Today, Warner Brothers officially announced that composer Nicholas Hooper would provide the score for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. As previously reported, Mr. Hooper replaces Patrick Doyle for the fifth film. Nicholas Hooper has worked with Phoenix director David Yates before on films such as The Girl in the Cafe, and State …read more!

The calendar at JKRowling.com has been updated to wish a Happy Birthday to Neville Longbottom! Cheers, Neville. 🙂

There is some additional information online tonight about the videotaped message from David Yates and Dan Radcliffe promoting Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that was played at Comic-Con over the weekend. In addition to the photo and reports from earlier, Movie Web now has some additional quotes from this video, where David …read more!

Several reports are now online about the video message played at Comic-Con promoting Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Latino Review says the video of ” Daniel Radcliffe and the director was played to introduce the film. Each of them alludes to a famous kiss, but is humorously interrupted by something in the …read more!

Last month, we told you Warner Brothers was going to release the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film in IMAX the same day as it would be released into general theaters. At the very end of the press release, there was a brief mention of possibly converting a portion of the …read more!

A few weeks ago we told you about a photo seen at the New York Licensing Show promoting the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. A much better photo of this OotP promotion has surfaced on a blog for the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego. You can see this new photo …read more!

When filming resumes on Order of the Phoenix – on a hiatus for exam season – later this month, it will include filming of the scenes at 4 Privet Drive, sources have told Leaky. Meanwhile, our friends at MuggleNet have received some new photos from the location preparation for Harry Potter and the Order of …read more!

Matt from HarryPotterFanZone, let us know about a new interview they have with James Walter, the actor who plays a young Sirius Black in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie. The interview focuses on how James Walter landed the part, working with new director David Yates, and info on the …read more!

A quick reminder that voting for the MTV Movie Awards ends tomorrow. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was nominated in three categories, including “Best Villian” (Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort), “Best Hero” (Dan Radcliffe as Harry), and “Best On-Screen Team” (Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson). To vote online, click here. You can …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!