The Hollywood Reporter has a new report about the financial success that Warner Brothers had in 2004, due in part to the Harry Potter films. According to the article, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the studio’s top domestic money maker, making more than 294 million dollars. The article goes on to say …read more!

Some sadly eerie news via the Swedish Rowling Fan Club site – The swedish paper Aftonbladet writes today that they have found pages from the Swedish version of OotP (Harry Potter och Fenixorden) in the ruins after the tsunami struck a hotel in Khao Lak in Thailand. As the article says, “En bit från en …read more!

The Baltimore Sun recently published their review of what they considered to be the best films of 2004, focusing on the screenwriters of these films. In particular, attention was given to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The film was chosen as one of their top ten, calling it “A studio-made special- effects fantasy …read more!

PoA was selected the most popular movie of the year by Yahoo! Movies, beating out such film sas Shrek 2, The Incredibles and Spider-Man 2. Not bad!

Thanks to Jennna at DanRadcliffe.com, who sent these pics along (which we were able to edit/post at a time she could not), we present to you some shots of the filming of one of the Trio’s scenes and of the second task in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, sent in by a reader …read more!

Thanks to all who emailed! (We were partying for New Year’s and not at our computers.) The new wizard of the month at JKRowling.com is: Derwent Shimpling (1912 – present) Ate an entire Venemous Tentacula for a bet and survived, though is still purple. Thanks for the many emails letting us know the News and …read more!

And the year ends with news! The current issue of Premiere has our first look at Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter. Note that this picture is pre-first-task – and the dragonhide and sleeve-horns on Skeeter’s costume. Thank you Deniska for the scan! Also thanks MuggleNet for the article: Another year at Hogwarts, another director charge. …read more!

Happy New Year everyone! Because 2005 is going to be such a big year for Harry Potter fans, we thought now was a good time to look back at 2004, which wasn’t too shabby either where we’re concerned. Editor Sue scoured our archives and found all our 2004 highlights, so we hope you enjoy this …read more!

Actor David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) will be seen in several new films in 2005, and the trailers for these movies are now online. In “Kingdom of Heaven“, a film about the Crusades starring Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson, David will play a priest named Hospitaler . The website is now open (flash site), and the …read more!

A few days ago we told you that Oliver and James Phelps and Devon Murray (the Weasley twins and Seamus in the Harry Potter films) were to appear in the Sunshine State in January for “The Coolest Show on Earth” in Orlando, Fla. And this has turned into a big rigamarole, so read below for …read more!