Warner invites armchair wizards to Harry Potter chat. When so many children are reading books that are more than 300-pages long, one can’t but wonder what they are reading and why. Such is the case with J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series (from the Baytown Sun). The movie about the teen-age wizard Harry Potter has arrived …read more!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has won the award for Best Family Film from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. Thanks to Mirko at Coming Soon for passing along the news that on February 5th, Warner Home Video will be announcing all the details about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone DVD release. …read more!

Thanks to Ali Wildgoose and DiagonAlley for a forward of an email from a friend of hers who works in the publishing industry. To quote the email, “[a]pparently she [JKR] is unhappy with two chapters, and is rewriting them and planning for an end of school term (in the UK) release.” Note: while this particular …read more!

Magical and quirky, the Potter series is reputed to be among the bestselling publishing cross-over hits ever with 55 million prints and counting in circulation in the U.S. alone. But what sets Potter apart from the pack is not so much the creativity of J.K. Rowling, but rather, the bite that the traditional print book …read more!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been nominated for Best Achievement In Period/Fantasy Costume Design by the Costume Designers Guild. Also in the running are Blow, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Planet of the Apes. (Thanks to Alex Fung’s Film Page for the information.) Stephen Fry to host BAFTA awards ceremony. Harry casts …read more!

Well, we can finally take one rumor and pin it to the “true” column – we just got word from WB that Jason Isaacs is confirmed as Lucius Malfoy. (You know, in case the Variety article wasn’t enough for ya.)

The BAFTAs have been announced, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was nominated in the following categories: The Alexander Korda Award for the outstanding British Film of the Year Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Robbie Coltrane) Production Design Costume Design Sound Achievement in Special Visual Effects Make up/Hair Harry Potter is …read more!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has received seven nominations from the Online Film and Television Association: Younger Actor or Actress: Rupert Grint Younger Actor or Actress: Daniel Radcliffe Adapted Screenplay: Steven Kloves Production Design: Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan Costume Design: Judianna Markovsky Makeup: Kate Murray, Clare Le Vesconte, Nick Dudman Visual Effects: John Richardson, …read more!

Harry Potter, the fictional young wizard, will be coming back to reality this week in Gloucester. The making of the sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is due to start at Gloucester Cathedral on Monday, and Warner Brothers’ film crews are already on site, preparing for the arrival of the cats, owls and …read more!

Chinese audiences spellbound by Harry Potter premiere. Harry Potter books inspire new love for literature. The popular series turns reluctant student into a reader.