News Updates!
This Months Updates
Keep an eye open for the new Sirius.Net updates soon to be published on this site. The review of his character is more accurate. Additionally, there is going to be a new button in the menu for the sixth book. I will also be updated the spell dictionary with spells such as Sectumsempra and Levicorpus so keep checking!
Posted by Chellie 22/07
Release of Book Six!
Well it has finally been released...the sixth installment of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! Hopefully, by the start of next week, there should be a full compliment of interviews, reviews and readers thoughts so keep checking back while I update it!
Posted by Chellie 21/07
With the next installment of Harry Potter almost upon us, the excitement and tension are growing as children and adults worldwide anticipate the plots and new characters that may appear in the HBP. Please mail in if you are going to a book party or opening celebration at midnight on release day. This will be useful for people who either do not know where events are being held or can not decide where the best party will be!!!
Posted by Chellie 10/06
Young Fans Get Chance to Inteview JK Rowling
Jo Rowling has granted her only UK TV interview to one young fan amongst seventy children from around the world. The lucky winners will be invited to Edinburgh Castle to meet the author and their one-on-one interview will be broadcast on ITV1.
A spokesperson said: "It's a TV interview that everyone wants but only one child in the UK will actually get. We will give them all the training and help they need to ensure it's a must-see TV event and with their love of all things Harry Potter we are sure they will have dozens of burning questions to put to the author."
Posted by Chellie 08/06
Pre-Order Records Broken!
Advance orders for the HBP have apparently outnumbered pre-orders for previous books in the series. Tesco.com director said: “No other book can match the Harry Potter series for popularity with our customers and we are expecting the sixth to break all records. Pre-orders are already at an all-time high and this is only going to increase as we get closer to the day the embargo is lifted.”Posted by Emma, 08/06
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is once again sweeping the nomination boards and is up for Best Picture and Best Family Film at the Moviefone Moviegoer Awards. The scene with Harry riding Buckbeak has been nominated for the Greatest Moment award, and Emma Watson is up for Best Supporting Actress. Best of luck Emma!
Posted by Chellie on 01/14 (Thanks to Claire for sending us the news)
Alas! A date for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been set! Fans of the teenage wizard and his pals will be able to get their hands on a copy of the long awaited book on the 16th July 2005! Although this seems too long to wait, fans worldwide are increasingly aware that once this book has been released, only one more installment of the series remains to be revealed. On a brighter note, JKR seems exceptionally happy with the book and will almost certainly be revealing more snippets of information about 'six' before the long anticipated release date arrives.
Posted by Matt on 12/26
JKR in Edinburgh
Jo Rowling revealed to eager fans at the Edinburgh Book Festival that there are two questions they should be contemplating the answer to in the period between the fifth and sixth books. Perhaps tired of the endless rumours about the next installment of the successful series, particularly one that encouraged the idea that the next book was to be called "Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge", JKR gave her fans something to think about during the remaining time leading up to the release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Jo said:
"There are two questions that I have never been asked but that I should have been asked, if you know what I mean. If you want to speculate on anything, you should speculate on these two things, which will point you in the right direction. The first question that I have never been asked—it has probably been asked in a chatroom but no one has ever asked me—is, “Why didn’t Voldemort die?” Not, “Why did Harry live?” but, “Why didn’t Voldemort die?” The killing curse rebounded, so he should have died. Why didn’t he? At the end of Goblet of Fire he says that one or more of the steps that he took enabled him to survive. You should be wondering what he did to make sure that he did not die—I will put it that way. I don’t think that it is guessable. It may be—someone could guess it—but you should be asking yourself that question, particularly now that you know about the prophesy. I’d better stop there or I will really incriminate myself. The other question that I am surprised no one has asked me since Phoenix came out—I thought that people would—is why Dumbledore did not kill or try to kill Voldemort in the scene in the ministry. I know that I am giving a lot away to people who have not read the book. Although Dumbledore gives a kind of reason to Voldemort, it is not the real reason. When I mentioned that question to my husband—I told Neil that I was going to mention it to you—he said that it was because Dumbledore knows that there are two more books to come. As you can see, we are on the same literary wavelength. [Laughter]. That is not the answer; Dumbledore knows something slightly more profound than that. If you want to wonder about anything, I would advise you to concentrate on those two questions. That might take you a little bit further."
A full report of the interview with the audience at the Festival, click the link below. Please be aware that there are spoilers about events taking place in the most recent book, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".
http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/wizard/section/news.asp?s=1
Posted by Chell on 09/27
Box Office High-Flyer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner and Azkaban has passed The Lion King and is now sitting pretty at #14 on the all-time box office rankings. Philosopher's Stone is at #3 and Chamber of Secrets is at #7 on the list.
Posted by Chell on 09/23
No Contract for Chris?
Chris Rankin, who plays Percy Weasley, recently revealed that he has not yet been contacted about being in Goblet of Fire:
Having been speaking to my agent about why I've not heard anything from Warner Brothers re: Goblet of Fire, they've been making some enquiries into the legal side of not being used on the film, when I've been contracted to it... Turns out that my contract states that I was contracted to appear in Prisoner of Azkaban +1 more HP film - it doesn't have to be the next in the series (as we'd all presumed) - what this basically means is that we're unlikely to be seeing Percy in Goblet of Fire, but that doesn't mean that he won't be in another film along the lines of the series... but we might not!
Posted by Chell on 09/22
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