Oh btw, your pal Alan Gilmore led the tour of Diagon Alley yesterday.This is what I am hoping. Perhaps they're just trying to aggravate me.
Wizarding World - Diagon Alley Discussion - Part 2
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Jim Hill Media was at the announcement I asked him where it was and he stated it was in soundstage 33, it was already set up for the Harry Potter Expo that is this weekend on that stage.
It is also just below where the 1 train has been staged, that was shown in the preview.
Noticed that too. BUT...if you look closely during the fly-in to Diagon on the website, you can see that the lampposts are correct and the lions are in place! Hooray!
That ought to put Teebin's mind a bit more at ease.
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For those of you who can't get onto the interactive site, I'm posting a bunch of screenshots here. It's a pretty amazing site, and also very spoiler-y. It shows you exactly what the main stretch of Diagon is going to look like.
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Thanks for posting those screenshots badlactose, I still can't get onto the site but those screenshots gave me a nice idea of what to expect. Very cool!
So, I take it we have all noticed that the interactive site is mildly screwed up showing text for Three Brooms for at least two locations?
That said, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the staircase next to Gringotts... so mysterious. Nice to see that there are shop facades to the left of the staircase.
That said, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the staircase next to Gringotts... so mysterious. Nice to see that there are shop facades to the left of the staircase.
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It took me a few re-loads to get it to work. I guess their servers just can't cope at the moment.
Yes, I drooled when I saw those stairs too.
Also, I didn't realize you could 'enter' Knockturn Alley when I first went through the interactive site. Here is the first glimpse of it. When I scroll up and look at the ceiling, there is only blackness, so it is clear there won't be a fake 'sky'. It won't be visible at all.
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Yeah, probably because of how hinky the site is running. I also managed to get these two screenshots by screen-capping really quickly before a scroll loaded, blocking it completely.
And for you, Teebin: a really close up shot of those awesome stairs.
HTF and others had already told us that this land is going to have walkways and 'multi levels', but seeing the stairs really drives home how much more ambitious the scale of this expansion is compared to Hogsmeade. It also means that the buildings in this land and Gringotts are large enough that going up those stores won't ruin any forced perspective they might be using.
Other interesting things to come out of that website.
a) As we navigate beneath the much-discussed metal ramp/overpass, we hear the sound of a train rushing past, so clearly it is meant to represent a bridge for the Hogwarts Express.
b) The 'jagged entrance' to Diagon is not meant to represent a hole blasted by Deatheaters, but is an impressionistic portrayal of magically moving bricks.
c) The actual entrance into Diagon is quite narrow as portrayed in the website flythrough.
d) Hagrid's sidecar is infront of the awesome gold statue in the Gringott's courtyard, suggesting he will be in the ride (although I think HTF alreadly told us)
e) The brief glimpses we get on the site of Carkitt Market and Horizont Street (newly named by J.K Rowling) show us that they will look amazing. (I was also right a while back when I guessed that the covered market was inspired by Leadenhall Market)
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HTF and others had already told us that this land is going to have walkways and 'multi levels', but seeing the stairs really drives home how much more ambitious the scale of this expansion is compared to Hogsmeade. It also means that the buildings in this land and Gringotts are large enough that going up those stores won't ruin any forced perspective they might be using.
Other interesting things to come out of that website.
a) As we navigate beneath the much-discussed metal ramp/overpass, we hear the sound of a train rushing past, so clearly it is meant to represent a bridge for the Hogwarts Express.
b) The 'jagged entrance' to Diagon is not meant to represent a hole blasted by Deatheaters, but is an impressionistic portrayal of magically moving bricks.
c) The actual entrance into Diagon is quite narrow as portrayed in the website flythrough.
d) Hagrid's sidecar is infront of the awesome gold statue in the Gringott's courtyard, suggesting he will be in the ride (although I think HTF alreadly told us)
e) The brief glimpses we get on the site of Carkitt Market and Horizont Street (newly named by J.K Rowling) show us that they will look amazing. (I was also right a while back when I guessed that the covered market was inspired by Leadenhall Market)
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I was able to pull some additional unreleased concept art from the video. It's not the best quality but it's better then nothing.
London:
The Leaky Cauldron Interior:
Madame Malkin's Robes:
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The Leaky Cauldron Interior:
Madame Malkin's Robes:
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Thanks for the screen caps Gambit. I hadn't thought to do that, probably because of Woodbury stating that it would open in 2010 among other gaffs. Get that man a teleprompter and lock him down.
On that note... apparently, they are going to completely reproduce the Eros statue in Piccadilly... to 100% scale no less! I'm impossibly impressed.
A reminder of what that scale it is:
On that note... apparently, they are going to completely reproduce the Eros statue in Piccadilly... to 100% scale no less! I'm impossibly impressed.
A reminder of what that scale it is:
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Thanks for posting those, Gambit!
I absolutely love the lamp-topped columns that will function as an entrance to London on the Grimmauld side. So very English.
And the image you posted there clearly shows authentic embankment lampposts and lion-heads (I'm so confused why they were changed/left out in the other concept art. Did the artist simply forget to add it? Was he given incomplete reference photos? Did they not want to draw attention away from the buildings themselves? So many questions)
I love the inclusion of all that grass and trees, but I am surprised how much they will block the view of the London facades from across the lagoon.
I absolutely love the lamp-topped columns that will function as an entrance to London on the Grimmauld side. So very English.
And the image you posted there clearly shows authentic embankment lampposts and lion-heads (I'm so confused why they were changed/left out in the other concept art. Did the artist simply forget to add it? Was he given incomplete reference photos? Did they not want to draw attention away from the buildings themselves? So many questions)
I love the inclusion of all that grass and trees, but I am surprised how much they will block the view of the London facades from across the lagoon.
It looks like that might be the Magical Menagerie back there. Those cubbyholes look like owl perches to me.
And the Eeylops facade is already visible opposite Ollivanders.
And the Eeylops facade is already visible opposite Ollivanders.
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