Or, rather, four of them. Bloomsbury announced four new covers for Harry Potter one through four, all designed similar to the adult jacket of OotP. The adult hardback of OotP has reached 10 percent of total sales, the press release says. The books will be rereleased on July 8, 2004, the four-year anniversary of the …read more!

A number of published reports are saying that Mike Newell, while getting ready to direct GoF, has said that the fourth Potter film will cost 170 million pounds, 5 million pounds more than Return of the King, and the most expensive film ever made. Newell also said he’s casting at the moment, looking for “giant …read more!

A rare draft copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” sold at auction for 1,468 GBP or $2,500 USD. This proof copy of the book was considered valuable because of a printing error where the author is credited on the title page as JA rather than JK Rowling.

Leaky readers who were so quick to point this out to us, pat yourself on the back: the Guardian ran a correction today, saying that the WH Smith award would not be JKR’s first adult award (see more in our previous correction here)- as she won the Hugo in 2001.

In conversation with the Bishop of Birmingham (the Rt. Rev John Sentamu) yesterday, the Queen had herself a chuckle when she named Albus Dumbledore as the headmaster of Hogwarts, the Daily Telegraph reported today. The bishop asked the question during his sermon the Queen was attending the service (her country home is near Sandringham). :”The …read more!

Ix sent us a scan of the LA Times article, with a beautiful new pic of Hermione and Harry helping Ron on his bad leg in PoA:

The San Bernadino Sun’s “U Film” section has a new article on PoA, with new quotes and even a new pic of Harry reading by wandlight. Cuaron speaks of his differences from Columbus: “It’s just different minds, with different virtues and different flaws,’ Cuaron says graciously by phone from an editing room in London. “What …read more!

The Los Angeles Times has posted five new pictures from PoA to go with their new article, “Teen Angst at Hogwarts” in the Calendar Live section. (Click for larger versions): Much, much thanks to Mariannec and ix for getting these to us! Below is a sum-up of the new information and quotes in the very …read more!

Entertainment Weekly posted a short interview with Alfonso Cuaron on its preview of the hottest 10 movies for 2004. You have to be a subscriber or an AOL member for the whole article, but here are relevant quotes from the impish director: “The moment I read the book, I was hooked. It’s a myth for …read more!

The official UK Harry Potter website has posted a new interview with Emma Watson(Hermione). In this Q & A, she answers fans’ questions about things like what her day is like on the set , and confirms that she will be in film 4 -“Goblet of Fire”. Editors Note: This interview can be found at …read more!