Lumos-Light

A new video which previews the Half-Blood Prince video game has appeared on Youtube.  The video not only gives away new scenes, but interviews from key cast members such as Daniel Radcliffe, Bonnie Wright, Emma Watson, and several of the people who created the games magic.  Narrated by Tom Felton (Draco), the video is fun and entertaining.  As the video quotes, "It's probably the most complete [Hogwarts] castle we've built yet."  It's sure to be exciting. June 30 is when the video game hits stores.

You can see the video by clicking here and you can order the game from Amazon by clicking here.

First seen in the Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer and then seen at the MTV Awards, the full clip of the notorious 'Tom Riddle meets Dumbledore' scene has now been released onto a canadian website.  Named as, 'Extended Trailer', you can now see the clip on Dose.ca by clicking here.  We believe and are almost positive that this is not the full scene, based on other parts of this scene we have been shown through trailers and specials.  Also worth noting is a look back at the past five Potter movies.  That retrospect video can be seen here.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince comes out July 15, 2009.

Readers may have noticed the recent change to Youtube as Half-Blood Prince ads flew around the site.  Not only are the Half-Blood Prince Banners now the current ad for videos, but the sidebar ad is undoubtably Half-Blood Prince-related.  Currently sporting a TV Spot for the upcoming movie, "Create your own potions and 3D videos!" is the new thing to do.  You can now upload  a video of yourself creating a potion on the site.

Check the ads out here, and be sure to visit the Harry Potter official channel, here.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens in the US on July 15, 2009.

As the upcoming Harry Potter movie is creeping towards us, the official site of the movie updates too.  Including some nifty 'memory' features along with a nice fullscreen feature.  The menu bar includes an image gallery, a video page, and a download section which includes buddy icons, desktop backgrounds, and many posters.  

Click here to see the makeover!

While the site has slow loading speeds, it's worth the wait.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens on July 15, 2009.

As July 15 draws closer, new posters are being released to advertise the upcoming release of the next Harry Potter film.  Half a dozen posters were released today, all being character posters.  The posters continue to display the slanted logo of the upcoming movie, while directing all attention to the main characters.  From Draco and the Vanishing Cabinet to Ron and Lavender with an evil eye from Hermione, the posters make the movie date loom ever closer.

-Draco and the Vanishing Cabinet.

-Harry and Ginny in the Room of Requirement.

-Distressed looking Hermione.

-Luna and her Specterspecs.

-Ron and Lavender.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens July 15, 2009.

Emma Watson updated her site today in regards to the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  Emma reports that filming is doing "good".  Most readers took note to the comment she made about a particular film she was filming, where Slughorn's Party was involved.  Emma says:

"It's amazing to be working with him. It's also great because I have been eating profiteroles ALL DAY at Slughorn's dinner party!!!"

We know that a profiterole isn't the easiest thing to imagine, so the image above is actually one.  Read the blog entry written by Emma herself by  clicking here, in order to get the big bold Emma Watson-ess of it all.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens November 21, 2008.

Heart this Story
Posted by: Will

What a year it has been!  We've been through quite a lot, but one year ago we were all scrambling around trying to pick up clues on the just announced book title, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."  It may of been tonight, last year, that you read the most far fetched theory, or it could have been a year ago tonight someone predicted how much Snape really did love Lily.  No matter what you read or heard last year on this night, there's no doubt that this year has been amazing and pretty much topped all other years when it comes down to Harry Potter.

The Order of the Phoenix Teaser Trailer was released November 17th in front of Happy Feet. We all went to see the movie just to see about 30 seconds of flashes of light and then the Harry Potter logo.

As that happened, theories were bubbling all around the web creating questions and new rumors.  Popular theories were Mrs. Weasley being Hermione from the future, Snape loving Lily, Kreacher drinking the potion in the cave, Fawkes having a horcrux, the Time-Turner theory in which Harry goes back in time and accepts his parents deaths, there are so many, and some we say now looking back, "Woah!" or "If I just thought one step forward", and some you say, "What the heck was I thinking?!"

We got our first real trailer of Order of the Phoenix April 22, and it amazed and shocked us all.  We could not wait for July 13th, the day the movie was scheduled to be released.

As movie news rolled along and pictures spilled out from Warner Brothers, we all held our breath as we got Cover Art, and news of factories printing the books in the dark, and walking in candlelight.

But then on July 21st, the countdown has ended all over the world. Not only were the lines and lines of people moving forward to the seven hundred and eighty four paged book, but Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was becoming the fastest selling book in history.  Many fans finished the book on July 21st its self, after boxes of tissue and endless empty coffee mugs, we all knew the truth.  We all learned the answers we had been speculating for years.

And now here we are, standing still strong, still named the Harry Potter Fandom.  Many people said that 2007 is the end of the fandom and Harry Potter.  Some fansites are slowing down but we promise that Lumos-Light will continue to stay strong, or at least until we die that is.

The Harry Potter Fandom has lived through it all, and here we are as the clock is counting down for January 1st of 2008.  Look at the journey we've made.  Look at the journey we made with Harry.

Heart this Story
Posted by: Staff

WB released the first promotional image to the public this morning!  You can see it by clicking here.  It depicts Harry holding Advanced Potion Making and the Marauders Map.  Thanks Leaky!

?Fantasy Adventure. Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort?s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn?t counted on Romilda Vane?s chocolates! And then there?s Hermione, simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.?

Heart this Story
Posted by: John-Robert

CBBC Newsround has announced that 20 year old Jessie Cave will portraying Lavender Brown in the next Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  CBBC says:

Jessie is 20 years old. Your first chance to see Jessie on screen though will be in CBBC drama Summerhill going out early next year.
It's not known if Jessie attended the open auditions for Lavender.
They were were held earlier this year. Or she may have auditioned separately for the part.

To see a brief clip of Ms. Cave in Summerhill, click here.

Heart this Story
Posted by: Will

While Helena Bonham Carter will reprise her role as infamous Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, new casting news has sprouted online that Helen McCrory who was scheduled to play Bellatrix in Order of the Phoenix (left because of pregnancy), is playing the mysterious Narcissa Malfoy in Half-Blood Prince.  Narcissa and Bellatrix will be sisters in the next film, so the chemistry should mix well!  For full coverage of the casting, click here.

Heart this Story
Posted by: John-Robert