Starburst Magazine has a short article about special effects used in the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. An interview with special effects supervisor Nick Dudmam reveals that the wings on the 40 foot long Horntail dragon “are literally ‘puppeteered’ from behind, and the tail?-it’s a tail on a stick basically.” The front of the dragon …read more!

Your submissions have been in the hundreds and they’re all amazing, but we have to stop them from coming into our inboxes eventually: If you want to apply to be a Leaky editor, do so by tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3, by 5pm Eastern (10pm Greenwich, etc.) time. For more info, see our original posting here. …read more!

According to several readers who’ve mailed us in the past few weeks and several sources, the Goblet of Fire trailer will be about 1:21 minutes. While this has been widespread on fan sites in the past few weeks, we held it a little bit longer to ensure its veracity – but we thank you for …read more!

Warner Brothers and the IMAX Corporation have announced this morning that the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film will be released simultaneously on IMAX and in regular theatres on November 18th, 2005. A Warner Brothers executive is quoted as saying “We previously committed to releasing two of Warner Bros. Pictures’ biggest tentpole films …read more!

Actor Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) will be appearing at an airshow in England on Saturday, July 16th. According to This is Wiltshire, the actor is due to appear at the Royal International Air Tattoo, and “the star will be available to sign books on the same day that the latest in the saga from JK …read more!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will be airing on cable station HBO starting on Saturday June 4th at 8pm(ET). The behind the scenes special called “The Making of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” will also be airing several times throughout the month on HBO as well. Thanks to the many readers …read more!

During tonight’s ABC television broadcast of Sorcerer’s Stone, a new commercial for next week’s special broadcast of Chamber of Secrets aired, showing new footage from the sneak peek of Goblet of Fire. Reports say a quick clip of Harry swiming underwater, Hermione at the Yule ball, and a shot of one of the dragons was …read more!

JKRowling.com has been updated with a new Wizard of the Month for May. Cheers! 🙂

HP4U.co.uk. has posted another set report from the Goblet of Fire filming earlier this year. While there are not too many spoilers, there is a fun mention of a “fluffy white ferret”(Yay!). Also, there is this more serious description of the graveyard set, and a quote from actor Robert Pattinson who plays Hufflepuff Champion Cedric …read more!

Everyone join us in wishing a very happy birthday to our technoguru, BK! We know it’ll be a great one.