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Harry Potter, The Exhibition is on the move again, due to open in Ontaria, Canada in April of 2010. The traveling exhibition of props and sets used in the Harry Potter films is currently on display in Boston, Mass until February 21st and is then due to open April 9, 2010 at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada marking the first stop outside the US. The exhibition will run unti... Read the rest of this post

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Thanks to Megan from Matthew-Lewis.com who let us know about some new photos she has of actor Matt Lewis at a UK event held in October. Matt took part in an event to help the "b someone" campaign which "focuses on the benefits for young people of taking responsibility for their own educational attainment and skills development. It hopes to inspire young people to ‘b someone’ for their future an... Read the rest of this post

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Thanks to Virgin Media who let us know about a festive approach they are taking as they launch all six Harry Potter films on Virgin Media Movies on Demand this holiday season. Created by UK artist Prudence Emma Staite, three fresh and creative portraits were made of Harry (Dan Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert) using traditional Christmas decorations and food. In beautiful colo... Read the rest of this post

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Check it out! Thanks to WB for this adorable new High res video preview of the LEGO Harry Potter video game, with this new website set to go live very soon. Set during years one through four, game players will be able to go to Diagon Alley, to Hogwarts, through Sorting, take on that pesky Troll in the Dungeon, meet Fluffy, even play QUIDDITCH (yes Lego Quidditch) and much much more before a mee... Read the rest of this post

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Several cast members of the Harry Potter films attended the British Independent Film Awards last night in London. As seen here in our galleries, Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Jamie Campbell Bower (young Grindlewald, DH), Ian Hart (Prof. Quirrell) Nick Moran (Scabior, DH) were all the event. You can see a video interview with Jason Isaac... Read the rest of this post

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As expected, several cast members made an appearance at the HMV store in London, England today where they signed the Blu-ray for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and met with fans. Thanks to Heatworld, we can see early photos of Tom Felton (Draco) Matt Lewis (Neville) Evanna Lynch (Luna) and Jessie Cave (Lavender) here in our galleries, with more on the way soon. You can see video of the ... Read the rest of this post

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It's definitely a very Harry holiday sale week ahead as many retailers are advertising today for the upcoming release here in the US of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD (see here for the complete high res video and screencaps of the Deathly Hallows sneak from the disc). At Target, fans can purchase the two disc HBP Dvd with the digital download which will come with a special lenti... Read the rest of this post

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Thanks to Alex from the TheRemembrall.org we now have some great high res stills of the sneak peek for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows contained on the Half-Blood Prince DVD. New is the still of Harry and Hermione are dancing which is a new scene as described by David Yates earlier this well. Be sure to check out the closer look at the  Undesirable Number One Wanted Poster for Harry Potter... Read the rest of this post

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While we have seen this officially released before, you can now watch the first five minutes of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD online here via the Sun who note: "Our exclusive clip is jam-packed with action as we see the Death Eaters flying through London.The dark wizards can be seen destroying the infamous Millenium Bridge as people run and scream with terror."

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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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Check it out! Part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sneek peak from the Half-Blood Prince DVD is now online at this link. (spoiler caution and note quality is not very good) You will see and hear someone, Mr. Ollivander (John Hurt) or Xeno Lovegood (Rhys Ifans) speaking about the three Deathly Hallows, see the Pervell grave at Godric's Hollow, Trio dashing through London, through the... Read the rest of this post

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As a follow to the four second ET Canada footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from last night, three more new seconds are now online (yes really that's it). New is a shot of Ron peering around the corner in what looks like London, and another new shot Harry and Hermione in the snow, looking down at the ground (Godric's Hollow, camping? we dont know).

Thanks again Julian!

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The newest issue of Entertainment Weekly features the best of the past ten years, with our favorite author gaining a spot in the Top 15 Entertainers of the Decade. Coming in at number 3, the magazine writes of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling:

"As 1999 came to a close, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter were already household names — as long as those households contained literate children with a vora... Read the rest of this post

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The Orlando Sentinel has an interesting piece online today regarding marketing for the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction, as well as some great new overhead photos of the ongoing construction in Florida.

The article discusses the recent vamped up marketing, including the TV commercials we've shown you earlier, as well as mentioning the Road to Hogwarts contest to win... Read the rest of this post

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Check it out! The first footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sneak peek is now online. At this link, thanks to TLC reader Jullan, we can see four seconds (yes really that's all) of Bill and Fleur dancing at their wedding with a jubilant happy Mrs. Weasley and guests clapping and cheering as seen tonight on ET Canada. There is also a quick glimpse of the Trio hiding in some weeds in... Read the rest of this post

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Now in high res, we have the second official photo from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One. This photo shows Dan Radcliffe as Harry walking into what is believed to be Grimmauld Place. Enjoy!

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The Baker Street Irregular in me took great pleasure in learning about the Giant Rat of Papua, Indonesia. All right, it's not Sumatra. But it's still in Indonesia. Yes, Indonesia is a really big place, and Papua is a long way from Sumatra, especially for a rat.

But still.

A Giant Rat! Near Sumatra!

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The cough is no better, although I am industriously trying every remedy people have suggested and am now awash in honey, lemon juice, cider vinegar, chocolate, cayenne, and Guaifenesin-based cough syrup. Also sundry waters and teas and suchlike.

And I'm trying to use a wireless keyboard that randomly forgets to send characters to the computer. This is dead irritating.

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Hi Mr. Neil,


All of the vlogging nerdfighters from Brotherhood 2.0 (www.brotherhood2.com) are taking part in an attempt to seize all of YouTube today with videos designed to get people to donate to various charitable organizations. I chose the C.B.L.D.F. and I would appreciate it if you'd link to me on your blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRpmypcOv9E


Happy Monday,


Jane





Consider it linked.





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Dear Neil,


Pending the upcoming release of Stardust on dvd (which I'm most assuredly buying on release day and forcing my family to watch Christmas day), I'm reminded of the videos you posted a bit back about the writer's strike and how you're all lobbying to get a pay increase from dvd and tv sales. That being said, since your name is well-marked all over Stardust, book to movie and all that, do you still only get a miserable $0.02 from each dvd we buy? (and if so, would it be possible for the company to just buy a bunch of wholesale copies, maybe slap a signature - or not!- on them and resell for a higher price off the website, thus making a little closer to the amount you deserve and also happier fans?)


- Dani





That's really kind of you to be concerned. The truth is, if lots of you buy the Stardust DVD it will be regarded as a good thing and success, and probably make my life easier, but Charles Vess and I really got our share of Stardust back when we sold the film rights; and while it might be a really good idea to sell signed DVDs, I'm happier in the authoring business than I would ever be in the selling signed DVDs business. (Having said that, it's really not a bad idea -- and it's one that Peter Beagle did for The Last Unicorn DVD. Which, if you want a copy, you should order from http://www.conlanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc where you will get it signed, and Peter Beagle will get half of what you pay. Such a bargain.)


I'll happily point people at DreamHaven Books' NEILGAIMAN.NET website, which they created because I got tired of answering the question of "Where can I get this thing that you did..." with "From DreamHaven". It's the best selection of stuff by me (and connected to me, and by people who worked with me, and so on) out there, and they are nice people and it's a good shop. (And no, I don't get a cut. I'm just happy that the stuff is out there and I have somewhere to send anyone who asks.)


The thing I'm proudest of that I made this year is probably this:

because I love audiobooks, and it's nice that the first version of the complete text edition to come out in the US is in audio format. The abridged version of Neverwhere that Gary Bakewell read was the reason I've never again said yes to permitting abridged audio books (it started out really well, then you could feel the abridger's desperation in the last half as huge chunks of plot were tossed overboard), but it took a long time until the rights were free and we were able to do this as a complete and unabridged audiobook, with me doing the voices the way I hear them in my head, chewing the scenery as Croup and Vandemar.

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And finally, Happy 90th Birthday to Arthur C. Clarke!

The only time I ever met Arthur C. Clarke was about 22 years ago, in Brown's Hotel, when he was in the UK to help promote the film of 2010. I'd been reading him since I was a nipper, and some of his stories -- "The Nine Billion Names of God", for one -- were the essence of pure SF for me. It was a story that, even as I read it when I was nine or ten, I wanted to have written. Sense of Wonder, from someone who really is a world treasure.

(And it makes me very happy to see a new edition of one of the books I loved when I was 12 has just been updated and reissued -- Brian Aldiss's A Science Fiction Omnibus is now out from Penguin Classics. It may not be Brian Aldiss's 90th birthday -- he's only 82 -- but he's a treasure too.)

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Previously we told you the Harry Potter DVDs were to be released later this year in a High Definition format in a special gift box set. The first look at this set is now online via DVDTimes. This special set,... Read the rest of this post

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Hot Fuzz . From library. DVD.

The Plot:

Nicholas Angel, super cop, gets sent from London to sleepy Sandford. Angel is a by the book crimefighter, but he's made his London colleagues look bad; hence, he's been exiled to "village of the year" Sandford.

At first, it's typical fish out of water as Angel sees crimes in everyday behavior. But is Sandford really so perfect?

The Good:

OH. MY. GOD.

Simply put, the best movie I've seen this year.

And see, I don't want to say too much .... I don't want to spoil anything for you.

This movie is funny. And it's funny on so many levels; but it's also full of unexpected twists and turns. And a lot of the humor is because it is full of references to other movies; obviously, cop movies, but also westerns, cult films, even Harry Potter.

OK, a bit less scattered. Angel is a fish out of water; and there's laughs as "mr big city police officer" adjusts to sleepy Sandford, Sandford that looks like a dream version of England. But... there's more to Sandford.

Even better (at least, if I can believe the DVD extras), the makers of the movie did talk to actual police officers. To try to get it "right."

And along the way, the references! It's in the lines characters speak, in the names of people, in the shots, in the editing. This movie demands multiple viewings; and yes, you have to listen to the commentary and other DVD extras.

So, if you like funny movies; "get" English humor; and like adventure films. watch this!

Rated R: for violence and for language. But, it's all said with British accents! So it's not so bad!

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At the Home Media Expo in Las Vegas, Warner Brothers has now announced that a special five disc box set containing Blu-Ray high definition DVDs of the Harry Potter films will be released this year. While a specific release date... Read the rest of this post

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Laura, the one child who isn't reciting anything in the speech arts part of the arts festival next week (because she's up to her eyeballs in 4H public speaking), selected this because "it makes me think of Spring": Unicorn by Anne Corkett Unicorn, Unicorn, where have you gone? I've brought you some silver dew out of the dawn. I've put it in buttercups for you to drink and brought you some

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For years people have been writing from the UK to ask when a Region 2 version of Neverwhere would be out, and I've pointed out that actually the US one is Region Zero, so they can just buy that.

I recently got a query on the FAQ line about the new BBC reissue of Neverwhere on DVD, and whether there would be anything new and cool on there. Since this was the first I'd heard of it, I asked Lenny Henry. It was the first he'd heard about it. I checked Amazon.co.uk, and it's coming out at the end of April. I was sort of hoping that if the BBC ever released it then we could put extra footage back into it, fix a few things that still really bothered me, do a commentary track with some of the actors and the producer that was more than just me in a room eight years after I'd last seen it, sort of busking desperately...

...but given that it's coming out in seven weeks, I think all those things are now pipe dreams. (Not even sure if it'll be my commentary track from the US DVD on there, or nothing at all).

Still, it will be out in the UK, legitimately. Here's the cover that's up on Amazon -- I don't know if it's a real cover or a placeholder.



[Edit to add, I thought I'd put up a Neverwhere DVD cover that I actually like here as well. Interestingly, it uses some of the same stills. It's the Japanese cover, and it's a bit small:]

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Following up on that High Definition DVD of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire we have been telling you about, thanks to TLC reader James, we now have some new images from this disc. As we first told you... Read the rest of this post

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A shining new review about the upcoming High Definition DVD of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released today commenting on the enhanced High Def experience. As we previously reported, WB is releasing High Def editions of the... Read the rest of this post

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