This isn’t movie news, but it is about as close as you can get considering this will be a movie and about 50-percent of you are probably excited about these as Scholastic has unveiled the artwork for the upcoming seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” due in stores on July 21st at 12:01 a.m. The art was created by Mary GrandPre, the acclaimed illustrator of all six previous U.S. editions of the Harry Potter books.
“The front cover of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ features a dramatic sky of oranges and golds. It depicts 17-year-old Harry with arm outstretched, reaching upward. The structures around Harry show evident destruction and in the shadows behind him, we see outlines of other people,” said David Saylor, Scholastic’s Vice President and Creative Director who has designed all seven Harry Potter covers.
“For the first time the cover is a wrap-around. On the back cover spidery hands are outstretched towards Harry. Only when the book is opened does one see a powerful image of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, his glowing red eyes peering out from his hood.”
In “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcuxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him…
Check out the pics below and click on the second one for a larger look.
Harry Potter will hit theaters again this summer in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on July 13.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc also today released the cover images for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which will appear on editions distributed in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many other countries throughout the world. Those two covers can be seen below.
Word out of CBBC Newsround is that “Deathly Hallows” in Britain will be 608 pages long, making it the second longest after “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”
You can also check out an interactive version of the Scholastic cover here. Then MSNBC has a video of this whole mess here and finally an ultra large version of the adult version of the Bloomsbury cover (the first one) can be seen here. Thanks to HPANA for the heads up on these links.
