HP Fan Trips is offering another great chance for fans to travel to the UK this summer and experience firsthand, some of the settings used in the Harry Potter films. These trips, which have been very successful in the past, have added some nice features this year. The Scottish group MacUmba will perform at a …read more!

In case you forgot…the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD is now available in stores here in the US and in Canada. Many of the the retailers are doing promotions and sales for the new DVD, which is also available through our shop. After you check out all the nice goodies on the …read more!

Happy Tuesday! The 29th PotterCast is now up and ready for download. In this show: -Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Stuart Craig, production designer of the Harry Potter films, on the kind of nitty-gritty detail only we fans care about -Coming this week: The first-ever Harry Potter Fan DVD Commentary, with the PotterCasters – a …read more!

Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) and Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) are among the cast of “Becoming Jane,” a film about Jane Austen’s romance with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy. Their respective roles have not yet been announced. The film also stars Anne Hathaway (of “The Princess Diaries” and “Brokeback Mountain”) as the British author, and is …read more!

While in New Zealand touring recently with a stage production of The History Boys, actor Richard Griffiths gave a new interview where he discussed his role as Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter films. Speaking with a reporter from The Dominion Post , he reflected on what it was like to take on the role …read more!

Previously we told you that there were concerns about the weather and the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Scotland. Today The Telegraph reports that while much of Scotland is being affected by snow, the part of the country where Potter Five is filming has not gotten as much snow. …read more!

We are so very proud to announce the unveiling of Scribbulus, Leaky’s home for Harry Potter essays and opinion pieces. This is probably the biggest addition we’ve had to Leaky since the redesign, and we’re so excited to finally be able to open it to you. This is something that has taken months, and has …read more!

At the Oscar awards tonight, Six Shooter, starring actor Brendan Gleeson ( Mad- Eye Moody) has just won the Academy Award for ”Best Live Action Short Film.” Congratulations to Brendan! Update: Congratulations go as well to actor Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort), who did voice work on the animated movie “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of …read more!

Just a reminder that the Academy Awards are being presented tonight in Los Angeles. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been nominated for “Achievement in Art Direction.” Best of luck to Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillian! Also “Cashback ” which stars Sean Biggerstaff (Gryffindor Qudditch Captain Oliver Wood) and “Six Shooter“, starring Brendan …read more!

UPDATE: We’ve confirmed that the Times‘s use of the words the “next” Harry Potter book are incorrect. Jo is not yet sure which book she will be reading, but it will NOT BE BOOK SEVEN. She won’t read from that until it’s finished and published. This was an unfortunate misprint. The Sunday Times reports today …read more!