Film Flash: Harry Potter mania brings Quidditch to life in NYC

The first half of the final installment in the beloved book series adapation hits theaters Nov. 19. Tickets for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" went on sale in mid-October, selling out hundreds of midnight screenings across the nation.

With several TV spots, posters (here, here and here) and theatrical trailers (here and here) released, the mania surrounding the bespectacled boy-who-lived continues to grow.

In fact, the buzz is culminating in a real-life Quidditch World Cup this weekend in New York City. According to Entertainment Weekly, the event will be the fourth annual tournament of its kind.

In 2005, students from Middlebury College in Vermont were the first to bring the fantasy sport to life. Today, there's even an International Quidditch Associaton. 46 teams will compete Nov. 13 and 14, including Middlebury, Boston University, Michigan State, NYU, Vassar, Syracuse and Yale.

To view the snitch and Quidditch players in action at Harvard (yes, with brooms perched in between their legs), click here. Click play below to watch the advertisemet for Quidditch Coming to New York City.



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EW:  'Harry Potter': Quidditch World Cup happening this weekend, for real