Harry Potter Speculation

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

HARRY POTTER BOOK MADE IN "TOTAL DARKNESS"


The seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series is apparently being printed in "total darkness" in a bid to avoid leaks about the novel's plot.

According to reports security is so tight for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that German workers at the GGP print factory in the small town of Poessneck are being forced to work in pitch black conditions so that they cannot read any of the books.

The Cold War-style security measures follow high-profile leaks of information in the run-up to the publication of the previous three books.

Other failsafe schemes in place see workers' bags and cars searched as they arrive and leave, while GGP employees have already been told they will be sacked if they are found to have smuggled copies out or placed bets on the novel's ending.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has already revealed that one, possible two or three, major characters will die in the final literary instalment of her best-selling series.

The book comes out on July 21st, a week after the fifth movie adaptation – The Order of the Phoenix – goes on general release in the UK.

what's your source on this? 1. not cool to cut and paste an entire article with no citation 2. I'd love to know who wrote this. This cannot be true at all.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by centaur532

what's your source on this? 1. not cool to cut and paste an entire article with no citation 2. I'd love to know who wrote this. This cannot be true at all.

I was guessing it came from The Onion, but it appears from Goggling that it came from InTheNews.co.uk.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by centaur532

what's your source on this? 1. not cool to cut and paste an entire article with no citation 2. I'd love to know who wrote this. This cannot be true at all.

Sorry, sorry. I don't know, I get daily emails from Yahoo News and this was in one of them. I'll try to track it down for you. ETA: Okay, that particular one came from contactmusic.com (no author), but it was also reported in several papers, including The Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/2080856.cms


On another note, I've been reading "What will happen in book 7" published by Mugglenet and it said that Rowling did a book reading at Barnes and Noble back in 1999 and when a kid asked her if Harry, Ron, and Hermione would all make it through the series alive, she said "yes." This was years ago, she could've changed her mind by now, but I hope she hasn't!

ETA: The new movie will open on July 11th, 2 days early! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...tory?track=rss

[ZTABullwinkle]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

ETA: The new movie will open on July 11th, 2 days early! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...tory?track=rss

My mom and I talked about this last weekend. She wonders if there is a specific reason (other than to give us HP fanatics something to get through to the Book 7 release) for the movie coming out a few days before the book release. Something like, a tie in betwen the book and movie. Any other speculations?

[axidgl]

Originally Posted by ZTABullwinkle

My mom and I talked about this last weekend. She wonders if there is a specific reason (other than to give us HP fanatics something to get through to the Book 7 release) for the movie coming out a few days before the book release. Something like, a tie in betwen the book and movie. Any other speculations?

Marketing. Creating more hype with the movie in turn creates more hype for the book. Bigger sales both places-- people are curious as to why they moved it up, then will be even more excited to buy the book.

Genius.

[christiangirl]

Wasn't the book supposed to come out before the movie at one point? I thought that was dumb, to see what happens in 7, then backtrack to 5. I'm glad it's this way...I'M IMPATIENT!!