Harry Potter News

Jason Isaacs on Fiennes as Voldemort: ” A Tour de Force”

Mar 16, 2005

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Film Focus has posted a new interview with actors Jason Isaacs and Emma Watson. They talk about the upcoming Goblet of Fire film, as well as the Order of the Phoenix film, which is in pre-production and not slated to begin filming until January of 2006. Jason Isaacs, who is back as Lucius Malfoy, spoke …read more!

Happy Birthday Sean Biggerstaff

Mar 15, 2005

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Celebrating his 22nd birthday today is Sean Biggerstaff(Oliver Wood). Happy Birthday Sean!

Casanova Crouch: David Tennant in BBC Drama

Mar 15, 2005

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David Tennant, who plays Barty Crouch Jr. in GoF, will be leagues away from Azkaban this week when he appears as the title character in Casanova on BBC 3. The drama aims to paint the classic wooer in a funnier and more sympathetic tone than he has been portrayed in the past; Tennant’s depiction is …read more!

New Goblet of Fire Poster

Mar 14, 2005

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One Take Watson.com has found a brand new promotional poster for the Goblet of Fire film, which is apparently in the new issue of Nickelodeon magazine. The poster has new photos of the trio which you can see here. Enjoy! Thanks very much connie! UPDATE: The link to One Take Watson.com is not working at …read more!

Potter Actors Attend Empire Film Awards

Mar 14, 2005

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Cast members from the Harry Potter films attended last night’s Empire Film Awards in London. CBBC Newsround reports that Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) presented the award for Best British Film. Also attending were Jason Issacs (Lucius Malfoy) and Alan Rickman (Professor Snape). Be sure to check the Empire Online Gallery for a nice photo of …read more!

Dragons Are Coming!

Mar 13, 2005

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Do you believe that Dragons are real? There is a new television special set to air on Animal Planet called Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real all about these fascinating mythological creatures that are part of the Harry Potter world. For this special produced by the people who made the award- winning show Walking with Dinosaurs, …read more!

Happy Birthday Harry Melling

Mar 13, 2005

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Today actor Harry Melling who plays Dudley Dursley is celebrating his 16th birthday. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Sue!

Mar 12, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Everyone, it makes me so happy to report that today is everyone’s favorite news wench Sue Upton’s coughcoughnd birthday. We’re sending a free round of drinks round the ol’ Leaky in honor of the occasion. Happy Birthday, Sue, we don’t know what we’d do without you!

JKR and the Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick

Mar 12, 2005

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“It was a mistake any wizard could make Who was tired and caught on the hop One piffling error, and then, to my terror, I found myself facing the chop. – excerpt from the Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick by JKRowling Do you know the Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick? As stated on her website …read more!

GoF Cartoon, Unforgivables Revisited

Mar 11, 2005

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Cartoonist John Cook let us know that there is a new Hairy Plopper parody cartoon online, in which we see Moody asking for the names of the three Unforgivable curses, with interesting results. Users submitted the punchline of this parody; you can see the winning one and more than 1,000 others at the link; feel …read more!



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