Nicholas Hooper’s score for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a Grammy Award under the category of “Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.” Up for best score soundtrack album are “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (composed by Alexander Desplat), “Harry Potter and the Half […]
The teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh of the series, has surfaced online. It appears tacked onto the end of some commentary and behind-the-scenes shots, and it’s fairly short. This is the first major look at what’s to come in the film, so without further ado, enjoy…
I finally got around to watching The Brothers Grimm, and interesting movie that caught my attention when it was released in 2005. I didn’t know it at the time, but it turns out it was directed by Terry Gilliam (of Monty Python fame). The Brothers Grimm is set in France-occupied Germany during the Napoleonic era. […]
Nicholas Hooper has confirmed that after composing the score for the previous two Harry Potter movies, he will not be coming back for the final two Deathly Hallows films. Warner Brothers is currently in talks with John Williams. If his schedule allows, he very well return after his absence since the third Potter film. “The […]
Extended Edition of Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone to Be Released – Warner Brothers has confirmed that an extended DVD edition of the first Harry Potter film is on the way. (One would hope that it contains more content than the minimal deleted scenes already found on the existing 2-disc release, in the form often […]
The teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland film has finally been released, during ComicCon. It’s short, doesn’t give much away, but it has people talkin’ already. You can view the trailer on YouTube. The film is set for a release of March 5, 2010. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Anne […]
The latest Harry Potter film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, just hit theaters today. The sixth to date, it does the book justice despite the usual complaints of things being cut-out. The movie starts with a bang, namely the destruction of the Millennium Bridge in London. A group of three Death Eaters, doing […]
Want to see what the music for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sounds like? You can listen to the movie’s soundtrack, in it’s entirety, on Yahoo Music (for now). There are twenty-eight tracks, with some good music in them. Nicholas Hooper has produced another great Harry Potter score. You can also pre-order […]
The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that the British Board of Film Classification (similar to the MPAA in the United States) has updated their website to list the running time and rating for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The running time is listed as “153m 19s,” with a content rating of “12A.” (The MPAA lists […]
Dan Radcliffe will not be voicing his character in the upcoming Half-Blood Prince videogame, due to conflicting arrangements. His official voice double will cover for him. [More at The Leaky Cauldron] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hands-on Preview Actor Matthew Lewis, portrayer of Neville Longbottom in the Potter films, is now using Twitter. He […]
