Leaky's Fandom Memories Project
Many Potter fans are feeling pretty sentimental lately about the final film fast approaching. One of the final projects we haven't mentioned yet is a Fandom Memories project, and we want YOUR help with it. This is your chance to tell us some of your favorite memories from this past decade+ of Potter for all the fandomContinued...
Leaky's 2009 Year In Review: Part Two
Here now is Part Two of Leaky's 2009 Year in Review of Harry Potter news! Part One is posted below. Enjoy!
Buyer of Harry Potter Prequel Seeks to Use Item for More Charity Fundraising
The buyer of the new Harry Potter prequel, which you can read online via this link to Waterstone’s or this new link, says he purchased the special note card donated by J.K. Rowling in hopes that he will be able to do more for charity. Bloomberg.com reports the newContinued...
New Harry Potter Prequel Now Online
Waterstone’s is set to reveal the entire new Harry Potter prequel contained on the special card that was auctioned earlier tonight in London, England. UPDATE: BEHOLD the entire card featuring the prequel story about Sirius Black and James Potter is now online for all to read via this link. To read,Continued...
New Harry Potter Prequel to Feature Marauders Story (Updated)
Following on the big news from yesterday about the brand new 800 word prequel to events in the Harry Potter series, we now have some additional information about what the story will feature. According to the Guardian, we will be hearing more about the beloved Marauders, as the paper reports theContinued...
Big News! JKR Writes New Harry Potter Prequel for Charity Auction
Hang on everyone, as there is some rather big news tonight regarding that notecard that J.K. Rowling has written for a charity auction in June. MSNBC is reporting tonight that the note card is actually “an 800-word Harry Potter prequel.” The only other information onContinued...
Official: Two Parts for "Deathly Hallows" Movie, David Yates to Direct Both Films
DH FilmBig News everyone! The L.A Times is reporting an exclusive today: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be made in two films, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" , and "HarryContinued...
New Book Written by J.K. Rowling to Be Auctioned for Charity
Some amazing news this morning for you as author J.K. Rowling has announced on her website she has written a new book, however there is only one to be made available to the public, and it will be sold for charity. On her website, Jo states this new book is based on a tale that is mentionedContinued...
J. K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall Reveals Dumbledore is Gay; Neville Marries Hannah Abbott, and Much More
Note: A preliminary transcript is now at the end of this post; please note that there may be some small errors in phrasing, and all questions have been paraphrasedContinued...
Fly the Ford Anglia at New Harry Potter Theme Park?
There are a few pieces of news tonight regarding the newly announced "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" theme park coming to the Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
First, for those that missed the news before, the HarryPotter/Universal website we told youContinued...
New "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" Theme Park Announced for Universal Studios
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There is an exciting turn of events tonight as Universal Studios and the people behind Harry Potter announced that there will in fact be a Hogwarts type theme park at Universal Studios (Islands of Adventure) in Orlando, Florida called "The WizardingContinued...
J.K. Rowling to Sign Copies of "Deathly Hallows" in London July 21
J.K. Rowling has updated her website with news regarding a book signing for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on July 21. Our favorite author has announced a new contest for fans to attend this moonlight signing of copies of the last Harry Potter book the night of the release whereContinued...
Scholastic Edition of "Deathly Hallows" to have 784 Pages; Printed on Recycled Paper
In a major announcement today about their intent to print Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book on recycled paper, Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels said that the last Harry Potter book will have "784" pages.
This will make theContinued...
"There Will Soon Be 7" Official Scholastic "Deathly Hallows" Countdown Begins in April, More on Deluxe Edition
We have a bit of news today from Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels. They have updated their Harry Potter website with a new area indicating the launch of a full countdown and more to the release of Harry Potter and theContinued...
Amazon Calls Book Seven "Most Eagerly Awaited Books of All Time"
With the news of the title for the last Harry Potter book now publicly announced, there has been widespread media reaction as you can imagine. Here are just a few of the news stories of interest on the subject:
Amazon.com is the focus of this story from Bloomberg news which highlightsContinued...