Twilight, the Movie: This Season’s Harry Potter?
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- Twilight, the Movie: This Season’s Harry Potter?
- “Muggle” Scouts conjure world of Harry Potter
- We Kid you not
Twilight, the Movie: This Season’s Harry Potter?
BusinessWeek
Friedman moved the premiere of Twilight from Dec. 12, where he had it originally to avoid going up against Harry Potter, to the Nov. 21 slot, giving it more of a shot to catch the Thanksgiving and Christmas crowd. The movie is now up against Disney’s animated film Bolt, which is unlikely to lure the teen girls that should be Twilight’s core audience.
“Muggle” Scouts conjure world of Harry Potter
Asbury Park Press, NJ
Rowling have contributed much more to society than an intricately woven world of fantasy and a half-dozen blockbuster movies. “The Harry Potter books are a constant source of amazement to kids. There’s so many lessons and role models,” said Masarik, an activities coordinator with the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore. “It’s a great platform for kids to learn about themselves. “On Saturday, at the Girl Scouts’ activity center, girls from near and far came together to immerse themselves in the Potter world for a series of activities and games that mirrored the journey of characters through the first five Potter books.
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We Kid you not
Edmonton Sun, Canada
“His best friend gets turned into a motorcycle by evil Ron Silver, who runs NASA secretly — Owen Wilson is the voice of the motorcycle, who’s his Knight Rider buddy. “I can’t believe they didn’t pick that up,” Stiller adds with a laugh. HAIRY POTTER: David Thewlis — who plays Harry Potter’s werewolf Prof. Lupin — is going to be on full-time duty at Hogwarts for more than a year come February. “We wrapped (Harry Potter and the) Half-Blood Prince ages ago, even though you’re not seeing it until next July. “But they’ve split the last book, Deathly Hallows, into two films which they’ll be filming concurrently between February 2009 and May 2010. “And, digging ahead into the plot of the books, what of the romance between Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks (Natalia Tena)? Thewlis will allow one tidbit from Half-Blood Prince.