J.K. Rowling has announced plans to release her first novel for adults. Fans around the world are now clutching their hearts in enthusiasm and anticipation. Rowling has completed a deal with Little, Brown Book Group and Little, Brown and Company for the future title. Not many details on the book have been released and no release date has been set. The author did however, release this statement:
“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series, which has been published so brilliantly by Bloomsbury and my other publishers around the world. The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher. I am delighted to have a second publishing home in Little, Brown, and a publishing team that will be a great partner in this new phase of my writing life.”
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Harry Potter reunion! I miss it already. Daniel Radcliffe visited his former Harry Potter costar Alan Rickman earlier this month. Alan currently stars in Seminar, now on Broadway.
How about some emotional childhood trauma for your morning? The upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 dvd boasts an in depth interview between Daniel Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling. Among the tidbits getting released, the latest has Jo revealing she never intended to kill Lupin. Lupin’s death just as his son was born was one of the more painful deaths in the books, at least for me. Nothing can top Fred though.
Read what she has to say and why she changed her mind:
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Rowling reveals that from the start, she always knew that the final chapters of the last novel would include these beats: That Harry would walk willingly to his death; that he would be joined by the spirits of his parents and other loved ones during that death march; and that Hagrid would carry Harry’s (apparently) lifeless body out of The Forbidden Forest. Rowling tells Radcliffe that the image of Hagrid cradling “dead” Harry — a bookend to the beginning of the series, when Hagrid brought infant Harry to the Dursleys – stuck with her the entire time she wrote the books and she never let it go. If she had, Rowling says Hagrid would have been a “natural” target for elimination. “That image kept him safe,” she says.
Rowling also reveals that in her original “sketch” (her word) of the series climax, one of the most beloved characters in the Potter canon survived: Remus Lupin — tragic werewolf, former Defense Against The Dark Arts professor, and husband to the metamorphmagus and auror, Nymphadora Tonks. (Gotta love the wordplay and names.) The seventh book tells us that before their deaths during the Battle of Hogwarts, Lupin and Tonks had a child. On the DVD, Rowling shares with Radcliffe that when she created Lupin’s character, she planned for him to survive the finale. While the author has said as much in other interviews, here, she elaborates, explaining that she changed her mind when she realized that her last Harry Potter story was really about war, and that “one of the most horrifying things about war is how it leaves children fatherless and motherless.” The most powerful way she could dramatize that idea, she says, was to kill a set of parents that were dear to readers. “I had no intention of killing [Lupin],” says Rowling. “But then it dawned on me he had to die.”
If you can’t wait for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 dvd you’re in luck. The deleted scenes have leaked online and you can see them here.
All of the deleted scenes from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Blu-ray and DVD have been released online. They include: the trio getting ready to go to Gringotts, with Fleur and Bill helping and warning; Harry and Luna looking over Dobby’s grave; the trio talking to Aberforth Dumbledore in the Hog’s Head, in further detail; Harry hiding in a group of Gryffindor students, with robes on, next to Ginny at Hogwarts; Seamus and Neville perusing the Hogwarts bridge; Remus and Tonks reuniting at Hogwarts, with a brief mention of their son Teddy; Filch locking up the Slytherin students in the dungeons, only to have them escape; and Ron trying to confess his love for Hermione while running from Nagini.
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This is so sad! Mugglenet is reporting that the 10 year old black German Shepherd who played Padfoot in the Harry Potter films and his 13 year old buddy are in need of a new home.
The black german shepherd who played Sirius Black’s animagus form seven years ago in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” has recently found himself in a dog rescue center in England. His owner, stunt man Paul Thompson, left 10-year-old Berry at the center reportedly because he travels too much these days for work to give the dog the attention and love he deserves.
Alongside Berry, his friend the white german shepherd 13-year-old Porridge (who has likewise landed several dramatic roles) was also left at the shelter this Sunday.
I hope someone gives them a good home soon! Hopefully Harry Potter fans are flocking to the shelter as we speak and adopting. If you’re not close enough, there are shelters near you that have dogs that need a loving home just as much. 🙂
