It’s slated to release sometime next year, but some production art and headshots of characters have creeped out online over time, especially in the last day or two.
And if you’re wondering… Yes, it is most certainly steeped in Tim Burton’s classic vision of the fantastic.
And yes, the image to the left is Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter.
And, again, yes — it is downright creepy!
If you want to check out some other info, a USA Today article offers some concept art and details some of the story here. And some other production stills are available at Yahoo! here.
The one thing you can always count on with a story that has been Burtonized: his ideas will stretch far into a direction you never considered. At minimum, even if the story isn’t especially compelling, he will always create a visually arresting world that you can’t help but look at.
What do THH patrons think?
(HT to Quint @ Ain’t it Cool News)
I’ve argued before, as well as in my book, that never does a Christmas go by in a Harry Potter book without some significant plot developments. You can read a bare-bones version of Christmas at Hogwarts here and get a bit more detail in Harry Potter & Imagination. What I want to address in this space is what Christmas actually means in Harry Potter, and how it contributes to the storyline and the “certain mood and power” of Faerie in the Potter story. [click to continue…]
OK, so that’s not really happening. But my book, Harry Potter & Imagination: The Way Between Two Worlds, opens with a chapter on the importance of mythological and fairy-tale thinking as opposed to what G.K. Chesterton called “scientific fatalism.” Richard Dawkins has decided to write the opposite book, positing the possibility that fairy tales are potentially dangerous, because they teach children anti-scientific, magical thinking.
The prominent atheist is stepping down from his post at Oxford University to write a book aimed at youngsters in which he will warn them against believing in “anti-scientific” fairytales.
Prof Hawkins said: “The book I write next year will be a children’s book on how to think about the world, science thinking contrasted with mythical thinking.
“I haven’t read Harry Potter, I have read Pullman who is the other leading children’s author that one might mention and I love his books. I don’t know what to think about magic and fairy tales.”
Prof Dawkins said he wanted to look at the effects of “bringing children up to believe in spells and wizards”.
“I think it is anti-scientific – whether that has a pernicious effect, I don’t know,” he told More4 News.
“I think looking back to my own childhood, the fact that so many of the stories I read allowed the possibility of frogs turning into princes, whether that has a sort of insidious affect on rationality, I’m not sure. Perhaps it’s something for research.”
Thoughts? I happen to think that stories about frogs turning into princes are good for children (and adults!), so if someone wants to arrange the debate, I’d be glad to oblige. Since that’s highly unlikely to happen, stay tuned for a couple months focusing on fairy tales and mythical thinking, what J.K. Rowling calls, learning to “imagine better,” and pay close attention to this site and Zossima.com for news on the release of Harry Potter & Imagination.
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