2008

Happy New Year!!!

Here’s a look back at 2008 in Harry Potter news! (Thanks, Mugglenet.com)

2/10: Jim Dale wins a Grammy for his recitation of Deathly Hallows.

3/12: Deathly Hallows announced to be 2 films!

3/21: “Mysterious Ticking Noise” wins Best Comedy Video of 2007 on Youtube Awards.

4/14-4/16: Van der and Rowling fight in a 3-day copyrights trial.

4/25: Deathly Hallows Part 1 to come out 11/19/10.

4/25: WB announces a Harry Potter exhibition.

5/1: The first time in a decade, the NY Time Bestseller List doesn’t hold a single Harry Potter book.

5/20: Cover art from Mary Grandpre for 10th-anniversary edition Sorcerer’s Stone is revealed.

5/28: Jo wrote a prequel!

6/10: Prequel sold for 25,000 pounds!

7/18: The Worst Harry Potter Trailer Ever (the 6-second Half-Blood Prince audio one) premieres with The Dark Knight.

7/29:…But a teaser trailer for Half-Blood Prince with The Mummy premieres. And it’s better.

7/31: Happy 28th  Birthday Harry!! and Jo! They gave us a present of publishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

8/14: Half-Blood Prince is DELAYED to 7/19/09!!!!!

8/19: WB’s president Alan Horn issues a very un-satisfying statement about the delay.

9/8: RDR Books cannot publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia.

9/9: The Half-Blood Prince game is also delayed.

10/26: An international teaser trailer for Half-Blood Prince leaks online.

11/11: Emma Thompson announces that she will not return as Professor Trelawney in Deathly Hallows.

11/14: Surprise!! New trailer!! It was attached with the Twilight movie, which ironically took the date that Half-Blood Prince was supposed to come out on.

12/4: The Tales of Beedle the Bard is released. 8 million copies were printed.

12/9: The Tales of Beedle the Bard became the fastest selling book of 2008. 2.6 million were sold in the first week.

12/11: The Harry Potter Exhibition will open in Chicago on 4/30/09.