Happy Birthday J.K. Rowling & Harry Potter!

First of all, I would like to say thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for saving a lot people's life. Thank you for being a role model. Thank you for being an inspiration.Thank you for writing Harry Potter, and thank you for choosing Daniel to play Harry. You are literally a queen. I really want to say how much I love you, and how thankful I am, but it is impossible.

I can' t even imagine how my life would be without Harry Potter. I remember me and my family used to sit and have Harry Potter marathons, thank you for making this possible, thank you for making us to sit together as a 'real family' and making us to have  good, unforgetable times.

HUGE thanks to you for giving me a world that we can escapte to, whenever I want. Thank you , for a magical childhood and a life. You are our queen.

Mrs. Rowling, you made so many people's world a better place. Wish you all the very best, have an amazing birthday!

Potterheads will always love you, queen!

Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe

Today is a really special day for Potterheads all over the world! Today is the birthday of Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the chosen one.

"Dan, you didn't get lucky. You were and are the perfect Harry and will be forever." J.K Rowling.

We, as Potterheads, would like to thank Daniel for our childhoods. Our lifes, would be so different without Harry Potter. I am one hundred percent sure, that we are the luckiest generation, we are the Harry Potter generation.

Happy 26th birthday to our very own Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe. Thank you for being the perfect Harry Potter. We also thank you for allowing us to grow up with you. Good luck in your future, wish you the best.

Love you Daniel Jacob Radcliffe.

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is based on the new story by J.K Rowling, Johny Tiffany and Jack Thorne. The world premiere is going to be in London's West End in the summer of 2016 at the Palace Theatre, and it's NOT a prequel.

It is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.

The director of the play will be Johny Tiffany, movement by Steven Hoggett, set designer is Christine Jones, costumes will be made by Katrina Lindsay, music by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, special effects by Jeremy Chernick and sound by Gareth Fry.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets will go on public sale this Autumn, details of which will be announced Summer 2015 and will be shared on the website in late July.

 

Harry Potter Facts That You Might Not Know Part 1

1. The baby Potter in 1 is Albus Severus in Harry Potter 7 (Harry's son.) .

2. Ron Weasley’s character originally swore a lot, but Rowling’s publisher wouldn’t let her use that sort of language because it would’ve been inappropriate for young readers.

3. Tom Felton auditioned for the roles of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, but instead of them he was chosen to play Draco Malfoy. Imagine Tom playing Ron or Harry...

4. Over 400 million Harry Potter books in 67 languages have been sold worldwide in 2008.

5. Every 30 seconds, someone starts to read Harry Potter books.

6. J.K. Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire (U.S. dollars) by writing books.

7. During the filming of the kissing scene between the horcrux versions of Harry and Hermione in the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Rupert Grint was removed from the set because for laughing hysterically.

8. While filming “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” Tom Felton’s Hogwarts robes had their pockets sewn shut because he kept trying to sneak food onto the set.

9. The flying car used in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” was stolen off the set. It was found seven months later, when an anonymous informed police where it is.

10. Professor McGonagall was a Quidditch player in the past. But she experienced a nasty fall in her final year at Hogwarts that left her with a concussion and several broken ribs.

11. Fred and George were born on April Fool’s Day.

12. The only time the Weasley twins were ever apart were when George’s ear was cursed off and when Fred was killed.

13.  Dementors are based off J.K. Rowling’s time of depression in her twenties. 

14. J.K. Rowling said the Harry Potter series might not have happened if her mother hadn’t died. “The books are what they are because she died … Because I loved her and she died.” 

15. People had trouble pronouncing Hermione’s name, so Rowling had her sound it out for Viktor Krum in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”

16. When “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was released in Great Britain, the publisher asked stores not to sell the book until schools were closed for the day to prevent truancy.

17. In order to become acquainted with the films’ three main stars, director Alfonso Cuaron had each of them write an essay about their characters. True to their characters, Emma Watson wrote a 16-page essay, Daniel Radcliffe wrote a simple, one-page paper, and Rupert Grint never even turned his in.

18. The least successful Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” made $90 million.

19. Michael Jackson once approached Rowling about making a musical based on the books, but she didn't want. However, a play about Harry’s life pre-Hogwarts is hitting the London stage in 2015.

20.  For a long time, Rowling planned the last word in the series to be “scar,” but eventually changed the last sentence to “All was well.”

21. When Voldemort died in the Battle of Hogwarts, he was 71 years old.

22. Dumbledore fell in love with Gellert Grindelwald. 

23. Snape was not immediately added to the portraits in the headmaster’s office, but Harry insisted he be placed next to Dumbledore. 

24. Most Black family members are named after stars or constellations. Sirius is known colloquially as the “Dog Star”

25. Arthur Weasley was supposed to die in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but was replaced with Sirius. 

26. James Sirius Potter, Harry’s oldest son, stole the Marauder’s Map from his dad’s desk.

27. Harry, Ron, and Hermione all got their own Chocolate Frog cards.

28. The tale of the Deathly Hallows was based on The Pardoner’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. 

29. There are 700 fouls in Quidditch.

30. Platform 7 1/2 is the Orient Express. 

31. All the fractioned platforms at King’s Cross Station are in use for Wizards and Witches. 

32. Draco Malfoy almost attended Durmstrang Institute, but his mother didn’t want him to be so far away from home.

33. The third smell Hermione recognizes in the Amortentia potion is Ron’s hair. 

34. Dumbledore’s boggart is the corpse of his sister, Ariana. 

35. Rowling killed Hedwig because it represented the loss of innocence and security, and her fate marked the end of Harry’s childhood. 

36. Before taking the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Quirrell was the Muggle Studies teacher. 

37. Rowling said; if Dumbledore had a Muggle song playing at his funeral, it would be “My Way” by Frank Sinatra.

38. Two alternate titles for the final book were Harry Potter and the Elder Wand and Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest. She quickly decided against the latter because it sounded too corny.

39. Rowling has said that if Voldemort saw a boggart it would embody his own corpse, since death was always his greatest fear.

40. Rowling has admitted that she regrets the relationship between Ron and Hermione.

41. On the 10 year anniversary of Harry’s parents’ death and the first time Voldemort was defeated, 31st October 1991, he and Ron saved Hermione from the troll in the bathroom. This is generally regarded as the day the trio became friends.

42. The first five years Rowling spent on Harry Potter were spent determining rules about what her characters could and could not do.

43. Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint both admit to having a crush on Emma Watson in earlier films.

44. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1998, the same year the final Battle of Hogwarts was fought. Rowling has said, "I open at the close".

45. The Dementors in the Harry Potter series are based on J.K. Rowling's own battle with depression in her 20's.

46. Viktor Krum retired from Quidditch in 2002 after a disappointing defeat to Egypt in 2002.

47. Lupin's Patronus is a wolf (a regular one, not a werewolf).

48. Platform 9 3/4 isn't the only platform in use by Witches and Wizards.

49. When Hermione smells the Amortentia potion, she smells freshly cut grass, new parchment and Ron's hair. 

50. Rowling originally planned for the last word of the final book to be "scar" but eventually changed her mind.

The Movie Of "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them"

J.K Rowling suprised everyone by delivering a new piece of Potter-focused content on the official Harry Potter website!

The three-film series will be set 70 years before the Harry Potter story begins. Because of this reason; Daniel Radcliffe, and of course Emma Watson and Rupert Grint is not going to be in the new movies.

They're based on the charity book released in 1997 by JK Rowling.

Instead of Hogsmeade and Hogwarts, this new world is set in New York.

The headmaster at Hogwarts is Phineas Nigellus Black - and you may recognise that his face appeared in one of the portraits that hung in Dumbledore's office. He's the great-great grandfather of Sirius Black.

Dumbledore is still living at Godric's Hollow, he is not even a teacher yet.

Tom Riddle is not born yet, which also means means that Voldemort isn't terrorising the world in the new movies.

In 2003 writing on her offical Facebook page she said:

"Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.

The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry's gets under way."

About the movie

It follows the adventures of magizoologist Scamander - a specialist in magical animals - who travels the Wizarding World to document the beasts he encounters. He writes a book - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is then studied years later by Hogwarts students.

The Cast And Crew

Directed by: David Yates

Writing Credits: J.K. Rowling

Cast:

 

 Eddie Redmayne - Newt Scamander

 

  

Katherine Waterston - Porpentina Scamander 

Produced by:

Neil Blair	-	producer
David Heyman	...	producer
Steve Kloves	-	producer
Tim Lewis	-	executive producer
J.K. Rowling	-	producer
Lionel Wigram	-	produce

Cinematography by:

Philippe Rousselot

Casting By:

Fiona Weir

Production Design by:

Stuart Craig
James Hambidge

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:

Katharina Hingst	-	assistant to david yates
Josh Robertson	-	first assistant director

Art Department:

Michael King	-	production buyer
Karl Koroscik	-	dressing propman

Special Effects by:

David Watkins

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special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by:

Jhon Alvarado	-	pre-visual artist
Tim Burke	-	visual effects supervisor
Christian Manz	-	visual effects supervisor
Edwin Schaap	-	pre-visual artist

Other crew:

Josh Allan	-	Set Decorating Props Accountant
Michael Berendt	-	executive assistant to David Yates
Pierre Bohanna	-	HOD prop modeller
Carmela Caruso	-	accounts assistant
Rosie Coker	-	Assistant to Exec Producer
Katharina Hingst	-	assistant to david yates
Josh Nixon	-	assistant accountant
Ben Pearce	-	assistant to david yates
Rob Silva	-	Assistant to David Heyman

Location: The location of the movie is not known yet, but at least we know that it is in America.

Release Dates:

Italy

Belgium

Germany

Denmark              11 November 2016

Netherlands          16 November 2016

Portugal               17 November 2016

Russia                  17 November 2016

Ukraine                17 November 2016

UK                       18 November 2016

Romania              18 November 2016

Sweden                18 November 2016

USA                     18 November 2016

Brazil                   24 November 2016

Some hints about the movie by Rowling:

 



Here’s a picture of Daniel buying Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them when he was a child! Waow, this is a throw back!