Variety reports that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film, will have a budget of more than $150 million. It also notes that this has little to do with salary: “‘Potter,’ [doesn’t] have a star with anything close to a $20 million payday.”

Artbox Entertainment, makers of the Harry Potter movie trading cards, recently let various retailers know that the new Goblet of Fire movie trading cards will be released on October 24th. We now have a photo of the collectible tin for the cards, as well as a photo of the individual card packs and display box. …read more!

These two photos were sent to us by Claire of RupertOnline.net. Thanks Claire! Cho Chang (huge) Cho Chang (medium) Cho Chang (small) McGonagall (huge) McGonagall (medium) McGonagall (small)

The stunning Dutch cover art of HBP has been released; click here to see it. Thank you Zweinstein Online and De Lekke Ketel!

Gamespot.com reviews the new GoF video game, saying “the artists are striving to make the characters look as close to their real-life counterparts as possible. The artists have also worked with the film’s production design to create a Hogwarts and a Tri-Wizard Tournament that are both highly evocative of the forthcoming movie.” Click here for …read more!

The HP Scene It? game went on sale today. You can play two flash HP games on the game’s home page here. Thanks Lizzie!