New Harry Potter Exhibition page added!

Just today,
a new page was added,
allowing viewers to find
more information about
the Harry Potter exhibition
that is currently touring the world.

It is still undergoing some
modifications, but it is quite operational.



Thanks to our all-new flash gadget, viewers can now find the latest news, watch videos,
check out the photo gallery, and share the gadget with their friends through popular
social networks, entirely through the all new "Harry Potter: The Exhibition" gadget.
The page can be found in our "site pages" index to the right of the news on the main page.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One trailer analysis

Spoiler! This post contains a complete analysis of the newest trailer
for the upcoming film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

If you do not wish to be spoiled in any way,
please do not continue reading this post.

To access the article, please double-click the "read more" link below.

HP7 Part One score to be released November 16th!

It has been unofficially announced that the score
for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One
will be released on November 16th,
three days prior to the film's release.

For those who may not be aware what a score is,
it is the background music to scenes in the film.

A lot of people confuse a film's score for its soundtrack.

A soundtrack is a collection of songs used in the film, and a score is just background music.

The score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One can be found and/or ordered
for about $14 on amazon.com through this link: http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Deathly-Hallows-Part/dp/B0043URV8M/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285443929&sr=8-1

Please note that the price mentioned above does not include expense for shipping and taxes.

HP author J.K. Rowling to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show!

It was announced by examiner.com just yesterday that
HP author J.K. Rowling has been announced to appear
on the Oprah Winfrey show this Friday, October 1st.

According to the Examiner, the interview is to take place
in Ms. Rowling's home in Scotland, where JKR will,
it is rumored, discuss the harry potter series and its
effects in our society, such as the movies and so on.

The Oprah Winfrey show is shown on CBS,
which is available with most TV channel packages.

Exclusive interview with LEGO Press Office official now on our site!

Earlier this month, we send an inquiry to
LEGO's press department, asking about any
future LEGO Harry Potter products beyond 2010.
This was the reply we received only yesterday:

 "I handle all media relations for LEGO,
and want to thank you so much for reaching out.
LEGO will indeed be launching new HP products in 2011,
but I'm afraid that's all I can share at this time."-Rachel Manson,
                                                     Account Executive of the LEGO company.

We will continue to keep you posted on any Harry Potter news as it becomes known.

To read our original announcement concerning the interview, the post can be reached
by this link: http://order-of-the-phoenix-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/order-of-phoenix-network-to-interview.html

New official Harry Potter 7 part one trailer now online!

After a long while of waiting, the official trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Part One, is now on the web, and starting today, on our site!

The trailer itself is embedded in this post,
and will be added to our trailer gallery this afternoon.

Full coverage of the trailer will be included in a post released sometime later today.

Please be aware that the video may not be playable with all computers.

Release date for second Harry Potter 7 trailer officially announced!

Thanks to a report filed by mugglenet.com, it has been officially announced that
the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 will be released
on Wednesday, September 22nd at 9 PM, ET.
(6 PM for US fans on the west coast.)

According to information revealed by the bbfc, (British Board of Film Classification),
in August, the trailer is estimated to be two minutes and six seconds in length.
Just today, when we visited their site, it appears that the trailer production finished
on August 16th, without any cuts made, and is awaiting release.

It has been given a PG rating by the BBFC. 
Little information was released otherwise about the trailer.

LEGO Harry Potter 2010 building set TV ad now on our site!

After a week or so of being exclusive to the LEGO website, copies of the ad were sneaked onto youtube.com, where we got a copy and embedded it beneath this post.

Although the 30 second LEGO ads have never been spectacular,
it does go into some more detail concerning two of the sets,
Hogwarts Castle, and another set, the Hogwarts Express train.

No other sets are shown in the ad, and half of it is pure
CGI animation, (Computer Generated Imagery).
I won't say whether or not this ad was good or bad,
but allow fans to judge for themselves after watching this video.
Enjoy!

New HP7 official HD photos released!

About a week ago,
Warner Bros updated
their official Harry Potter 7
twitter page with a stream of
new photos for fans to
enjoy and discuss.

Although seven days have now passed, not much attention was paid to the page, so we decided to post about it.

Here is the first of the two newest pics on the left,
showing Harry holding a piece of broken glass.

And second, (below), is a snapshot of the trio and who appears to be the new
Minister of Magic, who in office acts as governor over the wizarding population.

He appears to be holding something
out for Harry to take.

Readers of the books should have a good guess as to what it might be.

We will continue our coverage of the official Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows twitter page in future posts.

To visit the actual twitter page of the biggest movie franchise of all time,
feel free to use this direct link!

http://twitter.com/harrypotterfilm .

Harry Potter 7 TV spot now on site in full HD quality!

After two days of low-res quality, a High Definition version of the newly released
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows TV ad, which debuted on ABC Family on
Thursday night, just two days ago, which we covered in a previous post.

This new High Definition version of the 30 second ad is available for our viewers here,
and can also be found on our "Harry Potter film 7" page.

New official Harry Potter 7 TV spot airs, video now online!

Just today, a new 30 second montage of
Harry Potter 7 footage aired on TV,
and although it did not show a lot of
new clips, it was still interesting.

It is about time Warner Bros started their advertising campaign.
Considering they said they would start an "aggressive marketing campaign", marketing for the final two films has lately been anything but aggressive. Since no official digital copy of the
TV spot, we are currently using a low-res camera-recording-a-TV one
released by fansite mugglenet.com, which can be found on our Harry Potter 7 page.

Warner Bros releases new Harry Potter 7 pics!

Just today, Warner Bros, producer of the Harry Potter films, released a new hi-res still taken from the seventh or eighth films, displayed on the left.

At a glance, the background looks similar to the
land surrounding the Weasley's house,
the house where Harry's friend, Ron, lives.

If this guess is correct, then this scene would be included in Part 1of the two films, as Harry doesn't return to the Weasley's house again
after this point.

Second is a production photo (below) showing filmmakers hard at work on a scene at the home of Harry's school rival,

Draco Malfoy, played by Tom Felton,

and his father, Lucious Malfoy, played by

Jason Issacs.

Stay connected to the Order of the Phoenix Network for all your Harry Potter news, games, and more!

New "Followers" gadget added!

For the first time ever on this site, viewers can see themselves and other followers
listed in our inventory of followers.

For subscribers who don't want to join the following, it is optional.
Signing up is quick and easy, and can be done in less then a minute.
Try it and find out today!

The Order of the Phoenix Network to interview LEGO press spokesman!

We are proud to announce that yesterday, we made contact

with a spokesperson from the LEGO corporation,

and have sent an e-mail  to him regarding possible future

LEGO Harry Potter products.

We have not heard back yet,

but we are hopeful that a response from LEGO's press office

will be forthcoming within the next few days.

                                                                        Happy Labor Day, everyone!

Harry Potter theme park in Universal Orlando to expand?

                                          

According to reports from inside Warner Bros,

it is rumored that the newly added

Harry Potter based mini theme park,

"The Wizarding World of Harry Potter",

might just be expanded within the next

year or so.

It is starting to become apparent that one

of Universal's other attractions,

"The Lost World", based off of the

"Jurassic Park" movies, is failing in terms

of revenue.

The rumor is that Universal will be closing "The Lost World", which was

located directly next to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and then

replacing the empty area with additional Harry Potter attractions.

There has been no official confirmation, so for now, only time will tell.

LEGO Harry Potter building sets now available for pre-order!

Just today, Harry Potter fansites (including us)
got the news that the building sets being produced
by the LEGO company will be available for purchase
in the US starting October 1st.

No known release date for international buyers,
however.

We will continue to release information about the
international release dates when it is announced.

For pricing and other details, feel free to use this
link to LEGO's official online shop: http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=672&d=342

The Order of the Phoenix News Network reaches over 500 fans this month!

We at the Order of the Phoenix News Network are proud to announce to our viewers
that within the last 30 days, we have recieved exactly 522 views from the following countries

• United States
• Germany
• France
• Canada
• United Kingdoms
• Russia
• Ukraine

And more!

So we thank all our viewers for making this possible, and hope that all of you
continue to turn to the Order of the Phoenix News Network for your Harry Potter
news and concerns.

LEGO.com updates its LEGO Harry Potter product page!

Just hours ago, LEGO.com expanded their LEGO Harry Potter products page, adding an official video of some of the sets, Adding more character art,
like the one shown here.

    The building sets themselves however, will not be released until October.

Although this may seem odd at first, it is good timing

for LEGO. Interest for Harry Potter will be running

strong, as the next film opens this November.

All in all, it simply makes good business.

To see the newly updated website, go to:

http://harrypotter.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx .