More HARRY POTTER in December: Ultimate Editions (first 2 films), also Years 1-6 Giftset (DVD & Blu-ray)

Let The Magic Begin...
Evil Must Be Confronted.

Now see Harry Potter as never before!

Warner Home Video is creating a whole new way for muggles, wizards and Harry Potter fans to see the world's #1 film franchise...

HARRY POTTER Ultimate Editions
(the first two films on Blu-ray & DVD),
also Years 1-6 Giftset on Blu-ray & DVD »
(available December 8)

The Sorcerer's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets contain first two parts of the series: includes 48-page Photo Book along with five hours of special features!

Comprehensive New Documentary: "Creating The World of Harry Potter," new Screen Tests and intimate Cast & Filmmaker Stories about the creation of Harry Potter's world on screen - and much more!

A story about an adolescent boy wizard named Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for young wizards and witches, and focuses on Harry Potter's fight against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents as part of his plan to take over the wizarding world.

Beginning December 8, Warner Brothers will release on Blu-ray and DVD the first two of eight Harry Potter Ultimate Editions (also the Years 1-6 Giftset collection on the same date). Each of the Ultimate Editions will include a new one-hour featurette that highlights a unique aspect of the filmmaking process and will be combined to make the complete 8-hour documentary, "Creating the World of Harry Potter".

Ultimate Editions include five hours of special features (one hour of which is the new featurette); theatrical and extended versions of the film; 48-page collectible photo book and other magical collectibles.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ultimate Edition will have "Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins," in which viewers get an inside, in-depth look at the planning, creativity, personalities and other elements that went into the initial creation of Harry's screen world. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets contains "Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters". Here, fans get a first-hand look at the unique strengths of each of the films' directors and what they brought to the principal characters in the Harry Potter film series. In addition, it will include clips of never-before-seen screen tests of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, giving fans a chance to see how the characters have been transformed over the past decade.

With newly produced featurettes, both extended cut and theatrical versions included, premium packaging and themed collectibles, plus a Digital Copy of the theatrical film, the Harry Potter Ultimate Editions are bound to be irresistible gifts for this holiday season. They will sell for $49.99 SRP on Blu-ray, and $39.92 on DVD.

The Blu-ray editions includes all the DVD contents PLUS the "In-Movie Experience with director Chris Columbus" - an interactive viewer experience where the entire film is examined with Picture in Picture, Storyboard Comparisons, Still Galleries, as well as BD live with access to worldwide events, special guest participants, community features and more (click our title links below for the full list).

The five Harry Potter films comprise the biggest film franchise in history, totaling a worldwide box-office gross, to date, in excess of $4.4 billion. Recently in theaters, the sixth and latest installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, insures that "Pottermania" continues unabated.

Day and date with the December 8 release of the new above-mentioned series will be the Blu-ray and DVD release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (see link above for more details). The entire ensemble cast is back for the sixth installment of the record-breaking franchise.

Years 1-6 Giftset: (both DVD & Blu-ray)
The latest expanded compilation of the series (all six films), is also available December 8 on DVD (in both Widescreen or Full-screen sets), SRP $69.98, and on high-definition Blu-ray (SRP $134.99). Includes all of the bonus features from the individual disc editions for each format.

Film Synopsis:
Let The Magic Begin...
Evil Must Be Confronted.
A story about an adolescent boy wizard named Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for young wizards and witches, and focuses on Harry Potter's fight against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents as part of his plan to take over the wizarding world.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
First, J.K. Rowling's delightful bestseller, then an unforgettable movie: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone is sheer screen enchantment. At its center is Harry, orphaned, unloved, rescued, enrolled as a wizard-in-training at Hogwarts Academy and as his telltale forehead scar shows, destined for great things. Enter into the world of Hogwarts and experience the rich characters, lavish surroundings, wizardly tools and customs, the high-flying sport of Quidditch... and much more beyond imagining.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage in this spellbinding adaptation of J.K. Rowling's second book. Get ready to be amused and petrified as Harry Potter shows he's more than a wizard, he's a hero!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Year Three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger. Soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school. An ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls. Fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will be forced to confront them all. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron and based on J.K. Rowling's third book, this wondrous spellbinder soars with laughs, shivers and the kind of breathless surprise only found in a Harry Potter adventure. Mischief managed!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools - the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. In this fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, everything changes as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and take on challenges greater than anything they could have imagined.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The rebellion begins! Lord Voldemort has returned, but the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth - including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good and evil awaits in this enthralling film version of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Prepare for battle!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. He needs Harry to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses critical information known only to Hogwarts' former Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn. With that in mind, Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises of more money, a bigger office and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter.