Ramblings about entertainment and other things
The BBC is reporting that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be split into two movies.
Star Daniel Radcliffe told the Los Angeles Times that splitting JK Rowling’s final book in two was the only sensible option for the film-makers.
“There have been compartmentalised subplots in the other books that have made them easier to cut – although those cuts were still to the horror of some fans,” he told the paper.
Via BBC
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has dropped some hints that it’s possible there might eventually be another book set in the Harry Potter universe.
“If – and it’s a big if – I ever write an eighth book, I doubt that Harry would be the central character. I feel I’ve already told his story.
“But these are big ifs. Let’s give it ten years.”
I think it would be pretty hard for someone like Rowling, who went from no where to the top of the bestsellers list, to just step out of the limelight since all the books are now finished. I imagine that getting the accolades she got for the series are something she’s going to grow to miss, and we’ll see another book (and more likely a series) before those ten years are up.
Via The Daily Mail
Entertainment Weekly has a nice article from Stephen King (yes, that one) talking about the Harry Potter phenomenon. (Spoilers galore in there, so if you still haven’t read Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, don’t read it).
In an interview on the Today Show, JK Rowling revealed what happens after the final book, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.
Don’t read further unless you’ve read the final book! Spoilers ahead!
In the interview she reveals:
Harry and Ron are Aurors, and Harry is the head of the Department. Hermione is is “pretty high up” in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
And the three “revolutionize” the Ministry of Magic, making it a “really good place to be.”
Read more about this at MSNBC.com.
The link in this story reveals some spoilers about the 7th Harry Potter book, so don’t follow it and read it if you haven’t read it!
JK Rowling is planning on writing a “Harry Potter Encyclopedia” explaining some of the background of the characters, and possibly writing about some of their fates after book seven, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, ends.
She also reveals who got the “reprieve” she talked about before book 7 came out. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, one of the characters was supposed to die, but she decided against it. There has been a lot of speculation about who that was, and she’s finally revealed who she saved.
Just finished reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.
It was excellent.
The Harry Potter Book has been leaked, and the last chapter is available on the net
In order to prevent spoilers from appearing here on the blog, I’ve turned off comments. They’ll remain turned off until sometime next week.
There are just a few days before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released, and I’ve been thinking… Have we seen the last of Dumbledore and Sirius?
I would say that in Dumbledore’s case, we almost certainly haven’t. He does have a picture in his office after all. We’re sure to hear some advice from that. We might even see more of him in a different context if Alberforth turns out to be as important to the last book as we think.
….You don’t think that Dumbledore and Alberforth switched places at the end….nah…
Anyway, many people think thought Sirius might be back. For a long time I thought that when he “died” it probably didn’t really die. I was sad to see that I was wrong about that, when JK Rowling stated Sirius was indeed dead. I really liked that character.
But does that mean we won’t see Sirius or Dumbledore (outside his frame, I mean) again?
I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see one or both of them show up as ghosts in the final book. Whether that will be a ghost ala “Nearly Headless Nick” or a ghost as appeared out of Voldemort’s wand (yes, I know it wasn’t Voldemort that killed him… I meant a ghostly form in that same sense).
Any thoughts on whether we’ll see either of them?
It’s about a week until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released, so I thought I should write a bit about what might happen.
Since the end of the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, there’s been a debate raging about whether Snape is “good” or “bad”.
The people that think he’s “good” say that he killed Dumbledore because Dumbledore wanted him to, and he’s really still on the good side.
The people that that think he’s “bad” point to all the trouble that he’s given Harry over the years, and that he was playing Dumbledore for a fool the whole time he was at Hogwarts.
I can hear the arguments: “If Snape’s bad, why did he try so hard to teach Harry Occlumency?” and “If Snape is good, why did he kill Dumbledore?”
Believe it or not, I think it was the same reason: To get closer to Voldemort to kill him. If you’re curious why he would want to do that, read what I have to say about Snape being in love with Harry’s mother in a previous post. Snape knows that if Harry dies, there’s no way that he’ll ever get close enough to Voldemort to kill him and his chance will be gone. But what now?
Snape’s Dilemma
What’s Snape’s dilemma? I think Snape is in trouble no matter what he does.
As Book Seven opens, Snape is on the run. Whatever happens from now on, he won’t be safe. He’s a wanted man. The Order of the Phoenix will want him for Dumbledore’s death. The Ministry of Magic Aurors will be after him for killing Dumbledore. I’m sure Harry and Hagrid would want to get him. After going to the “good side”, Snape has got to be on the hit list of the former and present Death Eaters. He couldn’t very well go back to Voldemort and just say “Hey! I was kidding! I’m really on your side!” and have anyone believe him, especially after Dumbledore stood up for him.
The one thing that Snape could have done to get back in with the Death Eaters is exactly what he did… killing Dumbledore. Do I think he really wanted to kill Dumbledore? No. His look of hatred when he killed Dumbledore probably had a lot to do with the fact that Dumbledore DID know Snape’s biggest secret, and he hated Dumbledore for it.
If my revenge theory is correct, at some point Snape is going to try and kill Voldemort. I think he’s likely to fail (and probably die). It might just be enough of a distraction for Harry to finish Voldemort off. If Snape succeeds in harming or killing Voldemort, the Death Eaters will be after him. If he really did turn to be on Voldemort’s side, the Order of the Phoenix (and a lot of other people) will be after him.
He’s in trouble no matter what happens.
So, the bottom line is that at this point I think Snape is just looking out for himself and is really not on either side. He’s looking for a way to exact his revenge on Voldemort. Voldemort will meet his demise, I’m sure… The question is: Will Snape be there to see it happen?
TodayShow.com has a brief interview with Daniel Radcliffe. In that interview, the reporter asks him whether his character, Harry Potter, will survive The Deathly Hallows. His response:
I think I might die in it, but that’s just my prediction. I think so, but I’ve no idea at all. I have no inside hints.
I would be very surprised if that happened. This is, after all, a children’s book. It would also be quite a turn-around from how all the other books went. That’s not to say that I don’t think there will be deaths in the book. I’ve talked about what I think is going to happen in book 7 already. I would be very surprised if Harry died at the end.
If Harry did end up dying in the last book, killing him in the last book would end up sinking the series long term. Instead of being a classic children’s story, very few people would read all seven books knowing that Harry died at the end.