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Den of Geek has received a new clip discussing the creation of Hagrid from the special features of the Harry Potter Wizards Collection. The clip includes interviews with Nick Dudman, special makeup effects designer, and Martin Bayfield, the double for Hagrid. Watch the video at this link or below.



The 31-disc Harry Potter Wizards Collection is out Sept. 7 in the U.S. and Sept. 10 in the U.K.

John Williams, the famed composer behind Hedwig's Theme, will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at this year's Classic Brit Awards in October.

Williams composed the soundtrack for the first two "Harry Potter" films, but is also well known for composing the soundtracks to "Star Wars," "Schindler's List," "Jurassic Park" and "ET."

Dickon Stainer, co-chairman of the Classic Brit Awards committee, said:

"John Williams has crafted some of the most memorable film scores for over half a century and we are delighted that he has kindly accepted the Lifetime Achievement award in honour of his fine work."

A very dedicated Harry Potter fan has put together a nearly 18 minute video which showcases pretty much every spell and act of magic shown throughout the eight "Harry Potter" films. This impressive montage can be seen here or below!

Leaky participated in a press tour of the Warner Bros. Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter this morning and now has a special gallery of high res photos from the experience right here!  Stay close for Leaky's full report, set to be online soon.

The Warner Bros. Studio Tour opens to the public on March 31st.  For tickets and more information, visit the official website here.

The 31-disc Harry Potter Wizard's Collection Blu-ray/DVD box set will be released on Sept. 7 in the U.S. and Sept. 10 in the U.K., it's been announced.

This definitive collection will include all eight Harry Potter films, plus over four hours of never-before-seen footage. The massive box set weighs an impressive 19 pounds, and will also come with "artistic and authentic film memorabilia."

The official Harry Potter website has been updated to reflect the impending release of the Wizard's Collection. An interactive wand gesture game has been added to the site so fans can unlock exclusive previews of the bonus material every week.

This week, Yahoo! has the first exclusive preview which shows a young Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) talking about a rather "unpretty picture" he drew of Alan Rickman (Severus Snape). The clip then shows a present-day Grint and Rickman talking about the drawing. Watch it below!

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”

Harry Potter: The Exhibition will be making its first stop in Asia at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from June 1 to September 30, 2012.

The traveling exhibition of props, costumes and set pieces from the Harry Potter films is currently at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum until March 18.

Tickets for the ArtScience Museum go on sale beginning May 1, 2012 through the museum's website.

Warner Bros. announced today that the famous triple-decker Knight Bus will become a permanent fixture at The Making of Harry Potter - Warner Bros. Studio Tour London.

Fans will have the opportunity to explore the inside of the bus and pose for photos. It will be situated next to Hagrid's motorbike and the Weasley's Ford Anglia. Photos of the Knight Bus at Leavesden Studios can be seen at this link.

John Richardson, special effects supervisor for the Harry Potter films, explained to the Watford Observer how the Knight Bus was constructed:

“Although many people think the Knight Bus was a CGI creation, it is in fact a real-life working bus. To construct it, we cut up two iconic Routemaster buses, reworked the structure and bolted it all back together to create one bus with three decks. It took weeks to put it together and it was no easy task. Routemasters are 60 years old, so we had to do a lot of strengthening of the structure.

Another issue we had was filming on location in London. During the shooting of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban we found we could not drive it across the capital due to the number of low bridges. This meant that we had to transport the bus in two pieces between locations and put it back together between filming."

The Making of Harry Potter at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London will open on March 31, 2012. Tickets can be pre-booked on their website; tickets will not be available for purchase at the studios.

London mayor Boris Johnson was present this morning at Warner Bros. Studio Tour to help reveal the latest Harry Potter set to be joining the Making of Harry Potter tour.

Guests at the Studio Tour will have the opportunity to walk through Diagon Alley, and see such shops as Ollivander's, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Flourish & Blotts, Gringotts and Eeylops Owl Emporium.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter will open on March 31, 2012. Tickets are now on sale!

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:

A quick reminder that this week we will see a sneak peek of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD and more this weekend during the annual ABC Family 25 Days of Christmas. There is new commercial, seen right here in our video galleries, highlighting the Harry Potter Weekend, which will also have preview clips from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD as well as the two Ultimate Co... Read the rest of this post

The new edition of the newsletter from WarnerBlu contains a bonus for subscribers: This new clip from the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ultimate Edition DVD featuring Rupert Grint then and now on the chess scene at the end of the movie. You can also see caps of this already in our galleries.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD will be released on Standa... Read the rest of this post

We have another treat for you today, this in the form of the scans from the booklets found in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ultimate Collector's Edition DVDs

Thanks to our own Erna, we can now show you in larger and very good quality scans of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows concept art including Malfoy Manor  and now Shell Cottage.... Read the rest of this post

WB has now released direct links to some great interview clips with then very young cast members from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ultimate Edition DVDs. Also of interest are comments from the filmmakers on the special effects and more in the first two films.  While we've seen these released (some just recently) we thought you mi... Read the rest of this post

As part of the build up to the release of the much anticipated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ultimate Edition DVDs due next month, director Chris Columbus is the subject of a new feature in the LA Times Hero Complex blog. In this article, Chris Columbus reflects back on the casting of the Trio and remarks too at how far they have come since th... Read the rest of this post

There are four more new videos online released today as part of the marketing before the release of some new Harry Potter DVDS. First, as seen here in our galleries or here at this link, is a new clip of the original press conference announcing the casting of actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione). Second, thanks to Oclumencia we can see two more on the cast... Read the rest of this post

Warner Bros has released two clips from the upcoming Harry Potter Ultimate Collector's Editions DVD. Now online at the official Warner Bros website is a new clip from the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone DVD (the second clip) with director Chris Columbus on casting Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson). You can see new interviews with the two conducted while filming... Read the rest of this post

With the news of the Ultimate Collector's editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets due out on December 8th, readers will note we will be seeing some rare artwork and more for the films included as part of these sets. As such, it is worth another look to check out artwork by acclaimed artist David Edward Bryd, who drew some early concept art ... Read the rest of this post

The official Harry Potter DVD website from Warner Bros has now been updated. The US site now contains the special trailer (available here in our galleries) for the Ultimate Collectors editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as well as the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD and Years 1-6 giftset. The UK Harry Potter DVD sit... Read the rest of this post

Thanks to WB we now have some gorgeous high res artwork of the Ultimate Collector's Editions:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone cover, backcover, complete collection large, super highres
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets cover, backcover, complete collection large, super hr

In addition there are a slew of specific details for each of the disc, notable that the Blu-Ray editions of the two... Read the rest of this post

Cheers to Boston, which will be the next stop for Harry Potter, the Exhibit  featuring many props and sets used in the beloved Harry Potter films. Currently open at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry until September 27, we've just gotten word the exhibit will move to the East Coast, as the Museum of Science in Boston, Mass states the Exhibition is to open Sunday, October 25, 2009. We ex... Read the rest of this post

As a fun way to help build excitement before the release of Half-Blood Prince, IGN has created their Top 25 Harry Potter characters. Noting that they selected and listed the characters "based on overall fan reaction, impact on the franchise (novels and films weighed equally), character relevance to the best moments in the series, and significance in the Potter mythos." Starting at number 25 (Lo... Read the rest of this post

Last week as we heard in New York from Potter producer David Heyman, there will be ultimate collector's editions of the Harry Potter films due out on Blu-ray and DVD. Tonight, Amazon.com has the first two discs in the collection already for pre-order: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, with the label reading "including 'Creating the World,' " and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, wit... Read the rest of this post

Happy Birthday wishes go out today to actress Fiona Shaw, who portrays the character of Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films.  Ms Shaw is celebrating her 51st birthday today.  Cheers to you!

As readers will recall, actors from the Harry Potter series were slated to appear on the Rove program on Australian television network Ten this weekend.  As the official Rove website now indicates, actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) are scheduled to appear on the Sunday, July 5th broadcast at 8:30pm local time.

In addition to this, Australian television network Ni... Read the rest of this post