The Official Harry Potter Thread

[advo]

^ I seriously cannot wait to go. I'd rather see this than the theme park. The stuff here is the actual real deal.

When I was in LA and went on the WB studio tour I spoke to our guide about this cause it was just after WB had brought Leavesden and he said they had already had people from England over there studying and learning their tours etc and this was Nov last year. He said that this is seriously going to be freaking awesome.

I want to go to both! I'm dying to visit the theme park too and taste the famous butterbeer .

 

[sobriquet87]

Some news:

JK Rowling was on the TV show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" In which they research celebrities' genealogy.

An article from the Wall Street Journal called "Conjuring the Next Harry Potter"

Erin Morgenstern, an elfin painter with ink-black hair and a fondness for bowler hats, Tarot cards and antique clocks, has never published so much as a short story before. Now, with her first novel coming out in September, she's at the center of the most high-stakes competition in the entertainment industry: the race to discover the next Harry Potter.

Ms. Morgenstern's novel, set at the turn of the 19th century, tells the story of two young, love-struck magicians who compete in a magical circus. Doubleday won the novel with a high-six-figure advance. Rights have sold to 30 foreign publishers; some countries paid six figures, a sum typically reserved for established blockbuster authors.

Hollywood studios, eager to anoint the next fantasy blockbuster following the end of the $7 billion Harry Potter movie franchise, began circling immediately after the book sold. Summit Entertainment, the production company behind the "Twilight" films, snapped up film rights in January and has been pitching the novel to "Twilight" fans in hopes of shoring up a fan base. The producer of the Harry Potter movies, David Heyman, is in negotiations to produce the adaptation.

Booksellers that have been hard hit by the recession and the digital revolution have seized on "The Night Circus" as a potential cure for lackluster sales in a post-Harry Potter world. To nurture a new fan base, bookstores across the country are planning publication-day parties that resemble big-budget film premieres. Some are bringing in magicians, jugglers and stilt walkers and serving popcorn, cider, candied apples and other carnival fare to re-create the atmosphere of the book.

"It's perfect timing because the last Harry Potter movie's just come out, and vampires are a little done," says Christin Evans, owner of Booksmith in San Francisco, who has recruited a contortionist, a clown and a juggling magician to perform when Ms. Morgenstern signs copies there on Sept. 16.

Ms. Morgenstern and her publisher face fierce competition in the industry's ongoing search for the next big crossover fantasy book. "The Night Circus" has elements of Harry Potter (magic), "Twilight" (forbidden romance) and the postapocalyptic young-adult trilogy "The Hunger Games" (a high-stakes competition). But it lacks key features that helped make those books major franchises. Ms. Morgenstern wrote it as a stand-alone novel rather than the start of a series. And while publishers and booksellers are pitching it to fans of young-adult fiction, it's an adult title that will be stocked in the general fiction section, which could limit its exposure among younger readers.

It's landing in a crowded marketplace. Publishers are shelling out big advances for debut novels that promise to lure young adults and adults alike and reach fans of literary and commercial fiction. Online game artist Marie Lu's dystopian trilogy, set in 2130 Los Angeles and due out this fall, sold to Putnam for a six-figure sum and has been optioned by CBS Films. Debut novelist Karen Thompson Walker got a seven-figure deal from Random House for her 2012 novel "The Age of Miracles," about a California girl whose adolescent angst is compounded by a cosmic disaster when Earth's rotation slows.

The frenzied search comes at a tumultuous moment in publishing, with Borders bookstores closing around the country. In the digital era, splashy book releases have become crucial to publishers' and bookstores' bottom lines—so much so that Barnes & Noble executives regularly referred to Harry Potter releases in quarterly earnings calls to explain dips and spikes in sales. With the massive success of the series—more than 450 million copies have sold globally—publishers and booksellers began to treat books more like movies, with viral marketing campaigns that begin months in advance, and elaborate themed events.

"Harry Potter taught publishers how to make event publishing resemble event-film releases," says literary agent Eric Simonoff....continued here....

And some Pottermore news, actress Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) was sorted and expressed her confusion via Twitter:

Ahhhh umm errrrrr.... Just got sorted. Slight identity crisis. Need to sit down and process this... #pottermore

I'm in Gryffindor. #Pottermore #confusion #shock #pride #happiness #LUNADONTLEAVEME!!!

I don't know what to do. I feel like Jo just told me I'm a man. I'm SO utterly confused.

Gryffindor! Woahhh what an honour! I'm so happy! But confused! But happy! BUT CONFUSED. #Pottermore #farewellravenclaw

Dammit, now I have to change my whole bleedin' wardrobe!!! #pottermore #butredandgoldarenotmycolours

Sorry for the tweet explosion... I'm just...having a moment. #farewellravenclaw #pottermore #JowhathaveyouDONE?!

mugglenet

 

[sobriquet87]

New Hilarious Parody video:

 

[oh me]

this is so cute

http://foodmissionking.tumblr.com/post/9159912218

 

[sobriquet87]

^ That's amazing.

'Deathly Hallows - Part 2' passes $900 million at international box office

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 has become just the third film in history to make $900 million internationally.

According to BoxOfficeMojo.com:

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 grossed $14.3 million from 60 territories and is estimated to have reached the $900 million mark on Sunday. That makes it just the third movie ever to reach $900 million overseas after Avatar and Titanic. Potter's worldwide total climbed to $1.266 billion, and it has a chance at $1.3 billion before the end of its run."

mugglenet.com

 

[kissmesweet]

AND WE DESERVE IT!

 

[sobriquet87]

Some new BTS pictures:



snitchseeker

 

[wickedcrazyness]

*sigh* I love Harry Potter, the books and movies. I really do.

 

[Aqua Tofana]

thewizardingworldofglee on Tumblr

 

[fashionmuse]

i just got my pottermore email!!! i am soo excited!!!!

 

[Thefrenchy]

I got it a few days and I'm already losing interest in it

 

[fashionmuse]

^ i find it a bit confusing... i cant find the hidden objects anywhere??? and when do you get sorted?

 

[Thefrenchy]

^You've to start reading the infos and stuff about the first book, and you get sorted at moment of the sorting ceremony in the book. Regarding the objects you've to click pretty much everywhere to find them Once you're sorted, every time you collect a new object, that will bring 1 house point to your house.

 

[alacrity]

Ahhh I want my Pottermore email so badly. I'm so impatient.

 

[fashionmuse]

^^ oh ok i've about 5 objects now. im just skipping through chapter 1 to get to the sorting part

 

[Label Basher]

^ So jealous.

I have this feeling that I deleted the email without knowing. Like it was in my junk folder and I didn't check before deleting.

 

[Alvedansen]

^nah, i haven't received it yet either. although that could've happened to my email as well, just my luck...as always

 

[fashionmuse]

if you think you've deleted it you can try logging in the website and see what happens. i think they just activate your screename when its ready

im buying school supplies at diagon alley now and then i get my wand! B)

 

[kissmesweet]

^ Oh congrats, darling. So happy to see you there. CANNOT WAIT FOR YOUR SORTING.

Got my email! Hooray! Hope to see more tFSers there. Add me - I'm WingFlight174.

Just got sorted... Gryffindor! Thank goodness since I've associated myself with this house since forever. I would've had an identity crisis otherwise.

 

[fashionmuse]

^ i'm in gryffindor too! i added you to my friends list, my screename is moonstonepatronus56