Those hungering for good Harry Potter merchandise should check out Fossil. In addition to the plethora of watches they’ve produced, they also have this gorgeous replica of Dumbledore’s Pocket Watch. It’s $105 but definitely a collectible piece. For those of you who don’t “get it”, read this: Dumbledore gave a great sniff as he took …read more!

More casting rumors – we were pretty sure Verne Troyer (Mini-Me from Austin Powers II) was playing a ghoul in the film until our insider told us he’s playing the role of “Griphook the Goblin”. While this is most definitely still a rumor, it meshes well because the no one’s been announced as playing the …read more!

The second teaser poster is out. We have a full-size picture at The Harry Potter Galleries. Just 162 more days and the movie is out!

Some HP movie cast rumors: A reader forwarded us a letter from a member of the Warner Bros. team, who was working on the Quidditch set: The kids playing the Quidditch girls are all young British actresses. Alicia Spinnet is played by Leilah Sutherland, Katie Bell is Emily Dale and Angelina Johnson is Danielle Taylor. …read more!

And because it’s very quiet on the news front this week, let me show you a fine group pic of the GUND Harry Potter characters, I found on eBay. I must admit, I like their Scabbers plush! And that cat behind him is Mrs. Norris – you wouldn’t expect Crookshanks to be that calm next …read more!

This is impressive!! According to German news agency dpa and media control, the Harry Potter books are still in the top four slots of the hardcover bestsellers list in Germany, with Goblet of Fire in the lead! This latest book in the series has been released in Germany last fall (October) and sold its complete …read more!

As promised, Harry Potter Galleries has posted the pictures from the Gloucester Today article. We gave you a sneak peak in April also reporting what our insider told us about the Gloucester shoot. Dark Horizons first posted something about the article in March and as soon as we clean our office and find the actual …read more!

Many updates to Harry Potter Galleries today: Trading Cards has been updated – get Geber and Agrippa this week. The actor gallery has been updated with pictures of Bonnie Wright and Alfie Enoch and Jason Gay was given his Vernon Dursley award I nominated him for last week.

Crossing the language barrier, the Brazilian Harry Potter fan site “Harry Potter o Filme” emailed us this article from the Brazilian Magazine VEJA. It started out in Portuguese but was translated by “Harry Potter o Filme” Webmaster G.V.Linares – we’ve edited his version a bit: The Brazilian Friend of Harry Potter Fernando Cavalcanti/Ag. Atimo “He …read more!

Someone emailed us this plea for assitance: Calling all Harry Potter fans! A Leicester primary school needs you to help put the magic into an activity week devoted to the fictional hero. Parks Primary School, in New Parks, is seeking young volunteers to work with children on activities centred around JK Rowling’s first book, Harry …read more!