Last week we revealed that Jim McManus would play Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; today WB said that Jim’s role is “very minor,” which should allay some of the crazy speculation over the meaning of McManus being cast as it relates to book/film seven. If the role is the …read more!

Leaky is happy to reveal that Tony Maudsley is confirmed to portray Grawp in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, representatives for the actor confirmed to Leaky today. The role is that of Hagrid’s giant half-brother that he brings back from his travels. Grawp was confirmed to be in the film when producer …read more!

HPANA originally reported, and now Digital Spy has seconded, that director David Yates’s longtime friend Nicholas Hooper will score Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. As always, these things are up in the air until confirmed by an official source, but this one is looking more solid by the minute. Thanks guys!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been nominated for three MTV Movie Awards, in the categories “Best On-Screen Team” (Daniel Radclifffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson), “Best Villain” (Ralph Fiennes) and “Best Hero” (Daniel Radcliffe). Voting online or via cell phone continues until May 19. The awards will be announced at a ceremony airing …read more!

Comingsoon.net has a new interview with Rupert Grint, in which the actor discusses his new film Driving Lessons , the progress of the OotP shoot, working with Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) on both films, leaving school, playing the didgeridoo and much more. Here’s a quote about his reasons for choosing to do Driving Lessons: I …read more!

PotterCast #36, Quite the Conundrum, in which we unveil a new segment and play your feedback, is live. In this show: -John has done the dance dance – get it at LeakyNews.com -Our new segment, Canon Conundrums, goes live with Lexicon Guru Steve Vander Ark; each week we’ll rip apart one book issue/problem/concern, etc. Up …read more!

A wee little off-topic giggle for you all; as PotterCast listeners know, TLC Creative Director John Noe has been promising to videotape himself doing “Dance Dance Revolution” in a Slytherin robe as soon as readers sent in 10 gift cards to Chipotle…well, they’ve come, and he’s done it, and it’s now directly downloadable here (it …read more!

(So far) France will be the first country to get to see the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film, as it is currently slated for release on July 11, 2007, says WB. They’ve also confirmed July 12 for Germany and July 13 for Ireland, both 2007. Yesterday WB confirmed Sept. 6, 2007, …read more!

Our galleries have been updated to include screengrab collections from all four films; some of you might recognize them from the popular Impervius site, which was unfortunately hacked recently. Mary Hamm, our image manager, has brought all that content in here for you all to enjoy – to the tune of some 26,000 images so …read more!

WB has said today that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be released in Bulgaria on July 20, 2007. As expected and usually practiced, the UK will get the film the same day as North America, July 13. It will debut in Australia on Sept. 6, 2007.