Update: Now confirmed to TLC by Warner Brothers: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will open in the US on July 11, 2007 No reason was given to us for the change, however as Coming Soon first reported, “this will give the movie a potential big five-day opening, from Wednesday through Sunday.” Readers …read more!

A Superior Court Judge today upheld an earlier decision by school officials to keep the Harry Potter series on the shelves of Gwinnett County school libraries, despite the repeated attempts of a Georgia woman who seeks to have the novels banned. Laura Mallory appeared in court today in an appeal to have the books removed, …read more!

More new scans from the Panini Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sticker book are now online. Included are (spoiler!) our first look at young Lily during the Pensieve scene, as well as a new photo of a dejected Malfoy, new Snape, McGonagall, Seamus, Arthur at the Ministry, and finally a huge group …read more!

It’s time for question number four from Scholastic, as part of the “There Will Soon be 7” countdown campaign to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This week, shipping is on their minds of sorts as the new question is “Who Winds Up with Whom?” At this link, you can vote for …read more!

Right on time! :cough: Our special live-from-Phoenix-Rising edition of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now available for download! To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download. What’s in store? This show took place on opening night of the Harry Potter conference …read more!

Additional scans from a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sticker book are now online, showing some new scenes from the movies. Among the new are a glimpse of Ron and Hermione in Grimmauld Place (perhaps while cleaning the rooms), a look at Harry hugging Sirius while standing in front of the Black …read more!

The St. Petersburg Times has an extensive piece about Phoenix Rising, the Harry Potter conference that took place last week in New Orleans. They are reporting that the event “drew about 1,000 participants to New Orleans” and throughout the weekend, people dressed in wizard attire took part in Quidditch games, wizard rock concerts and “discussed …read more!

Reports are beginning to come in regarding advance ticket sales for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Many of you owled to say that Odeon theatres in the UK are already selling advance tickets, and now AMC Theaters in the US are set to start their pre-sales of tickets on June …read more!

A reminder tonight for those who may still be considering attending “Sonorous,” the one day Harry Potter gathering being held in Lancaster, California Saturday, June 9. As we told you previously, the event will include a special dinner and feature two speakers, Steve Vander Ark of our Floo partner, the HP-Lexicon, as well as author …read more!

Scotland on Sunday has a lengthy new article about possible locations in Scotland to be used for the filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In a rather delicious piece of irony, one of the leading contenders for the possible site of filming for the dramatic Cave chapter is at a place called Cape …read more!