Showing posts with label J K Rowling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J K Rowling. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Wont do any more Harry Potter films: Radcliffe

The 21-year-old actor has starred as the boy wizard in all eight movies in the series - most recently Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the second instalment of the adaptation of J.K. Rowling's seventh book - but hopes the author doesn't write anymore sequels as he thinks the franchise has finished at the right time.

He said, "I'm the only person in the world that doesn't want there to be an eighth Harry Potter book. Believe me, I've given 10 years - I can! I think it's been an amazing 10 years and I would be quite happy for it to finish at this point because the stories were rounded off in such a succinct and perfect way."

Despite his reluctance to return to the franchise, Daniel will always be "proud" of his work on the movie series.

He also said, "Every opportunity I will get for the rest of my life, I would not have got if it wasn't for Harry Potter. It would be the height of ingratitude if I was ever anything but proud to be associated with these films."

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Radcliffe owes it to Rowling

Daniel Radcliffe owes his stardom to Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, since she was the sole one responsible for handing the then child star the lead role in the movie franchise, despite arguments between studio executives over whether he was the right choice.

Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone director Chris Columbus revealed that Radcliffe was not a favourite for all the film bosses planning the adaptations of Rowling''s books.

"There were certain people who didn't think Dan was perfect for the part, Contactmusic quoted Columbus as telling Entertainment Weekly magazine.

"We had committees - a total of 30 people, between us and the studio - who were looking at these screen tests.

"When Jo (Rowling) saw Dan, she said, ''That''s how I always imagined Harry would look like!'', he added.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Filming The Deathly Hallows was scary..

Emma Watson has admitted being 'a bit scared' during the filming of the final installment of the Harry Potter Franchise, The Deathly Hallows II.

"It was a bit scary at times when all the fake bombs were going off as We didn't really have much training or much warning sometimes," she explained.

"Although they can prepare you and put stunt doubles in there, there's a certain amount that you have to do yourself. You can't get away from doing nothing."

So what was the scariest stint that she had to do herself? "I threw myself off the top of a vault onto the back of a dragon. But it meant that I was doing a sort of... I mean I had crash mats. I don't want to exaggerate, 20 or 30 foot drop. I just had to dive off into my stomach."

Emma explained, "Your body's saying, 'No,no,no!'. And you have to just do it. And the pyrotechnics. There were lots of bangs and explosions."

Thursday, June 23, 2011

J K Rowling extolled by Potter fans..

J.K. Rowling finally unveiled her highly-anticipated Pottermore website Thursday.

Beginning this October, the seven Harry Potter novels will be released on eBooks, and an interactive community will launch online. She hopes it will encourage more people to begin reading.

But fans were a little confused about the site on Twitter, where Rowling's initials, #JKR, quickly became a trending topic Thursday morning.

It seems that Pottermore is both a social network and the encyclopedia, an Interactive Online Experience.

While there were a few jokes about Pottermore, some really made a lot of sense given that Rowling has sold more than 400 million copies worldwide and the Harry Potter movies are the most profitable franchise of all time. Overall, the fans were excited and the jokes started as follows:

"Obama declared war against the UK because Pottermore didn't accept his email address."

"Frodo destroyed the ring because Pottermore accepted his email."

"Pottermore is actually the Matrix: users will be reborn in a world of wizardry while their body-heat powers the servers."

Celebs Factory finds Pottermore to be an amazing concept for it paves way for something to be looked forward after the release of the final installment - Deathly Hallows Part II on July 15th.

Pottermore is open to all in October. Leave your email address now and you'd be notified when the registration is open.