Last night, Sky Movies invited us along to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in London for a rather fabulous evening in the Great Hall. Sky have this week launched a brand new section to their ever increasing catalogue of movies which boasts all 8 Harry Potter movies in one place and on demand whenever you feel the need to watch one. Sky do seem to be snapping up as many epic franchise as possible with both James Bond and now Potter all in the last few months. Our guess is that Star Wars is next although that may well be fun negotiation on how it will work after Disney have snapped up Lucasfilm!
I didn’t really know what to expect when we went along to the event so I took along my pal Fiona from Mum blogging website Curious Mum as backup! Joined by 60 other bloggers and competition winners, we all got to watch a Potter movie in the Great Hall which was a rather surreal experience.
Fiona had never been to the tour before so it was great to see her reaction as we walked into the Great Hall which never ceases to amaze me on the scale of the room and the intricate details that the designers went to when it was first created over a decade ago. The slightly odd sight was the multitudes of beanbags and comfy sofas that were aligned down the middle of the room. I’m sure they weren’t there in the movies!
After the rather fun photo-call which was headlined by Potter cast-members Jessie Cave and Oliver Phelps (Lavender Brown and George Weasley) we were all given an iPad and encouraged to watch our favourite Potter movie. Now, I have to confess, both Fiona and I did look at the runtime of each movie to determine which was the most appropriate to watch before ending up on the final movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 which I think must be one of my favourites anyway.
We both clicked go at exactly the same time and watched the movie in complete silence along with everyone else. Like I say, it was a very surreal experience watching a movie which features the set that you were actually sitting in! It was an extremely fun evening so thanks to Sky Movies for putting on the event and inviting us along. Some of the photos from that photocall are below as well as the one above of Fiona and I doing our best to look as much like Harry Potter as possible! How did we do?!
All 8 Harry Potter movies are on Sky Movies on-demand 24 hours a day right now!
Below is the press release with all the rest of the info.
HARRY POTTER™ CAST MEMBERS ATTEND SKY MOVIES HD IPAD SCREENING IN THE GREAT HALL
Harry Potter™ stars Jessie Cave and Oliver Phelps (Lavender Brown and George Weasley in the films) yesterday attended a special screening of the Harry Potter™ films at the Great Hall set at Leavesden.
To celebrate all eight of the Harry Potter™ films being available on Sky’s set-top box, on the comprehensive TV On Demand service and Sky Go, the award-winning multiplatform TV service, Sky Movies HD hosted a screening event in the famous surroundings, allowing fans to choose their own film from theseries to stream on iPad throughout the evening.
The films are also available to NOW TV customers subscribing to the Sky Movies monthly pass. NOW TV offers easy and flexible access to Sky Movies across PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, YouView, Xbox and selected Android smartphones, with films available to stream instantly. Customers who subscribe to Sky Movies via Virgin Media, UPC and TalkTalk are also able to enjoy the entire Harry Potter™ film series.
In addition to the complete Harry Potter™ box-set, Sky Movies is also offering viewers the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes, onto the sets and red carpet premieres with a range of original Potter related programming. In addition to the original movie trailers and special on-set and premiere reports, viewers will be able to hear from the star of the spellbinding franchise himself in Sky Movies’ brand new, in-depth interview Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter will premiere on Friday 9th November, exclusively on Sky Movies Showcase HD, alongside all eight Harry Potter™ films, now also available across Sky Movies HD.
For more information visit: www.skymovies.com or www.sky.com
