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.”

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!

Ralph Fiennes gave another interview promoting The Constant Gardener, and again spoke about playing Lord Voldemort: I’m not a psychiatrist,” he says. “But I do think childhood is the answer. And thank God, J.K. Rowling has done the work for us. Lord Voldemort is a rejected child. Once I understood that, I could locate the …read more!

The Star-Ledger of Newark’s fall movie preview jokes that Goblet of Fire, set to be released on November 18, is “[s]ome obscure art film no one will see.” They’re kidding, of course; elsewhere in the article, they note that GoF is one of the only sure successed expected this holiday season.

The BBC is featuring a photograph of a fan looking at a small statue of Harry Potter as one of its photos of the day today. If you want to see the specific image, you can see it here.

Today’s “Get Fuzzy” comic has a bit of an HP chuckle for you. Thanks to everyone who wrote!

Listen/Subscribe / Call in/contact / Leave voicemail The second episode of PotterCast is now available! For subscription visit the links above; for direct download visit our episodes page; for help visit our tutorial. In this episode: During the fan interview, MaraudingDon explains to us all why Snape is a foul, loathsome, evil little… and why …read more!