Harry Potter: The Exhibition
Warner Bros announced on Friday that they will be bringing a 10,000 square foot Harry Potter exhibit to 10 or more cities throughout the world over a five year span. Harry Potter: The Exhibition will open in a major market in Spring 2009. Read the press release.
BECKER GROUP AND WARNER BROS. CONSUMER PRODUCTS ANNOUNCE
“HARRY POTTER: THE EXHIBITION”
International Touring Exhibit to Debut in 2009
(Baltimore – April 25, 2008) Becker Group, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, today announced it will bring worldwide audiences “Harry Potter: The Exhibition,” a state-of-the-art exhibition highlighting artifacts from the Warner Bros. films based on J.K. Rowling’s beloved book series. The 10,000 square foot experience will premiere in Spring 2009 in a major market, and will appear in ten or more cities around the world throughout a five-year span.
“Harry Potter: The Exhibition” will include elaborate displays of authentic costumes, props and artifacts from popular environments featured in the films such as those from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the Gryffindor common room and Hagrid’s hut. During its run, the exhibit will also be updated to include artifacts from the final installments of the Harry Potter film series. The exhibition will be displayed in major cultural and entertainment venues, museums and institutions, and will be supported by a multimedia promotional effort and advance ticket sales worldwide. Tour information, updates and ticket availability will be posted at www.harrypotterexhibition.com as details become available, or for more information, call 866-231-8328.
With more than $4.5 billion in worldwide box office gross sales to date, Harry Potter is the most successful film franchise in the world. The next installment of the Warner Bros. blockbuster film series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is scheduled to open in theaters on November 21, 2008.
“Creating this magical tour around such a legendary property is a true milestone for Becker Group, both as a company, and a source of creative entertainment-based attractions,” said Glenn Tilley, president and chief executive officer of Becker Group.
“We’ve dedicated ourselves to delivering an exciting experience for visitors that will meet the standards set by the films based on the novels by J.K. Rowling,” added Eddie Newquist, president of Becker Group’s Creative Studio and Exhibits.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Becker Group to produce this multi-dimensional exhibition dedicated to the iconic Harry Potter film series,” said Brad Globe, president Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “Fans around the world will finally be able to see the incredible craftsmanship and detail that went into creating their favorite props and costumes.”
“Harry Potter: The Exhibition” is the fourth collaboration between Warner Bros. and Becker Group.
Previous partnerships include the successful “Happy Feet Snow Globe Experience” and the “Fred Claus Snow Globe Experience,” each of which appeared in 17 Taubman retail centers nationally in 2006 and 2007, respectively, as well as another project based on the classic holiday film The Polar Express.
Bai Ling Biography
Bai Ling means “white spirit” in her Chinese dialect and she has become a rising actress on both sides of the Pacific. The delicate, almost ethereal actress was particularly memorable to USA audiences as Myca, the drug-pushing cannibal with a taste for eyeballs, in Alex Proyas’ thriller “The Crow” (1994) and as the President’s Chinese interpreter in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” (1995). The latter role was almost ironic as Bai Ling had arrived in the USA just four years earlier not knowing one word of English.
Raised in a typical Chinese family, one accepting of the revolution, Bai Ling was a musical performer at age 14, inducted into the army and sent to Tibet to entertain the troops. In 1986, she also made her film debut in “Haitan” and subsequently appeared in films made in China. Worldwide audiences could catch a glimpse of her in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Little Buddha” (1993), but it was her subsequent efforts in “Dead Funny” (1995) and her delightful turn as an Americanized immigrant in “Somewhere in the City” (1996) that brought her attention. Bai Ling made headlines when she landed the leading role opposite Richard Gere in the political thriller “Red Corner” (1997).
Her TV work has included “Nobody’s Girls” (PBS, 1994) a documentary with recreations in which Bai Ling was Mary Bong, a 15-year old Chinese woman who became famous as a midwife after she settled in Alaska. She made her American TV-movie debut in “Dead Weekend” (Showtime, 1995).
- Born:
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Actor
Family
- Father: Bai Yu-xiang.
- Grandmother: Peng Zhi-jia.
- Mother: Chen Bin-bin.
- Sister: Bai Je.
Significant Others
- Companion: Chris Isaak. reportedly dating from late 1999
Education
- New York University, New York, New York
Milestones
- 1986 Entertained soldiers in Tibet (date approximate)
- 1986 Made film debut in “Haitan”
- 1990 Moved to USA (date approximate)
- 1993 Had cameo role in “Little Buddha”
- 1994 Made American TV debut in “Nobody’s Girls”
- 1994 Made American film debut with “The Crow”
- 1995 Made American TV movie debut in “Dead Weekend” (Showtime)
- 1995 Played interpreter in “Nixon”
- 1997 Snagged role of leading lady opposite Richard Gere in “Red Corner”
- 1999 Cast as Tuptim in the remake, “Anna and the King”
- 1999 Was virtually wasted in a stereotypical role of an Asian vamp in “Wild Wild West”
- 2001 Acted in “The Breed”, a vampire thriller, aired on Starz! in lieu of theatrical release
- 2001 Had featured role in the NBC miniseries “The Monkey King”
- 2003 Was one of the titular “Extreme Team” (lensed 2001), an ABC TV-movie that also served as a pilot for a potential series
- 2004 Appeared in Spike Lee’s comedy “She Hate Me”
- 2004 Featured in the comedy “My Baby’s Daddy”
- 2004 Played the Mysterious Woman in “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” starring Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow
- Will co-star with Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Cheri Oteri in Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales” (lensed 2005)