Is this the date we’ve been waiting for?
Today Universal Studios released its The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Vacation Package – with all travel dates beginning on May 28. Though the official park opening date has yet to be confirmed, this does ensure that the park will be open by this date at the latest. (Universal’s Web site …
Just before Bastian opens the window and screams out “Moonchild!” to save the land of Fantasia, I thought my chest was about to explode.
The NeverEnding Story brought the perfect amount of suspense. It was the kind you feel rumbling all the way through you – even down in your socks. Bastian and Atreyu saved their world. They were …
Next up in the never-ending series of fantasy adventures aspiring to be the next Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, opening in theaters Friday. And I have to say, if I was a little younger and saw the trailers for this thing, with a young Logan Lerman (a possible Tobey Maguire …
Big news from Warner Bros. yesterday. Clash of the Titans, which had already been bumped back from its original release date, will now hit theaters April 2 as a full-fledged 3D experience.
This comes on the heels of the news that Warner Bros. is planning to release a whole slate of 2010 films in 3D: From Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of …
Universal Studios is taking its Harry Potter theme park campaign to the Super Bowl with this 30-second peek into the park’s wizarding universe – rumored to cost Universal a stiff $310 million to construct.
The Orlando-based park is set to open this spring, though specifics have been pretty hushed, but here’s what we do know for …
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
Today in Techland: TABLET MANIA! Peter is still in San Fran, mentally preparing himself for the media battle at tomorrow’s unveil (and chatting with ngmoco’s Neil Young). But first, a compilation of tablet rumors, all in one tidy post. And make sure you check back tomorrow to see just what stacks up.
In other …
The highly-anticipated Harry Potter theme park experience – courtesy of the Universal Orlando Resort – is nearly ready for the swarms of Wizard-lovers sure to come running.
This is the first image of the actual park, which is still under construction, and gives a glimpse of The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. The …
For those Harry Potter fans dying to catch a first look at The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (set to hit theaters in November) it’s been a bizarre few days. Last week, a grainy teaser trailer leaked onto the internet. Warner Bros. quickly pounced and the footage was taken down. Then they released a new official cut, with an introduction by …
The new album Jingle Spells 3 is up at The Leaky Cauldron. If you’re into wizard rock, you’re already over there. If you’re not into wizard rock, this will mean nothing to you. Let me help.
First, read this, in which I try to explain what wizard rock is. Second, read this: Jingle Spells is Leaky’s annual holiday-themed wizard rock …
DISTRICT 9, Johannesburg (AP) — In the wake of its recent Nigerian ban, the film District 9 has also been banned in District 9. Citing images of the district’s alien inhabitants as “filthy, violent, cat food-eating bug-monsters,” Hive Drone Overseer Prime Martin Anderson forbid the film’s showing within the perimeter of the penned-off …
From The New York Times, September 8, 2009:
Harper Collins and the heirs to the author J.R.R. Tolkien reached a settlement with Warner Brothers in their suit against the studio over payments from films based on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, according to statement from Warner, the publisher and the heirs today. The statement did
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It’s here, in vivid, unembeddable Quicktime. Yes, this is the fourth one they’ve released. Gotta catch’em all.
It looks great. The spooky Cave of Voldemort. A misty, empty quidditch field. A tortured Malfoy who, it is turning out, seems actually to be able to act. And especially creepy is a glimpse of the cursing of Katie Bell in …
