Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

[2007, Movie]

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix: TV Guide News

More Studios Support Digital Copy: PCs, iPods/Macs, even PSPs! | DVD News and Reviews | 4/29/2008
A few months ago we took a hands-on look at Digital Copy with Family Guy - Blue Harvest. The show's Star Wars parody came to DVD with an extra disc containing a digital file version of the feature which easily copied to a Video iPod, a PC, or a PC-file compatible device (like an Archos media player). It's a handy way to get a "portable" copy of the DVD you've bought, so you don't have to buy it all over again via download to the hard drive of your laptop or a portable video device. But what... read more
Radcliffe "Terrified" by Idea of Broadway in the Buff | Today's News: Our Take | 9/6/2007
Will Harry Potter stroll the Great White Way wearing little more than his eyebrows? Daniel Radcliffe says that Peter Shaffer's Equus, the stage play that unveiled itself — and the lad's Brit bits — to London earlier this year could hit Broadway in late 2008. "It will be amazing, but I will be terrified," admits the actor. "[Potter stepdad/Tony winner] Richard Griffiths said the most stupid thing you can do is underestimate the New York audience" — and/or the zoom lens on their... read more
Short Takes: Harry Potter, Jennifer Garner, Popeye | Today's News: Our Take | 8/2/2007
Global box office tallies for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have now reached the $700-million mark. Why, one more matinee, and the flick'll have earned almost as much as I have for filling in for Mitovich all week. Jennifer Garner is in talks to join Kevin Kline on Broadway this fall in a revival of Cyrano de Bergerac. Hey, she can't possibly tank worse than Julia Roberts did. Olive Oyl's man yis what he yis, and we love 'im for it. So Warner Home Video and King Features Syndicate... read more
Box Office: Homer & Co. Rolling in D'oh! | Today's News: Our Take | 7/30/2007
Cowabunga, dude! The Simpsons Movie didn't just open big, it opened Homer's-belly big! With a haul of $71.9 million, it was not only the No. 1 flick of the week, it was also the fifth biggest debut of the year. Rounding out the top five are I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, with a $19.1 million take; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, adding $17.1 million to its kitty; Hairspray, catching another $15.6 million in its Miss Baltimore Crab nets; and the new Catherine Zeta-Jones romcom... read more
Harry Potter Scribe Slams Spoiler-sports, Ponders Return to Hogwarts | Today's News: Our Take | 7/20/2007
Memo to the Old Gray Lady: You do not mess with a woman well versed in potions and spells. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is Quidditching and screaming over an early, rather spoilery "review" of Deathly Hallows published earlier this week by the New York Times. "I am staggered that some American newspapers have decided to publish purported spoilers in the form of reviews, in complete disregard of the wishes of literally millions of readers, particularly children," the scribe reacted. With... read more
An Oscar for Potter's Imelda Staunton, and More Movie Questions! | Ask FlickChick | 7/18/2007
Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Question: I've seen Harry Potter five times now — I liked it that much — and I'm still wowed by Imelda Staunton's portrayal of Umbridge. Is there any chance she'll get nominated for an Oscar? I know the Academy Awards are iffy about nominating actors for roles in sci-fi-fantasy movies, which is why I fear she'll get no Oscar nomination. But do you think she'll at least get nominated for a Golden Globe, since the Hollywood Foreign Press tend to... read more
Harry Potter Scribe Gives NBC Exclusive Debriefing | Today's News: Our Take | 7/18/2007
In her only television interview after Saturday's highly anticipated release of the seventh and final installment in the Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling will sit down with NBC's Meredith Vieira in Edinburgh, Scotland. This exclusive interview marks the first time Rowling will talk about the worldwide reaction to the series' much-anticipated and speculated-about finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Spoiler alert) Voldemort is a sled.The interview will air on Today on Thursday,... read more
Harry's Potter of Gold Reaches $140 Million | Today's News: Our Take | 7/16/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix topped the weekend box office with a $77.4 million haul, bringing its five-day total to a cool $140 mil. The previous Potter pics enjoyed $88.4 to $102.7 mil opening weekends, but first hit theaters on Friday, so... apples, oranges.Rounding out the top five were Transformers ($36 mil, $223 mil to date), Ratatouille ($18 mil), Live Free or Die Hard ($10.9 mil) and License to Wed ($7.4 mil). Elisha Cuthbert's Captivity, the weekend's only other new wide... read more
Harry Potter Enjoys a Record-setting Humpday | Today's News: Our Take | 7/13/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix scored the biggest Wednesday opening of all time, taking in $44.2 million from 4,181 locations. The boy wizard is magically delicious abroad as well, delivering, for example, the second-highest opening day France has ever seen ($5.9 mil). The fifth Potter also marks the best bow for any Warner Bros. pic, besting the $42.5 first-day haul of Matrix 2.In related news, Harry's creator, J.K. Rowling, granted the U.K.'s ITV1 exclusive access to her world as... read more
Harry Potter Orders Up a Record Number of Screens | Today's News: Our Take | 7/11/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix descends today on more than 9,000 screens in 4,285 locations, making it Warner Bros.' widest release ever and the summer's most omnipresent offering since Pirates of the Caribbean 3. It also marks the first time a Potter pic has premiered midweek, affording it a five-day opening. Translation: Abracaching.Though the franchise's review-proof fifth entry is garnering some middling reactions from film mavens, RottenTomatoes.com reports that the critical... read more
Harry Potter Star Not "Ungrateful" During Contract Talks | Today's News: Our Take | 7/6/2007
Emma Watson, who was rumored to be a holdout during contract talks for the final two Harry Potter films — Half-blood Prince and Deathly Hallows — regrets that she came off as being a tough negotiator, but invites any detractors to spend a moment in her sorceress' hat. "People underestimate what a big decision this was for me," the 17-year-old says in this weekend's Parade. "This is the next three or four years of my life. Being in the spotlight and the lack of freedom are the sort of... read more
Harry Potter Review: The Good, the Bad, the Muggley | Today's News: Our Take | 7/2/2007
For reasons only Hollywood bean counters know, Tokyo hosted the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and to hear the Times of London tell it, the franchise's fifth entry is somewhat burdened by its "crueller" subject matter. As the stage begins to be set for the ultimate loggerhead between good and evil and action-filled screen time gives way to mere intrigue, "Some will find that tedious," opines the Times. That said, the film properly paves the way for "an epic... read more
Bookies Snuff Wagers on Harry Potter's Demise | Today's News: Our Take | 6/5/2007
Bookmakers in London ("bumbershoots," I believe they are called) have stopped accepting bets on Harry Potter's mortality as decided by the final book, Deathly Hallows, saying the teen wizard's death appears to be a sure thing. "Every penny [wagered] was on Harry dying, and it became untenable," a rep for the betting house William Hill tells the New York Daily News. Instead, Hill is accepting bets on Potter's killer, with HWMNBN paying 2-to-1, Snape at 5-to-2 and a PMSing Hermione at 10-to-1.... read more
Like Magic, Harry Potter Release Date Moved Up | Today's News: Our Take | 6/1/2007
With no explanation whatsoever, Warner Bros. has moved up the release date for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by two days. It will now arrive in theaters on July 11. read more
At the Movies: Grindhouser Reboots Barbarella | Today's News: Our Take | 5/22/2007
Robert Rodriguez has signed on to direct a new film adaptation of the sci-fi comic-book series Barbarella, previously committed to celluloid by Jane Fonda circa 1968.... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will make its international premiere June 28 in Japan. Why there? "No special reason," a studio rep tells Reuters.... To benefit The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, CharityFolks.org is hosting an auction of Waitress memorabilia, including aprons designed by the likes of Keri Russell, Cheryl... read more
Harry Potter Poster "Busted" for Enhancing Hermione | Today's News: Our Take | 5/9/2007
The image of a poster for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix posted on the IMAX website has been taken down in the wake of criticism that it was retouched to make Emma Watson's 15-year-old alter ego a wee more... curvy. According to The-Leaky-Cauldron.org, Warner Bros. has since issued a statement explaining that the poster (seen here at the London Daily Mail website) was unapproved yet "unfortunately... was accidentally posted on the IMAX website." Sounds like someone in the film's... read more
New Potter Will Be Magical to the Max... the IMAX | Today's News: Our Take | 4/20/2007
Yep, young Harry the Wizard will be doing something Julian Sands' Warlock never managed to do: He's being converted to 3-D! The last 20 minutes of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are being digitally converted into 3-D for the version of the blockbuster-to-be that is being released in IMAX theaters on July 13. read more
Emma Watson, Actress, Weighs Options Before Signing on for Last Potter Pics | Today's News: Our Take | 3/19/2007
According to wicked, wicked online reports, Emma Watson has yet to sign on for the final two Harry Potter films — and, say some nasty rumors, will hold to that decision, even if producers were to jack up the 16-year-old's pay to £2 million (roughly $3.8 mil) a picture. "Emma doesn't want to do it anymore. She's tired of being known as 'that girl from Harry Potter,'" that redheaded kid from Harry Potter (Rupert Grint) supposedly told the U.K. tabloid News of the World. "Daniel... read more
Radcliffe On Board for Final Two Potter Pics | Today's News: Our Take | 3/2/2007
Daniel Radcliffe — currently netting rave reviews for his performance in the raw across the pond in Peter Shaffer's Equus — has signed on the dotted line for the final two of the seven Harry Potter films, Reuters reports.With Order of the Phoenix due out later this year, Radcliffe and Co. will step before the cameras for Half-blood Prince in September. A timetable for the series' ender, Deathly Hallows (in bookstores July 21), has yet to be determined. read more