Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour – Announcement due August 14th

August 7th, 2011 · · Harry Potter, Leavesden Development One comment

The Leavesden Studio Tour, officially titled Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, will be featured at the Empire Presents BIG SCREEN event taking place at The O² on Sunday 14th August 2011.

From 4:30-5:15pm holders of Empire Presents diamond tickets will be able to find out further details of the behind-the-scenes Harry Potter attraction which is due to open at Leavesden, just north of London, in Spring 2012. Also attending the live event at Greenwich Peninsula will be members of the cast and crew from the Harry Potter film series.

A Warner Brothers spokesman said “The unique tour will give visitors the first ever chance to visit the real Harry Potter film sets to learn more about the workings of the breathtaking special effects and the incredible animatronics, as well as experience the sheer scale and incredible detail of the sets used by the cast and crew on all the films.”

“The event will culminate with an exciting announcement that both film and Harry Potter fans will not want to miss.”

It is no longer possible to obtain tickets to the event.

Warner Brothers to attend Watford Jobs Fair

June 4th, 2011 · · Leavesden Studio News 2 comments

The owners of the Leavesden Studio site, Warner Brother Pictures, will be attending a Watford Jobs Fair organised by the towns MP.

All companies attending the jobs fair which is to be held at the Langley Banqueting and Conference Suites, Watford High Street on 30th June will be offering at least one vacancy, apprenticeship or internship at the event. With over 50 companies already booked up to attend job hunters will have plenty of options to consider.

Speaking to the local newspaper Watford MP Richard Harrington said “I am particularly excited that Warner Brothers have agreed to attend, as the redevelopment of Leavesden studios will provide thousands of new jobs for local people.”

The Harry Potter Experience Leavesden, due to open in Spring 2012, will offer visitors the opportunity to tour selected sets used during filming.

Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Leavesden Set Visit Reports Coming Soon

May 11th, 2011 · · Harry Potter, Leavesden Studio News No comments

In March 2010 a number of Harry Potter fan websites were invited to attend Leavesden Studios to take a look at how filming on the two Deathly Hallows films was progressing.

An embargo placed on information relating to the second film must be just about to end as a number of sites have started to trail future posts about their Leavesden Studio tours.  Collider have posted a series of on-set interviews with actors from Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part 2 conducted on set at Leavesden Studios whilst Harry Potter fan site The Leaky Cauldron have announced that they too will soon be posting their full Deathly Hallows: Part 2 set report.

The final film in the series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 will be released on July 15. The Warner Brothers Leavesden Studios tours which will enable ticket owners to see sets and drops from the film as well as other Hogwarts memorabilia is due to open in Spring 2012.

Jobs at Leavesden Studios Visitor Attraction

April 17th, 2011 · · Leavesden Studio News 26 comments

Warner Brothers have begun to recruit for senior positions the upcoming Leavesden Studio Harry Potter visitor attraction and Leavesden Studios Redevelopment.

Adverts posted online at the end of last month show the film studio is looking to hire a “Director of Retail & Commercial” for work at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden. The candidate must learn from experiences at NBC Universal Wizarding World and maximise sales including ancillary revenue from audio tours, guidebooks and photography.

Studio management are also looking for a Food & Beverage Director who will be responsible for setting up and overseeing the operation of a film production kitchen, canteen as well as the Leavesden Studio Tour café and public coffee points and kiosks.

On the production side the search is also underway for a new Health & Safety Manager as well as a Facilities Manager to ensure that the 9 sound stages and visitor attraction are safely operational.

Multiple Fires at Leavesden

March 22nd, 2011 · · Harry Potter, Leavesden Development No comments

On the morning Thursday 10th March piles of rubbish on the roof of Leavesden Studios were ignited whilst workmen refurbished an office building on the site as part of the Leavesden redevelopment efforts.

Just 8 days later on Friday 18th March a second fire destroyed a set from the upcoming Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part Two film. The set, which was located outside, started to burn at 9pm whilst it was being used to film a battle sequence from the Harry Potter movie.

Speaking to the local newspaper a spokesman for Warner Brothers downplayed the incident stating that there had been “no damage to Leavesden Studios at all”. He added that the fire, which took place when none of the main cast members were on site, was extinguished quickly and caused only limited damage.