October 25, 2005
GoF Confirmed at 156 Minutes
Matthew at Veritaserum has confirmed the run time for GoF at 156 minutes. The main feature runs exactly 143 minutes and 25 seconds and the ending credits 13 minutes.
Thanks Veritaserum!
October 23, 2005
Kloves to Return as Screenwriter for HBP
(Source: The Leaky Cauldron) Executive Producer David Heyman revealed at yesterday's GoF press junket that Steve Kloves, screenwriter for the first four HP films, will return for Half-Blood Prince.
Heyman states: "He is a fantastic writer, who manages to bring a keen sense of character, and really understands the voice of the actors he is writing for. He can write with great emotion, and at the same time, also a great humor. He is not doing the fifth, because he is writing another project for me called, 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time', which I hope he will direct. However, he read the sixth book and couldn't stay away, and so he's gonna come back and write the sixth."
Read more Here
October 19, 2005
Staunton Confirmed as Umbridge
Actress Imelda Staunton confirmed on ITV's "This Morning" program that she has been cast in the role of Dolores Umbridge in the fifth Happy Potter movie Order of the Phoenix. I think that we can probably consider this official even though word has not yet been received from WB. Filming will begin in January 2006.
Congratulations Imelda (*Hem Hem*)!
Happy Birthday Michael Gambon!
Actor Michael Gambon, who portrays Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies, turns 65 today. We hope you have a great day!
October 17, 2005
GoF Production Notes
Warner Brothers has released the Production Notes for GoF, a 51 page document which you can view Here.
Here's an excerpt where director Mike Newell is describing the Yule Ball scene:
"The dancing was absolutely hysterical," says Newell, who readily admits he's a terrible dancer himself. "Dan works so hard at absolutely everything, but it seems God did not necessarily mean for him to be a ballroom dancer. He is absolutely his character at that particular moment in the story!"
The Ball quickly segues from stilted formal dancing to a wild rock free for all. "I remember my own time at university," Newell recalls. "At the end of every year there was a swanky ball with formal dancing, but by the end we would all let our hair down and it was enormous fun. So I wanted to recreate that feeling with the Yule Ball, a real sense of teenagers letting rip!"
Newell and producer David Heyman recruited British band Pulp's legendary singer and lyricist Jarvis Cocker, who together with members of his new group Relaxed Muscle and drummer Phil Selway and guitarist Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead, took the stage to play original music during the rocking Yule Ball sequence.
Working with renowned music producer Mike Hedges, Cocker penned three songs for the band to perform in the film: "This is the Night," "Magic Works" and "Do the Hippogriff."
"Jarvis was a wonderful collaborator," says Newell. "He had a lot of fun with the whole thing. He said that when he was a kid, he used to be called 'four eyes' because he wore glasses, so for the scene he wanted to be four eyes. Then he shut his eyes and revealed eyeballs painted on his eyelids!"
"It's not often that you get members of Pulp and Radiohead in the Great Hall," Heyman says with a smile. "Although it was just make believe, it really was an awesome experience watching the Yule Ball scenes come to life. I think for all the cast and crew, it created a great party atmosphere in which to end the year."
October 10, 2005
GoF Soundtrack to Debut November 8
Amazon Germany has a list of all 24 songs for the Goblet of Fire soundtrack, due out in November. The fourth movie in the Potter series will be scored by composer Patrick Doyle.
October 03, 2005
NYC Premiere Announced
Goblet of Fire will premiere in NYC on November 12 at the Ziegfeld Theater, located at 141 West 54th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues.
This premiere event is not open to the general public, but if you're in the area the Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet will be hosting a special podcast at Barnes and Noble on 66th and Broadway! So drop on by.