Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 to be released at Christmas
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment yesterday announced, along with TT Games and the LEGO Group, that the follow up to the hit game Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is to be released this 2011 Christmas season.
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, NGP, Wii, Nintendo DS, 3DS and PC.
"Based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four films, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry Potter’s heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds. From Privet Drive in Little Whinging to Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and Hogwarts – plus new locations including Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, and Godric’s Hollow – players will encounter new faces, new challenges and new magic, preparing them for the ultimate face-off against Lord Voldemort™."
Apr
01
Yesterday afternoon, Harry Potter cast and crew and a host of other celebrities gathered at Leavesden Studios near London to celebrate the opening of the WB Studio Tour with a big red carpet event.
Below we have a selection of photos of the stars via Mugglenet and Snitchseeker (see more in our gallery), and after this we have some great interviews with Evanna, Tom and Rupert courtesy of TheHPFan.

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Apr
01

Michael Bay
Huge news just developing: Paramount has announced that it has purchased all film rights to Harry Potter from WB and that they have a remake of the movies in the pipeline and are lining up Michael Bay to direct and produce.
A spokesperson for Bay, the director of the Transformers movies, had this to say:
“Michael has been in discussions with Paramount for a few weeks about a potential reboot of the Harry Potter series in the near future. He is very excited to hear this news this morning and that the plans are set to come to fruition.
He wants to go way bigger and better than before, and has been developing new computer technology for creating the best explosions movie goers will have ever seen.”
We will of course update you on this situation as soon as we hear more news. Stay tuned!
In the mean time, read the statement from Bay’s spokesman in full right here.
Mar
30
The big opening of the WB Studio Tour is taking place tomorrow today with a red carpet event featuring many stars of the movies. For all those of us not lucky enough to get a ticket to the event, WB will thankfully be livestreaming it all online, and you’ll be able to watch it right here.
It is due to start at 10am EDT, 3pm UK time.