Tag: harry potter

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Angry fans better than no fans at all?

Steve Sansweet gets quoted in a story on the Harry Potter fans miffed at the Half-Blood Prince delay.

Some think the outsized reaction could actually be a boon for the studio. Steve Sansweet, who runs fan relations for George Lucas’s Lucasfilm Ltd., says “Warner Bros. should be delighted. Sure, they have a problem on their hands, but they are also seeing the passion of their fans. The real problem comes when you have fans that don’t give a damn.”

Granted, the quoted Potterheads are certainly on the raging, ranty, please-calm-down end of the spectrum, but Steve has a point. Just, uh, refrain from sticking your hands between the bars.

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Potter “prequel” nets £25,000

JK Rowling’s short story for charity raised £25,000 (that’s about $50,000) at an auction held at the Waterstone’s bookshop in Piccadilly, London. Not bad for 800 words. You can watch a BBC reporter read part of the story here.

The stories by JKR and the other authors who participated will be available starting June 11 at the Waterstone’s website. A print version of the stories will be for sale on August 7 from Waterstone’s.

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In the Potterverse…

The short, handwritten prequel that JK Rowling penned for charity will be auctioned off today in London. The story features the misadventures of the Marauders and is set three years before the birth of Harry Potter. According to the BBC, the story ends with the words: “From the prequel I am not working on – but that was fun!”

The money from JKR’s story, plus those of Nick Hornby, Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, Lauren Child, Sebastian Faulks, Tom Stoppard and Irvine Welsh will go to two charities — English PEN (an “international fellowship of writers, working together to promote literature and defend the freedom to write”) and Dyslexia Action.

In other news, Warwick Davis talks about his role as Professor Filius Flitwick.

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Google News from a better world

Once you scroll past stories like ‘China Withdraws from Tibet, with Apologies,’ ‘Darfur peace process well underway,’ and ‘Big Three Unveil Emissions-Free Lineup’ on this Google News spoof, there’s also some good news for Serenity, Harry Potter, and Star Wars fans. In theory, anyway… For particularly lazy scrollers, a screencap of the Entertainment section is under the cut. (via) Continue reading “Google News from a better world”

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Famous mice on parade at The House Of Mouse

Yoda, Chewie, and Obi-Wan mice by TheHouseOfMouse@Etsy

I dare you to resist these Star Wars mice from Etsy’s The House Of Mouse. There are Yoda, Chewie, and Obi-Wan, of course, but also Luke, Anakin, Palpatine, Leia, Han, and even Indiana Jones. But that’s not all… There are plenty of familiar mouseterpations of other CJ favorites, including Harry Potter and a pirate. There’s a pretty huge selection, so there’s bound to be something for everyone… She even takes commissions!

Big thanks to Jadesfire55 for the link!