"The Nifflers" Give New Interview

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Wizard Rock band The Nifflers have given a new interview with the National Post. They speak of how they came to be, and their upcoming concert in North York Central Library on the 18th.

Source: National Post
Via: Google News
Article: Q&A: Toronto Wizard Rock Stars The Nifflers

Daily Star Inteviews Dave Legeno

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The Daily Star has released a new interview with actor Dave Legeno, who will play Fenrir Greyback in Half-Blood Prince. A scan of the article containing the interview can be found at the link below.

Source: Daily Star via SnitchSkeeter
Via: The Leaky Cauldron
Article: Dave Potter's Rotter

MuggleCast #137: Tripping Over Curtains: The Jim Dale Story

Mugglenet.com's Harry Potter Podcast, MuggleCast, comes out with its latest installment, episode 137, entitled "Tripping Over Curtains: The Jim Dale Story".

Features:
- Part one of the much anticipated interview with Harry Potter audio book reader Jim Dale!

Show Links:
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Low Bandwidth (10.3 MB)
Via iTunes
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Felton, Grint, and Radcliffe Talk Half-Blood Prince

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In an new interview with E!, Tom Felton, Rupert Grint, and Daniel Radcliffe talk about their filming. Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy in the film series, notes that he's read both the script and the book, and can't really see anything major that has been cut.

Source: YouTube
Via: MuggleNet
Video Link: E! Interview

Naomi Watts Interested in 'Potter' Role

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A few months ago, before actress Helena Bonham Carter was officially cast, rumours spread like wildfire that Naomi Watts had been selected to fill the role of Narcissa Malfoy. Many fans were disheartened when Watts was not, in fact, chosen at all. In a recent interview with MTV, Naomi Watts said that, "I didn’t even hear about it except through the media. Not through my agents [or anybody else]".

Watts says that she is enthusiastic about a potential role in the Deathly Hallows, and that, "I have read some of the ‘Harry Potter’ books, " she began, "my son would like that [her appearance in Deathly Hallows], so that would be a good way to impress him."

Source: MTV Movies
Via: Google News
Article: Naomi Watts Still Waiting By Phone For ‘Harry Potter’ Offer

David Heyman Gives New Interview With Empire Online

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Recently, Harry Potter film series producer David Heyman gave an interview with Empire Online. Several questions of interest were asked; regarding the length of the films, David Heyman said, "The idea is to get everything people want in there. I’m sure there’ll be parts that don’t make it, which we won’t know until the script is written."

When asked about the filming of the two parts , Heyman responded, "It’s one film in two parts and it’ll be shot all as one film," and that, "most of 2009 will be filming. We’ll be anticipating shooting in February. We’re all really excited about the possibilities and the challenges of seven. It’s going to be a cracker."

Source: Empire Online
Via: The Leaky Cauldron
Article: Potter Producer Talks Deathly Hallows

Brief Interview With Daniel Radcliffe Concerning the Split of Deathly Hallows

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A video from an older interview on E! has Daniel Radcliffe talking about the now confirmed possibility of splitting Deathly Hallows into two films.

Source: E! Via YouTube
Via: The Leaky Cauldron
Article: E! Daily 10 HBP on-set video from GC

Screenwriter Steve Kloves Talks About Deathly Hallows Split

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In a new interview with the Baltimore Sun, screenwriter Steve Kloves talks about the recent announcement to split Deathly Hallows into two films. He notes that there had been serious consideration of splitting Goblet of Fire for some time and the the decision to split the last book in the series into two films was not made lightly. "The idea of two films began to get kicked around as early as late summer of 2007. We didn’t take it lightly," says Kloves. He supports Warner Brothers decision strongly saying that, "I feel we owe it to Jo — in order to preserve the integrity of the work — and the fans — for their loyalty all these years — to give them the best and most complete experience possible."

Source: Baltimore Sun
Via: The Leaky Cauldron
Article: Steve Kloves Says 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Will Film in Two Parts

"One" Magazine Article Interview

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Here is the first official photo from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is still being filmed in London studios. Even though many secrets from the films production are still well kept, some juicy information has made its way to the public. Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that the sixth film in the Harry Potter series is more comic than its predecessors.

"The motto of this film is a little bit of 'Sex, drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll,'" explains the actor. "Many people flirt with each other, causing lots of jealousy. I think it's going to be really hilarious!"

In fact, recently, Rupert Grint shot a scene with in which Ron kisses Lavender Brown, a student at Hogwarts, portrayed by twenty year old actress Jessie Cave.

"It'll make Hermione extremely jealous," reveals Emma Watson, "And, to see Hermione jealous, I can assure you it's worth the trip!"

In the film, Harry will also make Cho Chang jealous when he kisses Ginny Weasley for the first time.

"We haven't shot this scene yet, but it'll be a bit bizarre to kiss Bonnie [Wright] because we've been friends since we were ten," Daniel Radcliffe admits. "I think we'll be struggling to stop ourselves from bursting into laughter."

To say we're impatient is an understatement! A reminder: here, the film will be released to cinemas on November 26th. The countdown has begun...

Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Via: The Leaky Cauldron Galleries
Article: "One" Magazine Article

Jim Dale to be Inteviewed by MuggleCast

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MuggleCast and Portus 2008 are proud to announce that we'll be interviewing Jim Dale, the narrator for the U.S. audio books for an upcoming episode of MuggleCast and Portus Previews. But we need your help! Please send in your questions or queries for Mr. Dale via the MuggleCast hotline. We will select the top five questions and pose them to Mr. Dale himself. As a reminder, if you're in the United States dial 1-218-20-Magic, if you're in the United Kingdom you can dial 020-8144-0677, and, if you're in Australia, you can dial 02-8003-5668. You can also Skype the user name MuggleCast. Please have your questions sent in by March 13th at 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time.

Source: MuggleCast #135 "The Jim Dale Approaches"
Via: MuggleCast
Story Link: MuggleCast #135 "The Jim Dale Approaches"

J. K. Rowling Gives New Interview

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J.K. Rowling has given a new interview with the Edinburgh "Student" newspaper, where the Harry Potter author gives her thoughts on future writing projects, the reaction to the news on Dumbledore's sexuality, religious fundamentalists, and much more.

Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Via: The Leaky Cauldron
Story Links: New J.K. Rowling Interview: Confirms Working on "Scottish Book," Reflects on Dumbledore, Homophobia, Fundamentalism, Future Writing Projects and More

Pictures of the newspaper article:
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Timothy Spall "Peter Pettigrew" Loves to be Bad

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Timothy Spall, known to Potter fans as Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films, has given an interview concerning his role in films and his preference for the evil characters.

Source: The Times of India
Via: Yahoo! News
Story Link: I Love Playing Evil Characters!: Timothy