Feb 07, 2001
Reuters is predicting that Harry Potter will be big at this year’s Toy Fair.
Feb 07, 2001
eBay has several props and items from the Harry Potter movie including a wizard cap, a call sheet, wizard money, and one of the envelopes of the letters Harry received from Hogwarts.
Feb 07, 2001
According to Empire Online, The London Daily Express is the most recent paper to publish the photo of a Daniel Radcliffe stand-in and claim it to be the actor himself. Unfortunately, the Daily Express is no longer online so I don’t have a copy of the original article. If anyone does, feel free to email …read more!
Feb 06, 2001
Another First Edition Harry Potter sells for big – a library bought it for 20 pence ($0.30) and a smart auction-goer bought it for £1500 ($2214). However it could be worth £10,000 ($14,759 ). Yeesh.
Feb 06, 2001
Harry Potter makes it into the World Book Encyclopedia 2001 Edition.
Feb 06, 2001
Hasbro has announced some of the Harry Potter toys they’ll be showcasing at Toy Fair 2001 next week: HARRY POTTER: Hasbro is thrilled to offer exciting games and toys based on the worldwide literary phenomenon, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE. The line includes electronic handheld games from TIGER such as the HARRY POTTER BOOK …read more!
Feb 05, 2001
Australia’s The Age has an editorial today about the banning of the Harry Potter book series at the Nambour Christian Outreach College.
Feb 05, 2001
AICN has a great interview with the screenwriter for the Harry Potter movie, Steven Kloves. Lots and lots of talk about the movie, a little security in that he’s sticking true to the books, news that he’s pretty far along on the screenplay for “Chamber of Secrets” and much more. Definitely a must-read.
Feb 03, 2001
Wow. I’ll say it again: WOW. Pojo.com has gotten what appears to be exclusive info about Tiger Electronics upcoming Spring Harry Potter toy line: The Harry Potter Quidditch Game ($34.99 SRP) is built into a Quidditch broom that can extend to 48 inches. Its motion sensors let players control the game’s dot-matrix screen by riding …read more!
Feb 02, 2001
AOL Time Warner gave Wall Streeters a sneak peek of footage from the Harry Potter movie – the first outside of the studio. We should only be so lucky: “Levin and chairman Steve Case were on hand with co-chief operating officers Bob Pittman and Dick Parsons and an army of division heads. Warner Bros. chairman …read more!