by Glotime | Oct 26, 2017 | Featured, Glo Arts & Entertainment
Unbelievably Harry Potter has been around for 20 years, yes the first novel by JK Rowling – The Philosopher’s Stone appeared two decades ago.
And even more unbelievable is that it was sent to twelve publishers before being picked up by the publisher Bloomsbury.
Now JK Rowling is one of the world’s most famous writers of our time, very influential and worth a handsome sum too.
JK Rowling’s original pitch has gone on display at London’s British Library to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Potter entitled: Harry Potter a History of Magic
The pitch starts off with Harry living with the Dursleys and very similar to the final version in the book.
So the moral to this story is Never Give Up because how ever many rejections you have someone will buy into your project or fund your idea. Just keep going.
Here is the start of JK’s pitch, just to whet your appetites:
“Harry Potter lives with his aunt, uncle and cousin because his parents died in a car-crash — or so he has been told. The Dursleys don’t like Harry asking questions; in fact, they don’t seem to like anything about him, especially the very odd things that keep happening around him (which Harry himself can’t explain).
“The Dursleys’ greatest fear is that Harry will discover the truth about himself, so when letters start arriving for him near his eleventh birthday, he isn’t allowed to read them. However, the Dursleys aren’t dealing with an ordinary postman, and at midnight on Harry’s birthday the gigantic Rubeus Hagrid breaks down the door to make sure Harry gets to read his post at last. Ignoring the horrified Dursleys, Hagrid informs Harry that he is a wizard, and the letter he gives Harry explains that he is expected at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in a month’s time.
“To the Dursleys’ fury, Hagrid also reveals the truth about Harry’s past. Harry did not receive the scar on his forehead in a car-crash; it is really the mark of the great dark sorcerer Voldemort, who killed Harry’s mother and father but mysteriously couldn’t kill him, even though he was a baby at the time. Harry is famous among the witches and wizards who live in secret all over the country because Harry’s miraculous survival marked Voldemort’s downfall.
“So Harry, who has never had friends or family worth the name, sets off for a new life in the wizarding world. He takes a trip to London with Hagrid to buy his Hogwarts equipment (robes, wand, cauldron, beginners’ draft and potion kit) and shortly afterwards, sets off for Hogwarts from Kings Cross Station (platform nine and three quarters) to follow in his parents’ footsteps.
“Harry makes friends with Ronald Weasley (sixth in his family to go to Hogwarts and tired of having to use second-hand spellbooks) and Hermione Granger (cleverest girl in the year and the only person in the class to know all the uses of dragon’s blood). Together, they have their first lessons in magic — astronomy up on the tallest tower at two in the morning, herbology out in the greenhouses where the…”
If you want to read more then you need to visit the exhibition.
You can also see original drafts and drawings by J.K. Rowling and illustrator Jim Kay, both on display for the first time.
Harry Potter: A History of Magic runs from Friday 20th October to Wednesday 28th February. Tickets cost £16 adults, £8 students.
Tickets can be purchased on-line at https://www.seetickets.com/tour/harry-potter-a-history-of-magic/calendar/2
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by Glotime | Oct 24, 2017 | Featured, Glo Arts & Entertainment
2017 is the 50th Anniversary of Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons. To celebrate this iconic sci-fi TV series, ITV Studios Global Entertainment have produced the following fantastic range of limited edition and anniversary products, any of which would make the perfect gift for Christmas!
Available at all good retailers
Captain Scarlet DVD Box Set
Synopsis: This box set includes all 32 episodes of the classic series. Imaginative Supermarionation fun set in the year 2068 when Earth’s security organisation, Spectrum, spearheads an expedition to Mars. The local inhabitants, The Mysterons, mistakenly believe the arrival of the earthlings signals attack. Captains Scarlet and Black are captured and given the power to recreate themselves, even after being killed. Scarlet escapes, maintaining loyalty to Spectrum, while Captain Black becomes The Mysterons’ pawn and Spectrum battles the deadly forces of The Mysterons.
Special Features Include: – Gerry Anderson Commentary – Original TV Adverts – Stills Galleries
SPECTRUM IS GREEN !
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by Glotime | Oct 9, 2017 | Featured, Glo Arts & Entertainment
ITV Studios Global Entertainment
is proud to announce
Cold Feet
Complete Series Seven & One to Seven Collection
Raise a glass as Cold Feet celebrates its 20th anniversary!
Will be available on DVD and to download-to-own from 20th November 2017
Cold Feet Series 7 available now to pre-order from Amazon
Cold Feet Series 1-7 available now to pre-order from Amazon
Laced with comedy and tragedy, the big stories and daily minutiae of life are observed and tackled in a way that only Cold Feet can
“A witty, well-made drama” – The Telegraph
Starring James Nesbitt, Robert Bathurst, John Thomson,
Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris & Leanne Best
Synopsis Series 7:
Series 6 saw an eagerly awaited return of this much-loved hit drama and now the gang are back! Adam, Pete, Jenny, Karen and David have returned all singing and dancing. Adam has won Tina’s heart, the question is, can he keep it? Pete’s come a long way since teetering on the edge and his new outlook on life has given Jenny the chance to embrace hers, but at what cost? On the surface Karen appears to have it all and the gang look on in envy as she hosts a lavish party to launch her new publishing house. It’s a bittersweet moment for David who’s reduced to going door-to-door selling insurance to unsuspecting pensioners. Surely there’s a better way to make ends meet? Laced with comedy and tragedy, the big stories and daily minutiae of life are observed and tackled in a way that only Cold Feet can.
Synopsis Series 1-7 – Raise a glass as Cold Feet celebrates its 20th anniversary! Follow the lives and loves of your favourite gang in the BAFTA-winning hit Cold Feet, with all the classic episodes as well as two new series! Twenty years ago, this heartfelt, truthful comedy drama earned a place in television history, as the attempts of six thirty-somethings to find true love – or at least keep their relationships on track – captured the hearts of a nation. In 2016, Adam, Pete, Jenny, Karen and David reunited for the year’s biggest launch of a new drama on terrestrial TV – joining the gang of now fifty-somethings as they battle with love, marriage, friendship, careers, infidelity and children. Laced with comedy and tragedy, the big stories and daily minutiae of life are observed and tackled in a way that only Cold Feet can, revealing the highs and lows of these much-loved characters as they, like us, continue to find their way in life.
DVD Information Series 7
- TX: 8th September – 20th October (7 x Episodes)
- Release date: 20th November
- Series 7 DVD – Discs: 2
- RRP Series 7 £19.99
- Running time: TBC
- Cert: 15 TBC
DVD Information Series 1-7
- Series 1-7 DVD – Discs 14
- Release date: 20th November
- RRP Series 1-7 £59.99
- Running time: TBC
- Extras; Behind the scenes of Cold Feet Series 7
- Cert: 15 TBC
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