
“Underworld : Rise of The Lycans” star Bill Nighy has been cast to play a role in “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows”. Nighy wouldn’t say which character he’s playing because he wasn’t sure if he was allowed to, but Harry Potter fans think that he may be playing Rufus Scrimgeour the Minister of Magic.
Apparently Nighy had been trying to get a role in Harry Potter for quite sometime

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has released a 3rd featurette trailer for the movie. It shows more scenes with Harry and Albus Dumbledore. David Yates, the director explains how Harry goes on a mission for Dumbledore. Then they show more scenes from the movie. Daniel Radcliffe explains some of the plot to the film, about him searching for a memory. ” He needs to find a clue of how to destroy Voldemort.”
David Heyman the producer comments on the romance aspect of the film,and so does Daniel Radcliffe. Emma Watson explains how her character might possibly have feelings for Ron Weasley.

Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” films is reported to be losing her passion for the industry. She is supposed to start college this fall, and is currently filming “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows” which is going to be released as two separate films. She said she is struggling to balance her filming commitments with promotional work on the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film,and will probably stop acting if she doesn’t receive any tempting offers.
In an interview with US magazine Teen Vogue, she stated, “Until something comes along that I feel as strongly about as I did Hermione like, I felt that it was life or death.

Today June 28,2009, filming has started in London for Harry Potter 7 “Deathly Hollows” Ministry of Magic scene,and a site named londontaxitour.com put photos of them filming, on their website. The photos show the three main stars of the film Daniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint,and Emma Watson. .
They are on location at the Whitehall area of London near Scotland Yard Scotland Place.

“Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe recently gave an interview to Parade Magazine. He revealed that unlike his co-star Emma Watson that plays Hermione Granger who will be attending college. He says that he doesn’t like school very much in the following statement, “I wasn’t very good in school at all.” I was kind of useless.â€
He also talked about playing the part of Harry Potter,and how he was similar to the character , saying, “When I started out at the age of 10 or 11, I was essentially saying the lines as I myself would say them,†Daniel said.
The 11th tv promo for the new 6th installment of the Harry Potter franchise entitled, “Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince” has been released. In This 30 second clip we see more action and adventure from the Harry potter cast which include flashbacks, oceans,fire,floating objects, a touch of comedy,Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, and that magical word “Poof”.
Here’s another exclusive movie clip from Warner Bros. Pictures for their new, big “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie. In this clip we see Ron Weasley played by Rupert Grint who’s apparently gazing at the moon because he’s head over heels in love with a girl.
Warner Bros. Pictures has released yet another special featurette movie trailer for their upcoming “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince” film do to hit the theaters July 15,2009. In This trailer we see more exclusive clips of Harry and Albus Dumbledore talking about the impending danger that is about to take hand, and a look back over the years they’ve spent together at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. Now, they’re greatest journey begins.

The people over at the Harry Potter set for the “Deathly Hollows” installment have apparently started looking to the “New Moon ” cast for role filling. They have cast “New Moon’s” Jamie Campbell Bower who plays the leader of the Volturi vampire council in “New Moon”. He is reported to now be cast as the Dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald who is a magician and childhood friend of Dumbledore’s in the next installment of the Harry Potter franchise entitled, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows”.
In the story, Gellert and Dumbledore have a falling out after Gellert’s sister dies. Then Gellert turns to the darkside. However, in the end, Gellert is killed by Voldemort for lying to protect Dumbledore.

Yesterday (4-24-09) MTV dished up another brand new “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie trailer / featurette (below) on their movie blog. In this one we see more exclusive clips from the film along with interviews from the cast. Director, David Yates comments on the plot of the film. Daniel Radcliffe who plays “Harry Potter” also chimes in with some more plot info.The producer, David Barron talks about the key to Voldemort. David Heyman, another producer on the set goes into detail about the romances that will take place in the film,and how it will lead to inner turmoil amongst the characters.