"Order of the Phoenix" Nominated for People's Choice at European Film Awards

The “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” film has been included on a list of nominees for the People’s Choice Award at the 21st Annual European Film Awards. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the fifth Potter film faces such films as “Welcome to the Sticks,” “Arn,” “Rabbit Without Ears”, “The Orphanage,” “[REC],” and “Atonement” in this category. Voting will open up for this award on Monday, September 1st via this link. The 2008 European Film Awards will be held this year in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 6th. Congratulations to all at OotP!

"Half Blood Prince" most anticipated movie of 2009

Movie and entertainment site Fandangoopens in new window, the nations leading provider of movie tickets, conducted a surveyopens in new window of 3,000 respondents this month and a whopping 43% picked the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie as the most anticipated movie of 2009.

Rounding out the top 5 was Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (16%), Night at the Museum 2 (7%), Watchmen (7%) and Star Trek (6%).

Meanwhile, Twilight has taken Half-Blood Prince's spot as the most anticipated film this fall.