Alexandre Desplat to compose Deathly Hallows: Part I?
Film Score Daily is reporting that French composer Alexandre Desplat will be composing the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 .

Alexandre Desplat set to compose Deathly Hallows: Part I musical score
Film Score Daily is reporting that French composer Alexandre Desplat , who has conducted the scores for such features as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , The Golden Compass , The Queen , Julie & Julia , and The Twilight Saga: New Moon , is set to create the music for the first installment of the final Harry Potter films, Deathly Hallows: Part I . He has become the director-of-choice for many of the world's most acclaimed directors, including Fincher, Stephen Frears, Terence...

Confirmed: Alexandre Desplat to compose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
  News Archive | News Categories | Submit News Tip | MuggleNet's Twitter Confirmed: Alexandre Desplat to compose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Early this morning we reported a rumor claiming composer Alexandre Desplat was to score Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 . We've looked into the matter, and after speaking with the folks who originally reported the story on Film Score Monthly, we now know that this piece of info is confirmed by...

Confirmed: Alexandre Desplat to Score "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" Film
Update : This morning, we received word from a number of readers regarding a rumor composer Alexandre Desplat was set to score the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" film.  We can now report this rumor is indeed true, thanks to our friends at MuggleNet who were able to validate that this piece of news was confirmed by Mr. Desplat's agent. FilmScoreMonthy is reporting that composer Alexandre Desplat has been tapped to score the upcoming "Harry Potter and the...

Rumor: Alexandre Desplat to compose Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (updated)
Rumor: Alexandre Desplat to compose Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (updated) UPDATE: The person who reported this news on Film Score Monthly is citing "a very reliable source". We're continuing our attempt to confirm! Fans have long waited to hear who will be composing the score for the final two Harry Potter films. This morning, there is a chance the composer for Part 1 has surfaced. Film Score Monthy's "2009 Top Forty Composer Countdown" notes that Alexandre Desplat, who has composed...

New teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Here’s the official Warner Brothers synopsis for this movie: The final chapter of the Harry Potter film series begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave Hogwarts behind and set out to find and destroy the Horcruxes

Alexandre Desplat set to compose Deathly Hallows: Part I musical score
Film Score Daily is reporting that French composer Alexandre Desplat , who has conducted the scores for such features as The Curious Case of Benjamin

UPDATED Alexandre Desplat confirmed to compose Deathly Hallows: Part I musical score
Film Score Daily is reporting that French composer Alexandre Desplat , who has conducted the scores for such features as The Curious Case of Benjamin

Half-Blood Prince nominated for RAFAs
The soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , composed by Nicholas Hooper, is one of 19 scores competing for the Classic FM Film Music of the Year prize at the Richard Attenborough Film Awards. The second annual awards show will be held on January 28th and this prize will be presented by Simon Bates, who DJs for the station. You can vote for the sixth movie and its soundtrack here . The poll closes on January 25th at midnight (GMT). Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has...

A Few Images from the Harry Potter Themepark
A few days ago, someone from the Orlando Sentinel provided some photos they took at the Universal Themepark showing the construction of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you picked up the Blu Ray of Half-Blood Prince , then you saw the special in the extras section that was mostly a CGI tour of the park’s layout, along with the actors talking about what they had seen so far. These photos don’t show too much, but they hint at just how much the park is influenced by the look...

UNC-Asheville defeats Bluefield College 97-74
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Chris Stephenson scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, both career-highs, and led North Carolina-Asheville to a 97-74 victory over Bluefield College on Monday. J.P. Primm added a career-high 21 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (6-12), who have won three straight games. UNC-Asheville built a huge lead at the end of the first half, using a 12-4 run in the final 3 minutes to build a 53-33 halftime lead. John Williams scored four points during...

UPDATED Half-Blood Prince up for RAFAs
Half-Blood Prince , the soundtrack for which was composed by Nicholas Hooper, is one of 19 scores competing for the Classic FM Film Music of the Year

"El Misterio del Príncipe", Nominada en los Premios RAFA
The Richard Attenborough Film Awards (Premios de Cine Richard Attenborough), o RAFA por sus siglas en inglés, son unos premios británicos votados por críticos y fans que debe su nombre a uno de los más prolíficos actores y directores del país, Richard Attenborough (de quien se rumoreó que encarnaría a Dumbledore en El Prisionero de Azkaban ). Este año Harry Potter y el Misterio del Príncipe ha sido nominado en varias de sus categorías, a saber: Película Británica del Año ...

Stroma joins Twitter!
Another Harry Potter actor has joined the relams of Twitter, this time Freddie Stroma, Cormac McLaggen in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie. Fellow co-star Matthew Lewis, Neville Longbottom, stated: I think everyone should follow my terribly good looking friend @freddiestroma . You'll like him. ->Stefan<-

No surprise that 'Avatar' leads with 11 VES nominations
"Avatar" leads with 11 nominations at the eighth annual Visual Effects Society awards fest. In the VES equivalent of a best picture race -- visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature motion picture -- "Avatar" contends against "District 9," "Star Trek," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "2012." All five of those films -- as well as "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and "Terminator:...

HBP Up for VES Award
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince received a Visual Effects Society nomination for Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture for the 8th annual VES awards. The movie is up against Star Trek, Avatar and Franklyn. The ceremony will take place on February 28, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Thanks to UHP!

UK film admissions at 7-year high in 2009
London (Reuters) - Film admissions in Britain hit 173.5 million in 2009, the highest level since 2002 and up 5.6 percent from 2008, according to a review of last year by the UK Film Council published on Tuesday. The total Box Office gross hit 944 million pounds, an increase of 11 percent on 2008. Including Ireland, the figure rose to 1.05 billion pounds, the first time it has topped the billion-pound mark. The biggest film of the year was "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" with takings of...

Surprising Characters May Appear In John Carter And Avatar 2, Plus RoboCop Joins Fringe! [Morning Spoilers]
John Carter 's cast-list is out, and Sigourney Weaver drops Avatar hints. J.J. Abrams explains what Star Trek 2 won't have. Plus pictures from Inception, Harry Potter , Fringe, Kick-Ass and Lost . And Supernatural/Chuck clips. Also: Doctor Who, Iron Man and Caprica . John Carter Of Mars : Did you know that a teenage Edgar Rice Burroughs will be a character in this movie? I didn't. In the books, John Carter occasionally travels back to Earth, where he narrates his adventures to...

'Anne of Green Gables' and Harry Potter
(1) I have been corresponding this past week with an Anne expert who will go unnamed until she chooses to join this conversation. S/he assures me that Ms. Rowling herself has confirmed that she is an Anne fan and that Lucy Maud Montgomery (hereafter ‘LMM’) was an influence. A quick search at Accio-quotes does not bring up anything more than an aside about Anne but the sources my expert-friend noted seem more than credible. The critical Anne community in Canada accepts the...

Harry Potter and the half-baked script
With the arrival of each new Harry Potter film, I've made it clear that I've never read any of the books yet I've been amazed how each installment grew in depth and quality once they got rid of director Chris Columbus from the first two installments. The previous entry, Order of the Phoenix , slipped a little and was the first of the films that felt to me as if it had been condensed to the point that a lot had been left out from the book. However, Imelda Staunton's delightful performance, the...

Harry Potter Power - New Self Help Book
A new Harry Potter related book by Dr Julie-Anne Sykley will be released this coming March.

Scores of New Signs and Detailed Construction Photos for Wizarding World of Harry Potter Online
Scores of New Signs and Detailed Construction Photos for Wizarding World of Harry Potter Online - The Leaky Cauldron Home

Top 10: Menciones y Parodias de 'Harry Potter' en Series Animadas de Televisión
Seguimos con nuestros Top 10 de los Domingos en BlogHogwarts, ésta vez con un listado muy divertido: las mejores menciones y parodias de Harry Potter en series animadas de televisión. Sin duda el joven mago ha sido protagonista de incontables parodias y menciones en muchas películas, series de televisión, libros, canciones, arte impreso, etc. Hoy recopilamos el Top 10 de éstas divertidas apariciones en las series animadas, y en próximos Top 10 seguiremos con las demás categorías: Los...

VTM Harry Potter Holiday Challenge Results
By Samhaincat "Fine, I'll try and teach him again!" Snape snarled at Professor Dumbledore. "Severus, please, for me, don't take all those old wounds that you gained from James out on Harry. Harry is not James - do not blame him for what happened." Dumbledore spoke quietly, but his blue eyes held a warning. Snape sighed in frustration... In Memoriam

Muggles, prepare: Harry Potter's world to materialize in Orlando
J.K. Rowling pays $4 million for mansion in Scotland   Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has splashed out