Mysterious Harry Potter Website Teases J.K. Rowling’s Equally Mysterious Announcement Dan Koelsch, June 17, 2011 Briefly: J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, is expected to make a Potter-related announcement on June 23rd, and it has to do with Pottermore.com. The website just has a “coming soon” page, but it does link to a YouTube countdown to the announcement. There’s also a Twitter account, though none of these give us much hints as to what Rowling is announcing. All we know is that it isn’t another book, and Warner Bros., the studio behind the Potter films, has their name on the site. What do you think the announcement is for? Viral Marketing Harry Potter
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iPhone 4: New Video Features, Commercial Directed By Academy Award Winner Sam Mendes June 7, 2010June 7, 2010Apple Inc. has a storied history of using accomplished directors for their commercials. They usually reserve the effort for big changes or campaigns, and their latest is no different. The Cupertino-based computer company has tapped Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) to direct a commercial for the iPhone 4, announced… Read More
What Did You Think of Avatar Day Footage? August 22, 2009August 23, 2009Today was Avatar Day, in which IMAX theaters around the country showed a 16 minute preview of James Cameron’s upcoming epic 3D film about aliens and humans interacting on an exotic planet. If you were one of the lucky ones to get into this free screening, you got to see… Read More
It’s more likely to be a mini-series of Harry Potter in between the end of the book and the epilouge.