Harry Potter's Naughty Cousin: That's what Dudley Dursley looks like

More than ten years after the last group "Harry Potter", there is (thankfully!) Still a lot of news around Hogwarts. With our "Muggle News", you always stay up to date:

Role in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs": Dudley Dursley has changed a lot

28.11.2018: He was the epitome of evil for all Harry Potter fans: Dudley Dursley, Harry's naughty and totally spoiled cousin, who made his life out of Privet Drive's hell. But a lot has happened since then and the overweight boy with pig's eyes has become a man. And recently, we have the chance to admire Harry Melling, aka Dudley Dursley, on the screen.

In Netflix's production of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", a Coen brothers' western in which Liam Neeson and James Franco play, among others, the 29-year-old is seen as an artist with no arms or legs, circus around the country. And even if some similarity can be seen, but since the first parts of Harry Potter, it is obvious that time has long since elapsed in the country.

The slender young man sitting on a stool and reciting Shakespeare has little to do with the chubby boy wearing a circular straw hat. In fact, as a young adult, Melling took off so much that he had to be put into a suit for the filming of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One".

Why Daniel Radcliffe will never look at Harry Potter and the cursed child

November 24, 2018: The play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (German title: "Harry Potter and the Enchanted Child") is a great success; in the spring of 2020, she arrives in Germany. Only one will probably never watch the show. And that's only Daniel Radcliffe. What's going on there ?!

The actor visited "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and was seen asking if he had ever watched the show "Harry Potter" on Broadway. All fans probably have a "Yes, of course!" planned. But he admits that he has never been there – and that he has no intention of considering it yet.

The reason is actually pretty simple: "It's not because it would plunge me into an existential crisis, but rather that I think it would not be a particularly relaxed evening at the theater, I think I would be watched all the time How I react, "says Radcliffe. "Maybe it's pretentious and selfish and that people make fun of it, but if I were surrounded by fans of 'Harry Potter', it would seem to me a little bit strange." Moderator Seth Meyers agrees that Daniel Radcliffe among the audience might distract viewers a bit.

While he asks the actor when he thinks about disguise, Radcliffe tells an anecdote with his colleague Rupert Grint: "We were together at the Reading Music Festival and for some reason – because we are young, cool and nervous we put on gas masks of the Second World War. "But it was too hot for both of them, so they pulled them out." Who are these idiots in gas masks? "Oh, look, who is it! "It was not good, and since then I've given up disguises." We would have clarified that as well.

Tom Felton reveals why he saw for the first time the movies "Harry Potter"

November 22, 2018: Whoever plays in a series like "Harry Potter" has surely seen all the movies a thousand times, right? Not so Tom Felton. Aged 31, Draco Malfoy played the Hogwarts villain for ten years and reveals in an interview for the magazine "People" that he did not watch the eight films, with the exception of their respective projections. "I kept it for a holy day," he says.

But what does it mean for a holy day? "I imagine that the movies will be with my two children when I grow up." NOT SUGAR ?! Until now, these children are still imaginary … Happy with such a gentle gesture from their father, but they can be forever. Once again, Tom Felton proves that, unlike his role, Draco Malfoy is a treasure.

This character "Harry Potter" will play in "Fantastic Beasts 2" – and will disconcert the fans

November 7, 2018: "Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald's Crime" sparkles among fans of "Harry Potter" even before it's release on Nov. 15, as the cast of actors, now published by Warner Bros., reveals that alongside the young Dumbledore, played by Jude Law, another Hogwarts teacher will play: Minerva McGonagall. In fact, a joyful motive, though there was not a detail that the hardcore Potterheads immediately noticed: McGonagall is not old enough to be able to play in the movie. She was born in 1935 – but "Crime of Grindelwald" takes place in 1927. How is it supposed to work?

Many fans will not care, curiosity for the character's past probably outweighs her. Because in Harry Potter books and movies, you do not learn much about Professor McGonagall's life. (On "Pottermore", however, there is a biography written by J.K. Rowling about it.) The role of the young Minerva will be taken over by actress Fiona Glascott.

What McGonagall's audience can expect in the second half of the previous one is still uncertain. There will probably be only a few scenes with her, the distribution having been announced in such a short time. We will probably have to be surprised – and neglected the little detail with indulgence.

A fan of "Harry Potter" translates a scene to survive this popular character

November 6, 2018: In the last part of the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", many people die – not everyone likes it. (Our author already. Why, can you read here.Especially the death of Harry's owl, Hedwig, hit a lot. So heavy that a Potterhead took pity to rewrite this deadly scene.

It is chapter four of the last part, specifically the "Battle of the Seven Potters", the scene in which members of the Order of the Phoenix, through the Polyjuice potion, all look like Harry and fight the Death Eaters on their brooms. Hedwig is touched and dies – actually. "The owl was still …" is the original title. On the following sentences, the text is pasted with a new text: "… but only for a few seconds, then she moved, got up and straightened the feathers, and after abandoning the damaged cage, gave him a look of reproach. "I'd better fly away and protect myself until the end of those nonsense." "A sentence later, a dead person simply becomes a" distant "- and then Hedwig is alive again. "Have it fixed," the fan writes.

The other Potterheads are excited and now want the death scene of Sirius or Dobby to be rewritten. The re-written scene photo posted the Facebook page of "Mugglenet.com". And also J.K. Regardless of the fan post, Rowling posted on Twitter after Halloween information about Hedwig's death:

"I never felt worse with what I did to Hedwig." So maybe the author would even agree with the new scene …

From December: The Indian University offers a "Harry Potter" course to law students

October 27, 2018: "Harry Potter" has long been much more than just a series of books and movies. The news proves it: the National University of the legal sciences of Calcutta, in India, proposes a course for the students in law from December 2018. The peculiarity: the course is inspired by "Harry Potter". Professor Shouvik Kumar Guha, who launched the course "An interface between fantasy fiction and law: a particular focus on Rowling's Potterverse," told the BBC that it was an experiment designed to encourage creative thinking. In a total of 45 hours, we will discuss, for example, how the Indian clbad system with "slavery of house elves and the marginalization of werewolves" could be badimilated.

Professor Guha is not, however, the first speaker to propose such an idea. In the United States and the United Kingdom, there are already courses inspired by "Harry Potter" in universities. And even in India, such a module already exists in a law school. Nevertheless, his career is already complete. The 40 seats are already occupied. Students ask to increase the number of participants.

The "Harry Potter" module is designed to take students out of their comfort zone, he told the BBC. But why of all J.K. Rowling series? In India, the sorcerer's apprentice was and still is very popular. This is also the reason why he decided not to play in series like "Game of Thrones" or "Star Trek".

Oliver Phelps says what scene was most important to him as George Weasley

October 22, 2018: "Harry Potter" contains a lot of moving and amusing scenes with the Weasley twins – think of the legendary start of both exams, including fireworks and Professor Umbridge's stunned looks. However, Oliver Phelps, who played George for ten years, had a rather unobtrusive scene: the one where the brothers gave Harry the marauder's card.

"Of all the scenes we shot in the eight movies, it's the one I like the most," he said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "When we had the role, my grandfather started reading the books to understand what we were doing." And for him, the scene with the marauder's card in "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban" was particularly special, because you could see the characters of his grandchildren "for the first time in their element". This is why the actor has been intensively prepared to shoot the scene. Unfortunately, his grandfather died before the film was released in theaters.

The personal relationship of the twins in real life also prompted director Alfonso Cuarón to easily change the script. "He liked the way we cut ourselves, we did a lot […] So Fred and George always ended everyone's sentences, which we finally did in the movie, "says Oliver.

But not only the map has appeared in the scene, but also something important: Georges Wand. Shortly before shooting began, he took it in his hand. "I looked at the thing and then I just heard," Ok, let's start. "And I said to myself" Wait a minute, I'm looking at my wand! " # 39; "

Was Sarah Ferguson a stonehead at the royal wedding?

October 13, 2018: Anyone who has ever attended a fancy event from the UK knows it: the British wear hats. No outfit is complete without at least one fascinator. No wonder, then, that even the mother of the bride, Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, does not want to miss a chic headgear at the wedding of her daughter, Princess Eugenie, Friday.

But, Potterseye, be vigilant, what's the lady's hat reminds us of? Yes, the bright gold. What Fergie wears on his head feels heavy like the small agile ball that ends every Quidditch match and pays 150 points to the receiver's team. And the net just could not ignore the similarity.

If the hat really should be a secret output of potterhead … who knows. But that would be good! The eye-catching part has been designed by British hat maker Jess Collett.

October 12, 2018: Anyone who missed the "Harry Potter" exhibition in Cologne in 2014 can finally breathe a sigh of relief because she is back in Germany! From October 13, 2018 to March 10, 2019, "Harry Potter: The Exhibition" can be visited in the Caligari Hall of the Babelsberg Filmpark in Potsdam. Accessories, costumes and movie sets such as the Gryffindor Common Room, the Potions Clbadroom or the Forbidden Forest are waiting for you.

That's why Rupert Grint wanted to finish everything after the fourth movie of "Harry Potter"

October 11th: For many fans, he will always be Harry Potter's best friend, but for actor Rupert Grint, the role of Ron Weasley often seems to have been a huge burden. In an interview with Independent, he now admits that after the fourth film "Harry Potter and the Fire Cup", he seriously considered leaving Hogwarts behind him.

"I just have my GCSEs[[[[Note d. Red: corresponds approximately to the German high school diploma]he said, "I thought," Do I really want to continue this? It's exhausting. Because it was obviously a great sacrifice. You take for granted anonymity, just do normal things, get out. "For ten years, the actor was one of the world's most famous faces, pursued by the paparazzi, eventually becoming" a little scary. "Me:" I'm done. "

Sometimes he almost felt like having a "shared personality" because as soon as he left home, there were of course fans – but did they come for him, Rupert? or just for Ron? "Sometimes it can be pretty dehumanizing to take pictures of you when you're there, and you're just one thing in their eyes," he says. "But it's my life, I do not really remember my life before that."

He had never regretted the decision not to turn his back on Hogwarts, but it was just a very tiring time for him.

When Ron and Harry headed for Flo Rida, this "Harry Potter" dance is truly magical

October 10, 2018: There are fans of "Harry Potter" and then there are fans of "HARRY POTTER" !!!! As the last one, we can probably call the dance group from an Arizona high school, which recently performed an enchanting choreography (WORTWITZ AHOI!) During the celebration of their homecoming and therefore no only teachers and astonished clbadmates. The video has been clicked over 700,000 times, including approximately 4,000 comments.

Not surprising, after all, that Hogwarts students, among others, are dancing here after Harry's recording at Gryffindor in "Welcome to my house" by Flo Rida. And Voldemort shakes his cloak to the sweet sound of Nicki Minaj's "Chun Li".

So where does one register now? If we can not go to Hogwarts, at least we would like to go to Walden Grove High, please.

New printer promises magic images like "Harry Potter"

October 3, 2018: When Harry looks at his parents' picture, they wink at him happily and when he walks around the rooms of Hogwarts, the grounds move in the frame. Such magical images should now be possible with a new printer – thanks to smartphones and augmented reality. The compact mini-printers are in cellphone format and can be equipped according to the mood of the fan with "Harry Potter" -Deko.

The only problem: to create the magic images of Potter from the two-dimensional printed photos, you need the smartphone. Messages and movements can be stored in snapshots with an badociated application, and you can also play with the special filters "Harry Potter" (once Mad-Eye's crazy eye, please !). If you look at the photos through the app, the images come to life.

Everything is just in time for Christmas activities at the end of October in the shops and costs $ 150 per printer.

Racist allegations against J.K. Rowling

October 1, 2018: The "Harry Potter" series has long been the subject of critical critics, to convey little diversity, because almost all the main characters are white. With the trailer for the new pre-sequence "Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald's Crime", racism claims against author J.K. Rowling now too. In a scene from the trailer, it is revealed that Voldemort's snake Nagini is actually a woman. It is played by South Korean actress Claudia Kim. It's racist, a lot of fans and critics. After all, the only non-white protagonist is the "pet" of a white wizard.

"I think that's the problem when whites want to do something different without asking People of Color," writes the author on Twitter, Ellen Oh. "They do not interfere with the fact that Nagini is an Asian woman who will later become a white man's pet, so I'll say it now: shit is racist."

Also JK Rowling himself has also reported via Twitter about allegations that Nagini's occupation should be a hypocritical diversity: "The Naga are mythical snake-shaped creatures of Indonesian mythology," he said. where the name Nagini, sometimes with wings, sometimes Indonesia is made up of a few hundred ethnic groups, including Javanese, Chinese and Betawi, "she writes – tipping oil into the fire of many users, because Naga mythology originated in India,

But there are also many fans of "Harry Potter" who defend the author: "The universe that you created is always the one we all love" a written user,

Sky launches the transmitter "Harry Potter"

September 28, 2018: Harry Potter on a TV channel 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For fans of J.K. Rowling's book and film series is probably an absolute dream – and it will soon become reality. On the occasion of the theatrical release of the movie "Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald & # 39; s Crime", the Sky pay TV channel will broadcast all movies from the "Harry Potter" series, including "Harry Potter HD" ", on his new pop-up channel" Sky Cinema Harry Potter HD ". Prequel "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them".

For those who can not wait for the days left before the start of the new spin-off party "Harry Potter", it's probably the perfect match. After all, "Fantastic Beasts 2: Crime of Grindelwald" will not appear in German cinemas until November 15th. The new film is about the rise of Gellert Grindelwald, who was considered the worst wizard of the magical world before Lord Voldemort. An old villain "Harry Potter" celebrates his return. Which is what you can read here.

J.K. Rowling confirms the theory on the name of Hermione

September 19, 2018: Many "Harry Potter" fans in the German-speaking countries were certainly not aware in their childhood that Hermione Granger was not really that name – because the name was "Germanized" "for the translation of novels. In the original English, Harry Potter 's girlfriend carries the rather unusual name Hermione. With age, so much knowledge was added (or language skills) – and the question: how do you pronounce? It was not easy to find it at the time without busy Internet communities or filming. But apparently, not only did German readers have difficulties …

A Twitter user shares a theory with the Internet community about Hermione: "JK Rowling has built the pbadage, as Hermione's name is pointed out, in" The Fire Cup "to teach us all who, like Viktor Krum, HER-MY You said. "

Prompt, the author himself answered briefly but clearly: "correct theory". We would have clarified that too.

Can you explain this logic error in the third part?

August 28, 2018: We recently started reading Harry Potter's books and, logically, watching the movies again. Read the book first, then watch the movie. Easy. However, we noticed an error in the fragmented world, J.K. Rowling invented for his readers who like the details, really annoying. Well, do you already know? It's about the Marauder's map.

In the third part, Harry is not allowed to go with his friends to Hogsmeade, the wizarding village near the school, because he does not have permission to his guardian. But Fred and George Weasley rush to the rescue and give him an old card: the marauder's card. It shows all the people who are now in the lock, yes.

Later in the story, Professor Lupine will use the map to conclude that Peter Pettigrew, who would have died, is far from dead and has been living for years under Ron's scabies. In the film, Harry sees him on the map sneaking into the hallways and is wary – after all, Peter Pettigrew's death is notorious in the wizarding world, he would have been a victim of Sirius Black.

WHY did not Fred and George ever notice in the last few years that a man thought he was dead asleep in his brother's bed ?! You would be surprised, is not it ?!

There is an attempt at explanation on the Internet, which however refers only to the book. A Reddit user stated that the four inventors of the map (James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black and Remus Lupine) were so determined not to discover that they could turn into animals, only one. no one could know that they are Animagi, you can see them on the map. That would explain why Lupine can see Pettigrew, but not Harry and Snape. As I said, this only explains the book.

Is it silly that we are going to worry about it for a few more months?

Do you also know a mistake of logic of Harry Potter? Then send it to [email protected] with the subject "Harry Potter".

GoT star Natalie Dormer is the voice of the audiobook "Harry Potter" "A History of Magic"

August 10, 2018: Not only fans of "Potterheads" but also "Game of Thrones" are delighted with this news: Natalie Dormer, who starred in the series as Margaery Tyrell, becomes the voice of a new audiobook. "Harry Potter: A History of Magic" was published as a book last year. It is a collection of unpublished archives, secret basic information and stories of all kinds on the world of wizard learning and their training .

From 4 October, the book will be available in English. Why is Natalie Dormer talking about the book? "I've always loved the" Harry Potter "books, but it's not until I started working with the curators of the British Library [Anm. d. Red.: Herausgeber des Hörbuchs] To speak, hear the various myths, legends and cultures that shaped the wizarding world, I began to explore the richness and depth of JK Rowling's writings were highly appreciated, "said the actress .

The exhibition "Harry Potter: A History of Magic" will be presented at the New York Historical Society, as it was released this fall.

"Harry Potter and the Enchanted Child" Comes to Hamburg

July 5, 2018: Previously, all the fans go crazy, a little in advance: you have to wait a little more, unfortunately! As it is only in the spring of 2020 that the play "Harry Potter and the Enchanted Child" (in the original: "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child") is shot in Germany – more precisely in Hamburg in the theater "More!" The eighth story of "Harry Potter" is the first to be presented as a play. It will be shown in two parts. Spectators can visit both parties in one day or two consecutive evenings.

In terms of action, the play follows the seventh novel. Harry is a retired civil servant from the Department of Magic and a father of three. Harry has a difficult relationship with his second son, Albus Severus. Albus suffers from high expectations raised by his father's fame. To prove himself, Albus wants to correct a mistake from his father with the help of a trip back in time.