The Hollywood Reporter reports today that HP director and producer Chris Columbus has signed on with WB to develop and direct Slanted and Enchanted, which is based on a script by Ben Queen. Mark Radcliffe and Michael Barnathan, partners from 1492 (Colmbus’ production company), will also produce, along with Bonnie Curtis and Jim Lemley. Slanted, …read more!

As the American readers of this site no doubt know, on November 2 the country will go to the polls to decide who is elected president of the United States for the next four years. We are taking a rare aberrance from our HP-related focus to encourage our eligible readers to register to vote and …read more!

“Oh, Harry, don’t you see?” Hermione breathed. “If [Professor Umbridge] could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!” — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Each fall since 1982, the American Library Association (ALA) …read more!

Dan Radcliffe won the Best Junior Achiever award on Regis and Kelly for the second year in a row today. The young actor accepted from the set, and reported that he was sorry he couldn’t be in New York for the awards because “I’m actually about to fight a dragon.” Update: There are already screencaps …read more!

TLC reader Lauren Goodnight, a staff reviewer for AnimeOnDVD.com, attended a performance of the band Harry and the Potters in August and very kindly wrote in with a review and some great pics. Quotage: “There is no greater feeling within the heart of a musician or music lover than when rock ‘n’ roll music breaks …read more!

The Onion’s “AV Club” interviewed Stephen Fry a few weeks ago; he talks a bit about the Harry Potter books, reading, writing and acting. The reporter put a few HP-specific outtakes on her LiveJournal as well, including Fry’s comments about how he became the UK voice for the audiobooks, and whether he’d want to find …read more!

As a followup to our notice that, in contrast to the way the title’s been used on JKRowling.com, there will be a hyphen in the American edition of HBP, we’ve just confirmed it will also be in place in the British edition. The book will be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince whether you be …read more!

A TimesOnline article said today that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was “expected to be released early next year.” This is not true. As a trusted source has said, all that’s definite is that it will possibly be released next year. JKR is still writing the book (which also puts to rest other …read more!

Congrats go tonight to Emerson and crew from MuggleNet.com and Jenna and crew from DanRadcliffe.com, who have won the Best Movie Fan Site and Best Actor Fan Site awards, respectively, at Movies.com. The Official Harry Potter Site also won Best Official Movie site, making HP a winner in three of the nine awards! (Previously, Leaky …read more!

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