Harry Potter as a Teen Comedy

Brilliantly done!



(via Total Film)

Trailers: X-Men: First Class, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Sorry about the lack of blogging lately, as you know the new site's just launched and it's been a madhouse around here trying to stay on top of things! BUT two brand new exciting and biggish trailers hit the web today and it's definitely worth taking the time out to share them with you. These are so fresh I can't seem to locate any proper YouTube clips to embed here yet (click on the title link to see the trailer)...

First up, X-Men: First Class - there was an earlier trailer which didn't show that much but this one gives us a better idea of the razzle-dazzle FX that we'll be getting. I'm sure comic book geeks out there will be pretty pleased with how this Matthew Vaughn-directed origins story is shaping up.

Harry Potter and the Death Hallows Part 2 - possibly the most anticipated sequel of them all this year? Part 1 ended with a heart-stopping cliffhanger that left fans everywhere dying for the next installment, but it looks like it will be worth the long wait (imagine otherwise!). Everything in this trailer hints that the series will be going out with a huge, emotionally, viscerally satisfying bang, and then some.

Harry Potter Weaves Box Office Magic

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened last Thursday, has broken opening weekend box office records in New Zealand. Grossing a hefty $2.4 million, the film now stands only behind Lord of the Rings: Return of the King as the highest opening weekend earner ever in the country (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a close third). It's also doing great business around the world, globally reaping around $600 million in its first 5 days, and the critics are generally singing praises too (its current Metacritic rating is sitting at 78). All great news for Warner of course, who announced soon after the film's release that the studio has passed the $1.5 billion box office mark in the US, and that they're the only studio to have done so for nine consecutive years. The mind boggles.