A few days ago we told you that casting had not yet begun for the next film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Production on that film is scheduled to start in January of 2006. CBBC Newsround now has an article with further information about casting for the fifth film, stating that the …read more!

MuggleThai.com has posted more photos of the Hungarian Horntail being used in the filming of Goblet of Fire. Click here to see more, including shots of the dragon’s wings. Thanks to MuggleNet and MuggleThai.com!

Bloomsbury.com has been updated now with a new poster for download that reminds us to set our alarms for the Half-Blood Prince release. A change has also been made to their countdown calendar with a special mark on March 11th, which is RED NOSE DAY. In conjunction with that day, Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) will …read more!

Have the people at Microsoft been watching the Harry Potter movies? Perhaps, as this clock was on display as part of Microsoft’s Techfest, a festival where new products being developed are revealed. Says the Seattle Times “Microsoft researchers have put a new twist on telling time, creating a digital wall clock with hands for each …read more!

Better quality resolution of the Durmstrang ship and the graveyard scene Lego toys – check it out. Thanks Eddie!

The Prisoner of Azkaban soundtrack has nabbed the 2004 Soundtrack of the Year Award from StreamingSoundtracks.com. The award was nominated by SST and voted on by the station’s users. Thanks Nico!

Zach of the Harry Potter Fan Zone let us know about work at the University of Pennsylvania on an actual invisibility shield called a “plasmonic cover”. The Scotsman writes: According to Dr Andrea Alu and Dr Nader Engheta, the engineers behind the project, the key is to reduce light scattering. Objects are visible because light …read more!

There are rumors going around that according to an Italian magazine OotP director David Yates is considering casting an American actress as Lily Potter in OotP. This is false. This rumor came up last week and a WB rep instantly shot it down to TLC. Casting is not yet underway on OotP, and Geraldine Somerville …read more!

Happy Birthday to everyone’s favorite redheaded Keeper, Ron Weasley! There’s a birthday wish on JKRowling.com. Also… a birdie tells us it’s time to look on Bloomsbury.com as well! And of course, it being the first of a new month, there is a new Wizard of the Month on JKRowling.com: Mungo Bonham: (1560 – 1659) Famous …read more!

The HBP snippet that’s been circulating has been confirmed to TLC by the publishers of the catalog in which it appeared as completely unofficial and culled from fan sites. In an email, Publishers Quality Library Service said: “Scholastic has provided us with no facts about the contents to the new book.” The email went on …read more!