They’ve starred in the biggest movie franchise of all time. They’ve grown up before our eyes, maturing from little kids to young adults. But now, with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, they face the biggest challenge of their developing careers — life without that Potter magic.
Harry Potter, business titan
Just after midnight Thursday, more than 3,800 silver screens across the country lit up with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the final chapter in the boy wizard’s battle against evil. Warner Bros. estimates the movie sold more than $32 million in advance ticket sales, a new pre-opening record.
How Harry Potter changed the world
By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) J.K. Rowling’s seven critically acclaimed best-selling novels came to a conclusion four years ago this month. And after this weekend, there will be no more new films based on the adventures of Harry Potter and the friends he made at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter…
Older Potter fans ready for movie; younger ones may have to wait
Ethan Ellis and his dad read the entire Harry Potter saga in a nightly ritual that started when Ethan was 5 years old.
But reading a scary book at home with a parent a few pages at a time is a little different than watching a good-versus-evil battle waged on a big screen in a dark theater.
Movie review: ‘Harry Potter’ pleases in finale
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 does exactly what fans of the immensely successful book series should expect. It offers a respectful and precise rendering of the last part of J.K. Rowling’s final Potter novel, right down to the book’s coda.
For ‘Harry Potter’ fans, an era is ending
Friday marks the end of an era. Some, like Warner Bros. executive Dan Fellman, compare its finality to the breakup of the Beatles.
Producer David Heyman: ‘Harry Potter Has Been the Gift of all Gifts’
David Heyman never imagined that when he snagged the film rights to the first four of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books in 1999, he would go on to produce the highest-grossing film franchise in cinematic history. More than a decade later, the man behind the successful series is ready to say farewell to the boy…
Harry Potter and the resourceful filmmakers
NEW YORK: Fifteen years after David Heyman first read J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (published in the U.S. as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), the British producer has enjoyed a magical ride transforming Rowling’s seven Harry Potter books into one of the most successful movie franchises ever. Like all journeys, the story about the boy wizard now comes to an end with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.
How well do you know ‘Harry’? Test your knowledge
The eighth and final Harry Potter” film, “The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, opens next week. Are you ready? Check your preparedness with this eight-question quiz.
Good riddance, Harry Potter
By Barry Koltnow The Orange County Register (MCT) Am I the only one who’s happy to see the Harry Potter movies come to an end? After eight movies, including the latest – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which opens Friday, I have grown so tired of feigning interest in the boy…
Theater in Ohio, 6 other states to host Harry Potter film marathon
Rupert Grint: ‘It’s Going to Be Hard to Shake Ron Weasley Out of Me’
Rupert Grint has played Harry Potter’s faithful sidekick, Ron Weasley, for more than half his life. And with each film, he’s come into his own — both on and off screen. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the young star transforms into a romantic hero, as Ron and Hermione Granger [Emma Watson]…
Helen McCrory: Daniel Radcliffe is the Ambassador of the Harry Potter Series
British actress Helen McCrory has only one regret when it comes to playing Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter series: She didn’t join the franchise earlier. Before she took on the role of Draco Malfoy’s mother in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, McCrory was signed on to play Bellatrix Lestrange. But when she became…
