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June 22, 2007 (from Boston Herald)

‘Potter’ flick’s made to ‘order’: Harry and co. all grown up

By Stephen Schaefer

When the hotly anticipated movie version of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” opens in the U.S. next month, Potter fans’ first reaction may be “my, how they’ve grown!”

Warner Bros. gave the press here a first look at the film yesterday. One of its biggest surprises was flashbacks of baby-faced Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and pals Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) when they first went off to wizarding school in the 2001 film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

Of course, the world knows Harry’s not a kid anymore: Radcliffe, who turns 18 on July 23, recently made his West End stage debut in the Peter Shaffer drama “Equus” (complete with nude scenes!). Watson is 17 and Grint is already 18.

The $150 million adaptation of the fifth book in J.K. Rowling’s blockbuster series is directed by David Yates, a TV director who’s new to the Potter series, but has already been tapped to helm next year’s installment, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.”

As legions of passionate Potter-heads know, “Order of the Phoenix” puts Harry (Radcliffe) and pals Hermione Granger (Watson) and Ron Weasley (Grint) up against their toughest challenge yet: convincing the wizarding world that the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned.

Yates’ 138-minute film version features state-of-the-art digital effects, a dense but friendly giant, and the return of the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest.

Like its predecessors, this adaptation is faithful to the book, as Harry and his classmates are drawn deeper into the battle between good and evil that divides the wizard world.

Harry’s worst nemesis yet is new Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor Dolores Umbrage, played with vinegary passive-aggressive finesse by Oscar-nominee Imelda Staunton (“Vera Drake”). Dressed in bright pink, Umbrage cheerfully resorts to physically torturing her students whenever it suits her nefarious purposes.

The film also features Harry’s first screen kiss with Cho Chang (Katie Leung). Asked how it was, he replies: “Wet - she was sort of crying.”

“Phoenix” opens in the U.S. on July 11, just 10 days before Rowling publishes the seventh - and final - book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” As with the recent finale of HBO’s hit series “The Sopranos,” bookmakers are offering odds on whether Harry will die in a final encounter with Voldemort.

April 25, 2007 (from ITV News)

Sneak Potter preview released

The unbearable wait for the new Harry Potter film is almost over for fans who can now get a sneak preview of the movie.

And those who have seen the extended trailer of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix think the fifth film in the franchise will live up to its audience's weighty expectations.

The film sees Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, in his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

He spends his term battling the Ministry of Magic who refuse to believe that the evil Lord Voldemort, played by Ralph Fiennes, has been restored to life.

Radcliffe will pick up a reported £7.2 million for his role in the latest film, making him Britain's wealthiest teenager.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is released worldwide in July.

November 15, 2006 (from ETonline.com)

New 'Harry Potter' Poster Revealed

The first poster for 'The Order of the Phoenix' is out!

Warner Bros. has released the first poster for the new Harry Potter movie, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,' and it's bound to send a chill up muggles' spines. The glossy one-sheet features a sinister Lord Voldemort enshrouded in black under the words, "You Will Lose Everything."

The fifth movie, based on the best-selling book series, is currently shooting in England and finds the heroic young wizard dealing with puberty and struggling against Dolores Umbridge, a scheming new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The movie once again reunites Harry (DANIEL RADCLIFFE) with his big-screen classmates, EMMA WATSON, now 16, and RUPERT GRINT, 18. It also introduces 15-year-old newcomer EVANNA LYNCH as the eccentric Luna "Looney" Lovegood. In the series' most dire fight sequence, Harry and his pals form a guerilla army to fight off the evil Voldemort (RALPH FIENNES) and his gang of Deatheaters.

Moviegoers will get a chance to see the teaser trailer for the film in theaters this weekend with showings of the animated polar adventure, 'Happy Feet.' 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' opens next summer on July 13, 2007.