The Ottery
“If an otter can’t have fun doing something, it just simply won’t do it.”

Wah? Order of the Phoenix Release Date Moved Up!

This Muggle is very puzzled. I’ve never heard of a film’s release date being moved up, especially not this late in the game. Cinematical reports that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will now be released Wednesday, July 11, instead of Friday, July 13.

Why the change? Are they trying to appease fundamentalist Christian groups by separating the movie from Friday the 13th? Cinematical’s Monica Bartyzel hypothesizes that Warner Bros. wanted to open the film a week after The Transformers. I’m wondering, given the timing of the decision, if it has more to do with the revenue from Thursday-night premieres of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End last week. Does this mean Order of the Phoenix will begin showing at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday? If so, will that count towards the all-important weekend gross figures? So many questions.

1 comment May 30th, 2007

Paw-Holding Otters on the Evening News

Everyone’s favorite paw-holding otters from Vancouver have made it to the evening news of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Check out the report, which reveals some interesting information: the otter video is the top-rated animal video in YouTube history. Hurrah! Also, it mentions that one of the otters is a survivor of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill. Not only are they cute; they’re heroic, too.

Thanks to Cute Otters for posting the story.

By the way, I realized just how far the original video’s popularity had spread when, one day at work, I heard a voice at the other end of my office cry, “They’re holding hands . . . and they’re swimming on their backs!” Yep, sure enough: it was our otter friends, appearing on my coworker’s monitor.

Add comment May 30th, 2007