Also, this is a little late – on Dark Horizons yesterday: Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets: Filming takes place on Huskeiran, an island off Scotland’s West Coast in April. Anyone have an idea what they would be filming there? Let us know.

Much thanks to a reader WhoMustNotBeNamed (though is nothing like Voldemort) for sending us a brand spankin’ new rumour: that Christian Coulson (that’s a link to the pic that YouKnowWho sent, by the way) has been cast as the young Tom Riddle. We’re awaiting word/confirmation/etc, but he certainly looks the part. Here’s his IMDB profile. …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.)

Hey guys – Bloomsbury made a short comment on the possibility of a July release date on their website: We are not going to set a publication date for the fifth book until the book has been finished. In a perfect world the date would be July 2002, but we will wait until the book …read more!

Two things from popular New York City radio station Z100 today. First, they report that a spoof is in the works! Yes, coming this year, Scary Movie 3: Episode I: Lord of the Brooms (Ok, but have they seen Giverius’ Lord of the Snitch?). Also, the station’s morning show had a very rowdy discussion today …read more!

CoS/PoA news: An extremely reliable source graciously spoke to us today re: the filming of the third movie. The first three movies will be filmed back to back regardless of their release dates. The start-to-finish for a movie of this type of grandeur and expense is usually 18 months, so while CoS will be rushed …read more!

Interesting bit a reader who says he has the script of CoS sent to us under threat of Death by Warner Bros. : It’s 113 pages – of which the first 41 are a tedious reprise of the first flick (well tedious for me) starting with the Dursleys, attempts to contact Harry, going to Kings …read more!

Ananova reports on Danny Radcliffe’s first award: Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has won his first Hollywood award.Radcliffe won the Male Youth Discovery of the Year Award from the Hollywood Women’s Press Club.But he wasn’t able to pick up his award in person as he’s filming Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.Other winners of …read more!

Lots and lots of news that’s been sitting in my inbox from Rhiannon (who will be posting herself soon): ‘Potter’s’ take may be overhyped; Box-office figures need to be viewed in context – cheeriness from the San Francisco Gate Through magic of translation, Harrius! – from Bergen.com ”Harry Potter” beats ”Titanic” in weekend grosses – …read more!

Internet movie reviewer Lucius Shepard seems to be so very surely one of those curmudgeons who takes pure joy in ripping pop culture apart just because it’s pop culture, or intent on hating something just because it has a large conglomerate company attached…though his review of HP seems not worth the attention, we’ll post it …read more!