The German voice of Harry Potter is 11-year-old Tim Schwarzmaier from Munich. He will do the German dubbing of Daniel Radcliffe according to todays “Bild am Sonntag”. J.K. Rowling personally gave her okay for Tim doing the part. Reportedly, the sixth-grader is getting paid 1600 marks (US$ 750) for his work, that has been completed …read more!

The Independent has a story on what to expect from Warner Bros. PR machine in the next ten days. Here are some excerpts: Industry sources said that Warner Bros would have set aside about £5m to publicise the film in Britain alone. The set-piece event of a 48-hour publicity blitz after Sunday’s gala première will …read more!

Today’s New York Times has a front page article on the merchandising of the movie and book, entitled Coming Soon: Harry Potter and Hollywood’s Cash Cow. The article includes interviews with marketing people and discusses the slow rollout of merchandise and the change from the (really bad) art to the photographs from the movie and …read more!

Beano, the famous, very traditionally British comic, will run a nine-page special teaming Harry Potter with the Bash Street Kids. Sunday Mail reports. Rowling contacted Beano bosses to thank them as soon as she heard about the strip. Beano editor Eean Kerr said: “We’ve just had an e-mail from JK Rowling who was chuffed to …read more!

World Premiere Day Harry Potter 1 has its world premiere in London today, and we have the first stills from Harry Potter 2 here on HPGalleries/TLC (click here). Picture #1 shows Mr. Weasley’s bewitched Ford Anglia on the Hogwarts grounds, near Hagrid’s hut. Picture #2 shows Ron and Harry on a foggy night on their …read more!

Acclaimed fanfic author (and complete sweetheart) R.J. Anderson gives us a rumor from a (kinda) unlikely place: a Lord of the Rings show. There’s a LOTR show at Casa Loma in Toronto running through Nov. 11, about which The One Ring has filed a report. Some very interesting info near the bottom: Casa Loma found …read more!

John sent us this report from the Harry Potter premiere in London: Just been down to Leicester Square in London. The Odeon Cinema, venue for tomorrow’s world premiere of Harry Potter 1, is in the process of being transformed. The entire outside of the building (which is big) is being covered with an enormous painting …read more!

Summer sent us this link to an article in The Star that has an interview with J.K. Rowling. Nothing new, but this is funny: QUESTION: Can you tell me anything about the next Harry Potter novel, which will be No. 5? ROWLING: Well, it will be a papery object with pages inside. Thanks a lot, …read more!

Rames has posted yet another great set of stills.

Nancy sends us a list from TVGuide.com of Harry Potter coverage. ABC – Ebert & Roeper: November 11, 11:30 A.M. (EST) – movie review NBC – Today Show November 12 – Daniel Radcliffe November 13 – Emma Watson, Rupert Grint November 14 – Chris Columbus CBS – Rosie O’Donnell: November 15, 9:00 a.m. (EST) [I …read more!