Tag: Potterheads

  • Come to see the pig in a wig? Dursley home stalked by Potterheads, residents complain

    Come to see the pig in a wig? Dursley home stalked by Potterheads, residents complain

    If you’re stepping down Privet Drive, Little Whinging, with a clear agenda to find the black cat that’s actually Professor McGonagall walking near a certain house so you could beg her for the Hogwarts letter, we’re sorry to inform you that its too late for it to happen, as the residents of Dursley House have put their foot down.

    According to the British tabloid, The Mirror, the residents who are currently staying at the Dursley’s house in Privet Drive in 2016, are now fed up with the consistent stream of fans flooding their doorstep, even one bizarre instance of a fan bringing their Ford Angelia to the house and taking a photo along side it.

    “We’ve had people in floods of tears. It’s bizarre. The kids, you get it. But obviously the adults. They dress up sometimes in full gear and recreate scenes.

    “People have travelled miles. From all over the world. People are sometimes really awkward. We are used to it, but not used to it in a way.”

    “Ten is the maximum we’ve had but people come in groups. People come in cars and it’s all day and sometimes at night. The school holidays are the worst.”

    Really could help if the residents could bloat up like Aunt Marge and float away?

  • GCU students produce Pakistan’s first-ever fan-made Harry Potter movie

    GCU students produce Pakistan’s first-ever fan-made Harry Potter movie

    Potterheads in Pakistan have taken their love for the book to a whole new level. Students of Government College University (GCU) Lahore have produced Pakistan’s first-ever fan-made Harry Potter movie: The Last Follower and The Resurrection of Voldemort. The group of young Ravians released the film under their production house, Khyaali Production.

    The film, which has been positively received by the audience, is full of magical visuals and inventive and exciting sequences. It has been filmed at GCU, with the university shown as Hogwarts.

    The movie is set a few years after the Harry Potter series and shows students roaming in the castle. Some mysteries emerge and this is the premise of the story.

    The movie has been written and directed by Waleed Akram, who shared that the gothic architecture of GCU motivated him to make the film.

    “If there is Hogwarts in this world, it’s GCU Lahore,” said the director, adding, “I started this venture with a single camera and the whole movie has been shot with a very simple camera.”

    The main cast of the movie includes Umer Darr, Jazib Alram, Mariam Hassan Naqvi, Talha Chahour, Dua Marium, Sheikh Mubashir and Habib Chaudary.

    Behind the Scenes

    Meanwhile, Zeeshan Hameed has done the visual effects for the film.

    While the film has been screened in GCU, the director said that he hopes that it will be screened in other universities and is also working towards releasing the film in cinemas across the country.

    Watch the teaser of the film here: