Eight 'The Hunger Games' Character Posters Released From Lionsgate

Lionsgate, in cooperation with several entertainment sites such as Yahoo! Movies, Entertainment Weekly, and IGN, released eight character posters from the upcoming The Hunger Games film! The posters depict Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Effie, Cinna, Rue, and Cato. Take a look:

Where Have We Been? | A news collection from the past week

In the past week or so, a heap of information regarding specific films, books, et al has been released.

-Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters will be released March 26th...2013 (subject to change). This means that the second film in the five-film franchise will be released a whopping three years after the first film, which collected nearly 226.5 million dollars worldwide at the box office. Production on the film, based on this release date, should begin in the summer of 2012. The Potter People will update you on any more updates.
-New York Times released its set report from Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Paul Rudd. The set report can be read here, and includes pictures of Emma and Logan in character as Charlie and Sam at their school. You can read my review of the book in our 'Book Reviews' section.
-Warner Bros. has announced that they will be pulling the HP films off of retail shelves at the end of December. The films will be re-released in different formats, including ones to be released next year that are described as 'comprehensive'. What, we ask, is so non-comprehensive about these DVDs already?
-I received an ARC of A Million Suns, the sequel to Across the Universe. You can expect my review as the book's release date draws closer.
-The Potter films won big at the Scream Awards. It received:

The Ultimate SCREAM - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best SCREAM-Play - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Fantasy Actor -Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter

Best Villain - Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort

Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year - The Room of Requirement Fiendfyre in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Best F/X - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

If there is any news that we missed, let us know! We'll probably find more as it comes up! What are your thoughts on this news roundup?

Potter Continuity Editor Cheryl Klein Gives New Interview

Cheryl Klein, Senior Editor at Scholastic and continuity editor for Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, has given a new interview to The Rusty Key. In the interview, she discusses her experiences as editor to the penultimate and ultimate books in the beloved series as well as what she thinks her Patronus is and even her House, as Sorted by Pottermore.

TRK: What would your Patronus be and why?CK: My Patronus is a swan (same as Cho Chang’s). I know this because I’m pretty sure my Patronus would be the same as my daemon, from Philip Pullman’s Golden Compass world; and Philip Pullman once said that if people wanted to know their daemons, they should ask two of their friends to get together and choose for them. And my friends chose a swan for me—I guess because I’m fierce in defending those I love; graceful in certain contexts and extremely ungainly in others; and rather long-necked.

To read the full interview, click here.

Source : Hypable

Exciting Changes

The Potter People blog will be undergoing some exciting physical changes. We will soon have a brand-new look and logo, created by our own Isaac Knopf, news correspondent. The podcast, for those who have been wondering, will also be back soon with discussions on all the new canon revealed by J.K. Rowling on Pottermore. We hope to have episodes out every two weeks, so stay tuned and subscribe on iTunes!

Potter People Papers | Books Released 10/4

Today is a Tuesday. What's so special about a Tuesday? Books come out on Tuesday. Below are some books released today that we, the Potter People, are looking forward to, as well as books that have had quite the buzz!



What books are you looking forward to reading from this week?

Pottermore Proposal | The Creation of Portraits

POTTERMORE PROPOSAL

Q. How is a portrait created?

Throughout the seven Harry Potter novels, there are many interesting magical artifacts. Some of the plethora of magical items are portraits. We see portraits primarily in the halls of Hogwarts, and most notably in Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore himself has a portrait that hangs in the headmaster's office almost immediately following his death. The portraits in the novels are able to communicate with living beings. For example, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Severus Snape communicates with the portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black who travels between his portrait at Hogwarts and his portrait stowed away in Hermione Granger's beaded bag. The portrait relays multiple pieces of information to Snape, and probably the most important one led Snape to the Forest of Dean where he placed the Sword of Godric Gryffindor in a pool for Harry Potter to find in the Silver Doe chapter. Portraits also seem to have their own sense of emotion. At the end of the final book, Harry visits the headmaster's office one last time to find the portraits of all the previous headmasters cheering, and even to see Albus Dumbledore shedding a tear in his. Other famous portraits in the series include those of the Fat Lady, Sir Cadogan, Ariana Dumbledore, Armando Dippet, and Dilys Derwent. A question commonly proposed amongst the Harry Potter fandom is regarding how a magical portrait is created. One of the Potter People news reporters, Isaac Knopf, states, "I think it would have to be a spell. I don't know what exactly it would do, but I'm sure it's some spell." Alejandra Shelton, host of Potter People Podcast, also thinks that the portraits would be created with a spell. The spell could possibly be a charm placed on the headmaster once he becomes the school's leader and would create itself once he or she passes away or steps down from office. But the Potter People cannot decide, for they are not Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Whether readers find out in Pottermore's installment of Chamber of Secrets or in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, how is a portrait created?