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Tales of Beedle The Bard
As from the 4th December The Tales of Beedle The Bard will be available to buy online at www.amazon.co.uk where they exclusively offer a special collector's edition. Available to pre-order now!

Ticklemeczo 15:29, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Half-Blooded Movie is to be released later
August 14 2008

Half-blooded Prince Movie released over seven months later than expected

Warner Brothers announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the next installment of the franchise, will open in Summer 2009, pushed back from the original November 2008 target.

The change, the studio said, was for reasons related to box office potential and the writers strike. "We know the summer season is an ideal window for a family tent pole release," Warner's prez and CEO said in a statement. "Additionally, like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers' strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films — changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of."

Before you try and make all this bad news disappear, there is a silver lining for Potter fans(like me): Warner notes that Half-Blood's new opening date, now set for July 17, 2009, closes the gap between that film and the next installment — part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — which is going to be released in 1010 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.93.100.164 (talk • contribs).

Verdict of the trial
Sep 8, 2008

JKR/WB won the trial. See Mugglenet, HPANA and TLC. Xammer 19:53, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

SS anniversary edition shipped early by Amazon
Sep 11

See Mugglenet and TLC for details. The bonus material is a sketch of Snape by JKR from 1993-4. Xammer 08:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Updates
The news reel hasn't been updated for a while. Here's what happened since:

Oct 26 - HBP International Teaser Trailer leaked on the Internet

Nov 4 - Harry, A History book release

Nov 12 - RDR files appeal

Nov 14 - New HBP trailer released by WB

Dec 4 - Beedle release

Dec 4 - RDR withdraws appeal

Xammer 17:54, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Does Harry Potter
December 18, 2008

Longtime fans of the show will be familiar with the format, but not the presentation of the gang's newest "riffs" (comedic audio commentaries made during a movie).

At the end of the show's television run, star Mike Nelson and his comedic cohorts (Satellite of Love partners Kevin “Tom Servo” Murphy and Bill “Crow T. Robot” Corbett) reunited to continue their work, this time on some of Hollywood's most popular movies. This is accomplished through the release of MP3 tracks (the RiffTrax) that synchronize with the playback of a given film to reproduce the MST3K experience. RiffTrax has also developed a free software player that makes synchronization effortless.

While the TV show tried to make terrible movies watch-able, RiffTrax tries to make the best movies even better. Which, of course, inevitably leads to the Harry Potter franchise.

Each page linked below has a preview video available, so fans both new and old alike can try RiffTrax out to see if it's something they're interested in. At the very least, you get to see Mike in a Hagrid costume!

HP & The Prisoner of Azkaban http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/harry-potter-and-prisoner-azkaban

HP & The Chamber of Secrets http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/harry-potter-and-chamber-secrets

HP & The Sorcerer's Stone http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/harry-potter-and-sorcerers-stone

--209.234.190.27 21:47, 18 December 2008 (UTC) CS

Update the News Section

 * I was able to update the News section in the frontpage but i am not allowed to do that. Please admins, can you possibly update the news section. You can view this site: ' as a guide. -- ÈnŔîčö''' [[Image:Hallows.svg|25px]](Send me an Owl ) 07:47, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please update the News! Xammer 13:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll fifth, sixth, seventh that - please update the News section. 70.181.171.159 19:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)