Empire Online has a great little interview with Jason Isaacs about his previously confirmed casting as Lucius Malfoy. Isaacs talks about being hated by children the world over, it’s a great read.

More on the DVD! Access Hollywood showed very brief flashes of the unseen footage – Neville in Leg-Lock curse (perhaps now we’ll get to see all the stuff from the book they cut for time? For instance, in the scene where Petunia is taking a picture of Dudley, he’s by the fireplace and in his …read more!

More news on the release of Harry Potter on video and DVD from Sign On San Diego. Also, website The Digital Bits has a scan of the DVD cover along with a picture of the main menu screen. Local entrepreneurs are hoping that the cinematic escapades of Harry Potter and the assorted rival wizards of …read more!

You may now cast your vote for the Orange Film of the Year. Voting closes midnight 21 February 2002. Harry Potter will take center stage Thursday as the Lapeer (Michigan) Board of Education considers using the popular books as an eighth-grade supplemental reading selection. The discussion promises to be the third straight meeting during which …read more!

A little more info on the DVD: Available in both Fullscreen and Widescreen I got a little sneak peek of the never-before-seen-footage: I saw flashes of Hagrid and Harry on the tube, Petunia cooking, Petunia taking a picture of Dudley. Quidditch lesson includes original quidditch montage with footage of Harry and Oliver Wood (Biggerstaff fans, …read more!

Reader Lara writes us with more DVD news! It’s official. Warner Home Video has just announced the DVD release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for May 28th. The disc will be available in 2 versions – anamorphic widescreen and full frame (SRP $26.99 each). Each will be a 2-disc special edition, containing the …read more!

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is working unprecedented magic at Chinese cinemas. Warner Bros. estimates the film grossed $2 million (1.4 million pounds) on 200 prints over the first five days of official release (January 30-February 3), an impressive sum for a foreign movie in China. Rupert Grint’s new film Thunderpants will be released …read more!

Whilst searching through Amazon.com for any “Harry Potter” news, I found a page where one can sign up to be notified when the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone DVD becomes available. More interesting, however, is the list of extra features: Two disc set Never-before-seen footage Self-guided tour of Hogwarts Mix potions, perform transfigurations, explore …read more!

On July 31, Scholastic will release the paperback edition of the fastest selling book in history, “Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire”. As reported on ComingSoon.com, Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun-Times got talking to The Count of Monte Cristo star Richard Harris, who is filming Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in …read more!

Empire Online reports that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Technical Achievement. The magic touch of Harry Potter helped boost the shares in Hornby, the maker of classic train and racing car sets, after it said it expected profits to significantly exceed market expectations after …read more!