Empire Online has some nice pictures of the Mattel toys for Harry Potter, including a full diorama set of Hogwarts school with interiors. Check it out!

Wizards of the Coast new Harry Potter trading card game will be released next month. “We’re certainly excited about the Harry Potter series,” a company spokesman told The Pawtucket Times, “I think only time will tell” if Harry Potter card will be as popular as Pokemon. Board games featuring Potter have not sold particularly well. …read more!

Entertainment Weekly has a story out today, saying that J.K. Rowling personally discussed the position of Harry’s scar with director Chris Columbus. Thanks to our reader Gale for the alert. Lightning has rarely been this hot. Potter-heads are buzzing over the new trailer for this fall’s film version of ”Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” …read more!

We have received the following note from Decipher Inc. after signing up for the Harry Potter Fan Club: Dear Harry Potter Fan — Thank you for signing up a couple of weeks ago for the Official Harry Potter Fan Club. Unfortunately, this Club is not yet operational. Decipher has submitted a proposal to Warner Bros. …read more!

Bad news: Scholastic Inc., the American publisher of the Harry Potter books, today published a financial outlook for its fiscal year 2002. The following line makes all Harry Potter fans sad, as this seems to be an official confirmation that we won’t see book five anytime soon: “Due to the absence of a new Harry …read more!

We’ve gotten ahold of another “call sheet” and posted it at the galleries section of our Web site. Rames has done a “Day on the Set” review and we learn many things including that Jean Southern will be playing the woman pushing the cart of treats on the Hogwarts Express. Enjoy!

We want to repeat that “Hugh Grant playing Prof. Lockhart” is still in rumor status!! MovieHeadlines.Net “confirmed” this rumor on Monday, a reader emailed us that Hugh Grant appeared on “Good Morning America”, talking about his part (we could not confirm this) — but Grant’s spokesperson, Karin Smith told Popcorn yesterday “it’s the first I’ve …read more!

Empire Online reports today that the second Harry Potter trailer hits British cinemas this Friday, screening before “Jurassic Park 3”.

Our reader Mellisa sent us the following article, that appeared in “Theatre Mask” magazine, Issue 23: Editing and laying down the soundtrack are underway on “Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone”, and the film is due at a cinema near you on November 16. They’re planning a big preview party for the young people of …read more!

Wizards of the Coast are taking pre-orders for the Harry Potter trading card game at their website. Featured are the starter set, priced at $9.99, which includes 82 cards, and the booster set, which includes 11 cards, and is priced at $3.29. The packaging shown on the Wizards of the Coast website includes the familiar …read more!