The season of movie awards is now well under way, and there are a few pieces of news relating to Harry Potter to report on:
Firstly, Potter actors Jim Broadbent (Slughorn) and David Thewlis (Lupin), have been nominated at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards, for their respective roles in the films Another Year and London Boulevard.
The Production Designer for Harry Potter, Stuart Craig, has received a nomination in the Fantasy Film category at the Art Directors Guild Awards for his work on Deathly Hallows Part 1.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars) has revealed the finalists in the race to get an Oscar nomination in the Visual Effects Category. Deathly Hallows Part 1 was one of seven films on the list, which will be cut down on Jan 20th to five final nominees.
And finally, Deathly Hallows Part 1 has been longlisted in 8 categories for the BAFTAs. These categories are: • Make Up & Hair • Editing • Special Visual Effects • Costume Design • Sound • Production Design • Cinematography • Original Music Additionally, Helena Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson, and Jim Broadbent have all been longlisted in acting categories for roles outside of Potter.
Congratulations to all involved and we hope you are successful!
Update: Deathly Hallows: Part 1 has now officially been nominated for two BAFTAs. These are:
The opening of the WB Studio Tour: The Making of Harry Potter at Leavesden Studios is now less than a month away. Those with tickets to the tour will be extremely excited to see these new pictures and video released by Warner Brothers today, which show the beautiful scale model of Hogwarts used throughout the whole Harry Potter series, and visitors to the attraction will be able view this with their own eyes.
Even if you are not fortunate enough to be able to make it the Tour, we’re sure you’ll love these pictures no less.
As we’ve heard before, Leavesden Studios has had a big refurbishment which meant the sets had to be dismantled into smaller chunks, put into storage, and then put back together again ready for the tour. The time-lapse video below shows them putting the pieces of Hogwarts back together:
The Saturn Awards, by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, today announced the nominations for their 38th annual show.
In contrast to the disappointment of most of the mainstream award shows, especially the Oscars, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is very well represented with ten nominations, including Best Fantasy Film, Supporting Actor and Actress, Direction, Production Design and more!
See the full list of the categories they are nominated in below. Get the whole story »
The Time-Turner Tuesday for this week comes via the archives of The-Leaky-Cauldron.org and takes us back to May 7th 2005 when the amazing trailer for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was first released.
Go here to view the original post on Leaky, or click the image below get straight to the trailer.
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