A HA, it’s my time for REVENGE! HAH! Go here to wish her the best – and to thank her for having her birthday, hence getting us a book release date…yay!

Click here for the announcement by Bloomsbury of the June 21, 2003 release date. Yes, it’s Bloomsbury’s site, so it *is* official. Sections from the book on the Bloomsbury site include: “The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of …read more!

The previously mentioned article from AICN has changed a wee bit. Quotage: Timothy Spall has been cast as Peter Pettigrew for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I made the mistake earlier of saying it was Professor Lupin he was playing … Although it’s still a rumour at this point, it makes more sense, …read more!

To add to the ever-growning rumor list of PoA casting, Moriarty from AICN announces that a “very reliable source” has told him the part of Prof. Remus “Moony” Lupin has been cast as Timothy Spall from movies such as Vanilla Sky and the now-playing Nicholas Nickelby. Frankly with about 5-6 actors rumored to be up …read more!

In answering a fan letter about the possibility of his playing Dumbledore, Sir Ian McKellen had this to say (dated Jan 11, 2003): Dear concerned mailer, I have not been offered Dumbledore but another knight is considering it. Best wishes From the actor who plays Gandalf for God’s sake, Ian McKellen In case you were …read more!

Thanks Lia, for pointing us to this article in the Observer-Eccentric about a young Michigan teen who has just had her first book published, and got her start in the HP fanfic world. Aimée Carter – congratulations, and please contact us if you can – we’d love to interview your talented self. 🙂 Edit: Carter’s …read more!

SoFanatic has uploaded a scan of an article about Tom Felton, but we’re not sure which publication it’s from. Thanks to Courtney Beth for letting us know about the article – but if anyone knows where it comes from, please do tell us! The site seems to be down for the moment – but check …read more!

Hi all – we’ve just received word from Book Aid International – fantastic word – that the $23,000 donation you all made happen is going to provide 11,000 books for readers in the developing world. Please take this moment to pat yourselves heartily on the back. We have authorized the use of the money for …read more!

One of the main supporters of the (valiant, if unsuccessful) fan campaign to get actor Jason Carter cast as Sirius Black has written to inform us that a conversation with WB’s PoA casting office yielded the quote, “The part’s on offer, it’s gone.” They did not say who it went to, did not say a …read more!

The Hollywood Reporter has posted a piece in which Alfonso Cuaron talks HP3: “I don’t know if ‘dark’ is the word for it because there’s a great deal of humor (in the third tale),” Cuaron says. “I would say that rather than going into darker territory, it goes into more emotional territory. Because the characters …read more!