The latest Harry Potter News and Lord of the Rings News http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/ en-us Beyond Hogwarts (rss@beyondhogwarts.com) Copyright © 2002-2010 David Haber. All rights reserved. 2010-02-17T19:41:09-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100217193647 J.K. Rowling says the copyright claims against her are absurd. "I am saddened that yet another claim has been made that I have taken material from another source to write Harry. The fact is I had never heard of the author or the book before the first accusation by those connected to the author's estate in 2004; I have certainly never read the book." Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-17T19:36:47-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100217193210 Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been sued for breach of copyright in her book Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. The suit claims she copied a substantial part of The Adventures of Willy The Wizard No 1 Livid Land by Adrian Jacobs, published in 1987, which included Wizard colleges and Wizard contests like the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-17T19:32:10-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100217192907 Tom Felton, Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, says he has been looking forward, at long last, to shooting the concluding sequence in the series. He was interviewed in Berlin, still recovering from the muscle-bruising effects of some "Deathly Hallows" stunt work. "I'm afraid to say riding a broomstick is no easy task," he laughed to MTV News. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-17T19:29:07-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100217192353 Dan Radcliffe, who has previously stripped for his part in stage production Equus in London and New York, will stun fans in a fantasy sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Director David Yates said, "Daniel has appeared nude in the past. There are a couple of scenes in the new film in which he will undress but we're still thinking about how we present it." Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-17T19:23:53-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100217192040 Life is about to get interesting for 18-year-old actor Logan Lerman. An accomplished actor, writer and musician and born and raised in Los Angeles, Logan has amassed a series of credits and co-stars, Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Jim Carrey, for starters. "I feel like almost the only thing I want to do in my life is to make movies," Lerman says. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-17T19:20:40-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100211182506 Moviegoers, magic-makers and Muggles alike are all eagerly anticipating the upcoming grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Orlando. Fans are craving details about what the top-secret vacation destination will contain, and now that its Web site has launched, some of their questions are finally being answered. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-11T18:25:06-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100211181342 Tom Felton says he is relishing in the changes his character Draco Malfoy is forced to face in the final Harry Potter films. Tom has been playing Malfoy for more than a decade, but finally the hateful dynamic between the two young wizards will become more complicated. "It was one of the things I was really looking forward to with 'Deathly Hallows'," he told MTV. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-11T18:13:42-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100211180910 Harry Potter Star Daniel Radcliffe came top of the survey to find out who people think would be the best Valentine's Day kisser, ahead of Johnny Depp and Twilight and New Moon hunk Robert Pattinson. Daniel pulled in a massive 53 per sent of the vote, with Johnny in second place with 36 per cent and Robert Pattinson in third with a lowly 3 per cent. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-11T18:09:10-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100211180715 In an interview, Chris Columbus says that he needed to like the first Jackson book to take on the film, and when he read it, he found the book intriguing. "You've got the creatures and the stories of Greek mythology all intertwined with modern American society. I thought, 'Wow, that's a cool idea for a movie,'" he said. Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-11T18:07:15-08:00 http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/news/#20100211180607 It's an irresistible hook: Greek Gods mixing it up with mortals in contemporary times? The perfect opportunity to blow the dust off some classic stories for mass consumption. And who better suited to the task than Chris Columbus, the director who brought the first two Harry Potter entries to the screen? Beyond Hogwarts News 2010-02-11T18:06:07-08:00