All Harry Potter in 70 minutes
The News Review:
- All Harry Potter in 70 minutes
- Tardy “Potter” delights DreamWorks Animation
- Is this the the next Dr Who?
- How Harry Potter delay makes DreamWorks happy
- Creationism and Potter In Schools
- Looking for a Wizard time, with or without Harry Potter
All Harry Potter in 70 minutes
News Wales, UK
Audiences will be encouraged to dress up as wizards and witches or muggles. The show will be visiting four community venues in North Wales as part of a tour organised by the Arts Council of Wales’ Night Out Community touring scheme. It includes a special appearance by a fire breathing dragon and a game of Quidditch involving the audience. The first stop of the tour will be Llanfyllin Workhouse in Powys on Sunday 5th October at 6.
Tardy “Potter” delights DreamWorks Animation
Reuters
addRecommendWidget(uniqueArtKey);} [-] Text [+] By Paul Bond LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Memo to Warner Bros. from DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg: Thanks! “The single greatest Christmas gift ever in my 35 years in the movie business was Warners moving Harry Potter to next summer,” Katzenberg said Wednesday. He was speaking, of course, of the decision to push ahead “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to July 17 from November 21, leaving his studio’s “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” with a lot less competition. Katzenberg, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference in New York, told Wall Street analysts to adjust the “multiplier” estimates for the movie. A “good” movie, he said, will earn 3. 5 times opening weekend box office, while a “very good” should get a 4 multiplier and an “exceptional” movie a 4.
Is this the the next Dr Who?
WalesOnline, United Kingdom
The Welsh-born writer, 45, said stage actor Russell Tovey, who appeared in Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys, would be the perfect person to step into the Doctor’s shoes. The revelation was made in a series of e-mail exchanges between Mr Davies and journalist Benjamin Cook, and will be included in a new book called Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale. Davies also revealed he wanted Harry Potter author JK Rowling to star in a Christmas special – but it was vetoed by Tennant who thought it would turn the show into a “spoof”. In an e-mail written in June 2007, Davies said he was delighted to cast Tovey, 26, as Midshipman Frame in last year’s Christmas Special. He says it was his “favourite casting of the lot, because he’s going to be huge, that man. ” Tovey is best known for his role as Rudge in the stage and screen versions of The History Boys. He also starred in Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive and had a minor role in Gavin & Stacey.
How Harry Potter delay makes DreamWorks happy
Den Of Geek, UK
Simon Brew As Warner Bros has found out, the decision to delay the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to next summer has not gone down well with the large, fervent fanbase of the tie-in films. We’ve had online petitions, an official response from Warner Bros and a generally disappointment that one of the most anticipated family films this Christmas is now going to arrive eight months late. But that doesn’t mean that everybody is unhappy at the news, and specifically, rival distributors have been quick to capitalise on the unexpected removal of the Winter’s biggest blockbuster. Sony, for instance, moved the US release date of Quantum Of Solace back to the 14th of November, edging it closer to the more lucrative end of the season. And now, DreamWorks Animation head honcho has now given an interview where he calls the moving of the Potter film “the single greatest Christmas gift in my 35 years in the movie business”.
Creationism and Potter In Schools
Raising Kids, UK
He added ‘When young people ask questions about creationism in science classes, teachers need to be able to explain to them why evolution and the Big Bang are scientific theories but they should also take the time to explain how science works and why creationism has no scientific basis’. However, the 350 -year-old Royal Society has acknowledged some of the academic’s comments were open to misinterpretation and Professor Reiss stepped down from his directorship yesterday. Meanwhile, creationism might be out but could magic be in? Speaking at the same event, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman said his ‘Harry Potter’ magic classes for preteens had boosted their levels of confidence and self esteem. The children were taught ‘mind reading’ card tricks and how to ‘rejoin’ the severed ends of a magic rope by Professor Wiseman who, when not doing his day job, is a skilled illusionist and member of the Magic Circle.
Looking for a Wizard time, with or without Harry Potter
Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK
“Will there be warlocks?” was a common question, and “Do you get lady wizards?” was asked several times. “I hope it’s not all Harry Potter,” was another moan. The trip to the stone circle had, of course, confused matters further. In a way, I was banking on this happening. I had only two festival passes to go between the five of us and one of them was mine, so there was going to be a threesome enjoying a picnic in the car park. Fluorescent jackets are the modern totem for action and there were plenty of them on display on the road up to the car park. With the window down, there was a distinct if not unpleasant mash of music in the air, like three rock bands playing at once, all trying to outdo one another, which in fact they were.