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Images have surfaced online from Daniel Radcliffe's attendance at the premieres for "The Woman in Black" in London and Toronto.

On Tuesday, the horror film premiered in Radcliffe's hometown of London. Some images can be seen in the Leaky galleries at this link. DanRadcliffe.com also has a report from the premiere with additional images. See it here.

Thursday night, Radcliffe was in Toronto promoting his new film. Images from the Canadian premiere are available on this page.

"The Woman in Black" will be released Feb. 3, 2012 in the U.S. and Feb. 10 in the U.K.

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The Hollywood Reporter was present on Monday when Warner Bros. hosted a luncheon to celebrate the Harry Potter franchise at Club 21 in New York City. In attendance at the luncheon were Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, director David Yates and producer David Heyman.

Video of Yates and Heyman making remarks about the Harry Potter series during the luncheon can be seen below:



THR also spoke to Radcliffe prior to the luncheon where he talked about his feelings now that Potter is behind him and the adjustment to life in the public eye. Audio of the interview along with a full transcript is available here.

What are your feelings now that it has all wound down?
Daniel Radcliffe: Well, you know, I think my feelings are that the series is, kind of, its own commemoration -- I mean, to me at least. I won't be able to look at any of these films without remembering what they did for the British film industry at a time when it wasn't doing great -- it's now flourishing, but in the early half of the decade, you know, there was nothing happening, and films were closing, and Potter was the only, kind of, sure-thing happening in England. And, you know, my memories of it are incredibly nostalgic, and romantic, and, I think, how everybody views their teenage years, you know: with complete idealism, having forgotten that there was ever any, you know, hormonal rage or any of that kind of stuff. You know, I had a moment the other day of actually really missing it for the first time since, of going, "God, I miss those people!" But, yeah, I mean, it's been over a year now, and I've been having this amazing year here, so it's been a great first year away -- may they all be this good!

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Leaky has gotten an early copy of the forthcoming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Blu-ray DVD for review and has a chance to look over many of its special features included in this edition.  We will be highlighting different aspects of the DVD's special features and give a full review of the complete Blu-ray edition soon.  Firstly, readers will recall various clips making their way online of an interview between Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter actor Dan Radcliffe about their experiences in the world of Harry Potter.  In the much of the full interview, Mr. Radcliffe speaks to Jo about her impressions over the past ten years as she gave over her work to the filmmakers and how the process has been for her.

From the start, Jo recalls, she found the young actors to be ideal for their respective roles as the Trio.  In one moment, she shares about the first time she saw Dan as Harry:

"The first time I ever saw you was on the screen in my sitting room at home. They sent me a video of you... So, I saw you on that audition tape and I don't think I ever really told you, that I found you incredibly moving.  At that point, I didn't have a son, and I phoned David [Heyman] up and said he's great, he's fantastic... and I did say to David that it was like watching my son on screen.  Because, after all, Harry feels like this ghostly son I've had in my life."

Ms. Rowling goes on to speak to her characters and the actors who played them by describing them all as "far too pretty," but growing to understand that they actors were right for their roles once she met them.  She explains:

"It was a quite a big deal for me that I had written a strong female character who was primarily about brains, and that she chose to become a little bit more glamorous (in "Goblet of Fire") as us geeks do in a certain point in our lives. (laughs)  I accepted it.  Emma is a great access and I loved her as a person.  I felt that there were so many connections between her and Hermione that, did it matter that she was beautiful [from the start]? Come on."

Later in the conversation, the pair turns to discussing some of the creative turns the film made and Jo's reaction to a those alterations.  She says, "Inevitability you had to depart from the strict storyline of the books... the books are simply too long to make into very faithful films.  I can think of many places where it has worked just beautifully."  On the subject of changes she requested, Jo recalls one instance with "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" director Alfonso Cuaron in which she halted a creative effect from one scene.  Quoteage:

"Alfonso really wanted to get music into the film, and he put the choir in, which I loved.  But at one point he had this rather bizarre scene where Flitwick was conducting, and there were miniature people in an orchestra inside of something.  I said to him, 'But, why?'  I know it's visually exciting, but I think what was part of what fans really enjoy about the literacy world was that there was a logic that underpinned it.  There was always a logic to the magic, however strange it became.  And I know it's intriguing to people to go through the mouth of whatever it was and to see these little people, but why have they done it? …. Normally with the magic, there is a point.  So we had a little discussion about that.

The them of logic in the world of Harry Potter continues as a theme from this interview and it picked up again when the actor and author discuss the school setting of Hogwarts and reasons behind Jo's decision to have Hogwarts be a boarding school.  

"I certainly wasn't pro-boarding school... it was simply logistics.  There is a logic underpinning the world, and if you are a part of a society that is living in secret and you want to gather together a large number of your children and teach

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As a followup to today's earlier post, more information from author J. K. Rowling about the fates of characters from special material included on the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" DVD has been released care of MTV.  This new information comes from a report on EW which details more from a conversation the Harry Potter author had with actor Dan Radcliffe for the DVD.  Here, Ms. Rowling explains how she came to the decision of the fates of Hagrid and Lupin and how her thoughts on the characters were altered as she wrote the books.  Quoteage:

Rowling tells Radcliffe that the image of Hagrid cradling "dead" Harry — a bookend to the beginning of the series, when Hagrid brought infant Harry to the Dursleys – stuck with her the entire time she wrote the books and she never let it go. If she had, Rowling says Hagrid would have been a “natural” target for elimination. "That image kept him safe," she says.

Rowling also reveals that in her original "sketch" (her word) of the series climax, one of the most beloved characters in the Potter canon survived: Remus Lupin — tragic werewolf, former Defense Against The Dark Arts professor, and husband to the metamorphmagus and auror, Nymphadora Tonks... The seventh book tells us that before their deaths during the Battle of Hogwarts, Lupin and Tonks had a child. On the DVD, Rowling shares with Radcliffe that when she created Lupin’s character, she planned for him to survive the finale. While the author has said as much in other interviews, here, she elaborates, explaining that she changed her mind when she realized that her last Harry Potter story was really about war, and that “one of the most horrifying things about war is how it leaves children fatherless and motherless.” The most powerful way she could dramatize that idea, she says, was to kill a set of parents that were dear to readers. “I had no intention of killing [Lupin],” says Rowling. “But then it dawned on me he had to die."

The full interview is set to be included as part of the special features on the Blu-ray edition of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," scheduled for release on November 11 in the US and December 2nd in the UK.

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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.

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Video of actor Dan Radcliffe's appearance on Anderson, the daily talk show hosted by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, is now online and can be viewed right here.  During the segment, the Harry Potter actor talks about his experiences on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," moving from his time on the Harry Potter films, and how he feels about his role and place as a celebrity.  Parts one through five are available starting below:

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Daniel Radcliffe has spoken to a Scottish newspaper about filming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in the recent snowy weather. Mr. Radcliffe, speaking to the Sunday Mail, describes the camping scenes filmed by Loch Etive in Scotland as "magic." He goes on to say, "[the] mountains up there looked kind of blue and the weather was great." Talking about the various filming locations used for... Read the rest of this post

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CNN has a new article online today where cast members reflect back on the beginning of their time with the Harry Potter series as well as life post Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Of interest are comments from Dan Radcliffe who spoke about that first day for filming of Sorcerer's Stone: "It was September 29, 2000," Daniel Radcliffe, now 20, told CNN with a hint of nostalgia about his firs... Read the rest of this post

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As part of the release for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD (with the Deathly Hallows sneak preview), members of the cast have done several new interviews. Now available are videos from the AP, ITN and WireImage as follows:

Update: ET Canada continues their HBP interviews, this with Bonnie Wright

AP:  Dan Radcliffe on the Blu-ray Live screening of HBP

ITN: <>Dan, Rupert Grint, Bonnie W... Read the rest of this post

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Thanks to our friends at Oclumencia for pointing us to a series of interviews with Vira-Tempo blog where director David Yates and several of the cast members discuss the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD. Links can be found here: Dan Radcliffe, David Yates, Rupert Grint,  Bonnie Wright, and Emma Watson. Of interest are new comments from Dan Radcliffe and David Yates on that Bl... Read the rest of this post

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Many readers owled to say UK Channel Sky News aired this new video interview today (also here in our video galleries) with actors Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint from the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. During the interview,  Dan says that filming of late has been quite busy and he caught a cold after a sequence where he "was lying in a pool of mud and dust and smoke and it irritate... Read the rest of this post

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Australian morning television show Sunrise Seven has a short video online from a recent Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows set visit, during which actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry), Bonnie Wright (Ginny), Rupert Grint (Ron), and Tom Felton (Draco) spoke briefly about their experience making the film.  While discussing the end of the Deathly Hallows production, Mr. Radcliffe notes that the final le... Read the rest of this post

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The Only Make Believe Charity is holding a charitable auction this week offering a number of collectible items and experiences as part of their tenth anniversary gala.  A box set of Harry Potter books signed by actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has been included as part of this charitable auction.  Bidding is now open for this item, and runs through Friday, November 13.

Offering free, interacti... Read the rest of this post

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Actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has given a very candid new interview to the UK gay magazine Attitude, which appears in the August issue of the magazine on newsstands now.  The August issue of this magazine features a multi-page photo spread and interview with the actor, which can be seen right here in our Image Galleries courtesy of our Order Partner DanRadcliffe.com.  The <>BBC has an articl... Read the rest of this post

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As a follow to our post yesterday on the piracy of Harry Potter films, such as the recent Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, CNN has a new video online where actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry) and Emma Watson (Hermione) express their dismay over the piracy and illegal downloading and file sharing of their Harry Potter films. Potter producer David Heyman also comments on the rampant piracy taking... Read the rest of this post

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Check it out. Time Magazine has released this new video interview with actor Dan Radcliffe who answers ten questions from fans. In the article version, you can see a new (handsome) photo of Dan, plus read some of the responses which include a very candid response on the character of Harry Potter:

What do you think has been Harry's greatest misstep or failure in judgment? — <>Susan Bevins, Winter P... Read the rest of this post

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A pair of new interviews with Harry Potter actors Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Rupert Grint), and Tom Felton  are now online over on TeenHollywood.com. In the first interview, Miss Wright speaks to the development of her character in the Half-Blood Prince film, and of her character's developing relationship with Harry Potter in the sixth film.  On... Read the rest of this post

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Thanks to the folks from the Kyle and Jackie show who let us know about the Australian radio program that went to London for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. At this link,you can see new video interviews with the cast and crew on the soggy wet carpet, as well as hear a brand new radio interview here with Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright and Jessie Cave.

Thanks so much guys!

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We have two more behind the scenes specials on the making of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to update you on tonight. First, thanks to our own Erna, we that the German tv station Pro7 will be airing their special Sunday, July 12 at Sunday, 7:10pm. You can see some early photos including new ones of Bonnie Wright, Jessie Cave, Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson here in our Image... Read the rest of this post

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Actor Dan Radcliffe was a guest on Live with Regis and Kelly talk show this morning where he discussed recent filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the interview which you can watch here in our galleries, Dan stated he had been filming recently several weeks ago a scene where he has to fight Nagini the snake. Readers will recall of course these are the dramatic events that take p... Read the rest of this post

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You betcha, Dan Radcliffe has a great sense of humor, as seen in two television appearances from yesterday. Last night Dan was a guest on the popular Late Night with David Letterman, and we now have the video for you (in iPod friendly form as well) here in our galleries.

Earlier in the day Dan was also a guest on MTV's "It's on with Alexa Chung" program that featured a very funny Dan as well, in... Read the rest of this post

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As posted before UK Channel 4 was set to broadcast a special on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Recorded during the London premiere of the film in Leicester Squarey, thanks to our Order partner BonnieWrightOnline, you can now watch the show with part one here, part two here, and part three here. In the program you can see footage of many of the cast and crew, as well as interviews condu... Read the rest of this post

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We have for you today another special PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, extra with the audio from TLC's red carpet interviews from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere earlier this week in New York City.  In this special episode, we have interviews with many of the cast and crew members from the film, including the Trio, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, director David Yates, and ... Read the rest of this post

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Scholastic, US publishers of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling, have released their Kids Reporter article on the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in New York City. Written by 11 year old Daniella, there is a fun bit relating to news from director David Yates on bloopers of the recent clip of the Trio sitting in Ron's room at the Burrow.

“There’s a scene right at the begin... Read the rest of this post

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