CBBC Newsround has an update from OotP filming today, with lots of great new information. First, filming of “THE KISS” between Harry and Cho has been delayed, due to Dan Radclifffe being ill on the day that scene was supposed to be shot. “‘Katie escaped, but I will get her,’ joked Dan. Katie [Leung] said …read more!

Variety reports that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film, will have a budget of more than $150 million. It also notes that this has little to do with salary: “‘Potter,’ [doesn’t] have a star with anything close to a $20 million payday.”

Dark Horizons has posted an item today that says there’s an issue of “HOLA” with an interview with Liz Hurley that strongly implies she will be playing Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, due to start filming in Jan or Feb: “I want to have fun and when I learned …read more!

The Express newspaper today has a new article about the possibility of filming for Order of the Phoenix taking place in the Czech Republic. According to the paper, this move away from filming in Scotland and using Czech Republic locales instead, is a result of several factors, one being the continued inclement weather which forced …read more!

A few days ago we told you that casting had not yet begun for the next film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Production on that film is scheduled to start in January of 2006. CBBC Newsround now has an article with further information about casting for the fifth film, stating that the …read more!

A representative for Warner Brothers said today that there is “no truth whatsoever” in the previously reported rumor that model/actress Elizabeth Hurley has been cast in HP5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Director David Yates said in British Newspaper “This is Wiltshire” that he will be directing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: “I will be directing the film but there are a few more details to be finalised on the deal over the next week.” This goes with what sources have been saying all …read more!

French newspaper Le Parisien reports that director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) has decided not to take on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. When asked what future projects he had, he replied “Warner offered me Harry Potter five but I had to decide in two weeks. I’ve told them ‘No, thanks’.” We’ll confirm when …read more!