, at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The festivities will mark a decade since the release of the first film and promote the release of the final Harry Potter Blu-ray/DVD, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

Guests confirmed to attend the event include actors Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy), Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) and director David Yates.

Leaky will also be on hand to provide full coverage and interviews with the cast and crew, so stay tuned!

Entertainment Weekly has released an exclusive behind the scenes clip from the "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Blu-ray. The clip features interviews with the Weasley actors discussing Molly Weasley's (Julie Walters) famous line in the series when she battles Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter). See that video here.

Another clip was unlocked by fans playing on the website Harry Potter: The Quest. This new feature focuses on Harry and Dumbledore's relationship through the years and includes previously unseen behind the scenes footage of Daniel Radcliffe and Michael Gambon joking around on the set. See it on YouTube or below:



"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on Nov. 11 in the U.S. and Dec. 2 in the U.K.

Users of the website Harry Potter: The Quest recently unlocked a new video called "The Love Life of Ron Weasley." The video includes interviews with Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Grange), David Yates (director) and David Heyman (producer) along with some previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage of the Ron and Hermione kiss. Watch it here or check it out below:

We have two bits of Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) news to share with you this evening.  First, Mr. Grint has been added to the list of Harry Potter cast members scheduled to appear at Universal Orlando's Harry Potter Home Entertainment Celebration, formally titled the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter November Celebration."  As readers will recall, James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick, Griphook), Evanna Lynch ( Luna Lovegood), Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley), David Bradley (Argus Filch), Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) have been previously scheduled to appear as part of the event which takes place at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter from November 11th - 13th.

Secondly, Mr. Grint was the recipient of the Best British Actor at tonight's BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards.  Nominated for his performance in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the actor joked upon acceptance by saying, "I’m just the ginger one in the background, this shouldn’t be happening!"  A photo of Mr. Grint accepting the award may be seen via this link.

Many thanks to Hypable for the tip!

Warner Bros. today announced the opening date for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter as the 31st March 2012. As we told you earlier this week, there will be Fan Priority Tickets available -- find out more information about those in our post here.

The press release has a quote from Sarah Roots, Vice President, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London., in which she speaks about the opening date's place in a very eventful year for the U.K.:

The UK will be the focus of the world with the Olympic Games in 2012 and we are incredibly excited to be launching the UK’s newest attraction at this time,” adds Sarah Roots, Vice President, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. “Visitors are going to be amazed by Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter and we look forward to welcoming people from all over the world through our doors from 31st March 2012.

“It was such a magical place to grow up,” says Daniel Radcliffe. “People will be amazed to see the incredible sets that we’ve worked in all these years.”

Rupert Grint adds, “The sets all have tiny little details that you may not always notice in the films but when you actually walk through them, you can see all the work that's gone into it. It’s really amazing.”

“This is incredible, it’s been a long time coming and I’m very excited.” says Emma Watson.

To accompany WB's announcement of a November 11 US release date for the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Blu-Ray DVD, the studio has released video of the first take actors Rupert Grint and Emma Watson did for their long anticipated kiss in the final film.  To check out the clip, follow the instructions right here on YahooUK.

Warner Home Video via TheHDRoom and Harry Potter UK Facebook have announced the release dates for the final Harry Potter film on DVD and Blu-ray.

Fans in the U.S. will be able to purchase "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" beginning Friday, November 11. Note that this is the same weekend as the Universal Orlando Harry Potter celebration at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. On November 11, Warner Bros. will also release "Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection" on Blu-ray ($139.99) and DVD ($98.92).

Friday, December 2 will be when fans in the U.K. can get a hold of the eighth Harry Potter film. Pre-orders are now being taken at Amazon.co.uk and Play.com. A complete 8 film collection will also be released, as well as 3D Blu-ray.

A look at the bonus features on the Blu-ray include:

Maximum Movie Mode hosted by Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and other cast members (80 minutes) - As the epic showdown between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort approaches, don't miss a single detail as the forces of good and evil clash one final time throughout the grounds of Hogwarts.

A Conversation with JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe - Join J.K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe for an exclusive conversation about bringing the character of Harry Potter to life, the last decade of films and how their lives have changed by the fame that they've both experienced.

The Goblins of Gringotts - Hosted by Warwick Davis, you'll see the entire process of becoming a goblin in a Harry Potter film, from auditions and casting to makeup and prosthetic tests as well as filming the final scenes.

The Women of Harry Potter – A look at the remarkable women in Harry Potter's life and the critical role they play in the films.

WB Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter

Deleted Scenes

Ultraviolet Digital Copy

MTV has posted a few outtake images from a recent photo shoot actors Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) did for Band of Outsiders.  Outtake images from the clothing retailers ad campaign can be viewed via this link.

The BBC is reporting that Harry Potter actors Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Jim Broadbent (Professor Slughorn) and David Tennant (Barty Crouch, Jr.) have joined the voice cast of "Postman Pat: The Movie - You Know You're the One."

"Postman Pat: The Movie" will be based on the popular British cartoon which recently celebrated 30 years. The movie will see Postman Pat "lured away from his village by the chance to find fame on a national talent show."

In a statement about the casting, Rupert Grint said:

"Postman Pat is one of those British symbols, I suppose - you are totally familiar with him and his cat Jess, even if you have never watched the series.

"How exciting to be part of the Postman Pat heritage."

A very happy birthday goes out to actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) who turns 23 years old today. Cheers to you, Rupert, from everyone at Leaky!