New Harry Potter Featurette is Filled with Goblins, Spoilers
The most recent featurette promoting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is all about the much-anticipated Gringotts break-in. Amongst other details, the cast and crew talk about the changes to Griphook's character from the rather simplified cameo in the Philosopher's Stone movie, show a bit of Helena Bonham Carter playing Hermione playing Bellatrix, talk about the new design for the Gringotts carts, and show some new footage of the Lestrange vault itself, multiplying treasure and all.
Suffice it to say, there are a ton of movie spoilers, so don't click if you don't want your movie experienced ruined. Everyone else can go right here and check it out.
Pottermore, a Website for Supplementary Material, Announced
J.K. Rowling's most recent project, Pottermore, has been officially announced. It is, as its title suggests, more Potter. Serving primarily as a ground for providing supplementary material, it will also serve to simulate the Wizarding experience through the internet. Pottermore will also have an online store where you can purchase, amongst other things, the entire septology as an eBook. Hit the jump for the official press release!
For this groundbreaking collaborative project, J.K. Rowling has written
extensive new material about the characters, places and objects in the
much-loved stories, which will inform, inspire and entertain readers as
they journey through the storylines of the books. Pottermore will later
incorporate an online shop where…
Still more TV spots released for Deathly Hallows Part 2
Two new television spots have been captured by our sleuthy netizens over at MuggleNet. Will it ever stop? (I for one, hope not.) I have embedded them both after the break for your enjoyment.
The first is a bit more on the darkly comic side, with Neville showing off a newfound snarkiness and some more footage of the Gringotts heist. The second is a more traditional spot without much new footage, aside from George Weasley fighting off a Death Eater and some sweet new narration from Dumbledore, courtesy of the King's Cross chapter.