Peter Burroughs (Flash Gordon, Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, 10th Kingdom) and Ray Griffiths (the stand-in for Jake Lloyd in Star Wars: Episode I) are playing goblin bank clerks at Gringotts Bank in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” Confirmed at a Science Fiction Fair in Bristol, England, this weekend.

According to sources from MovieHeadlines.Net, the rumor we first posted here on June 25 is now confirmed: “Hugh Grant IS Gilderoy Lockhart in the next film, 100%, no question. The agency he is represented by has finished the deal…”

“Harry” is currently the top name chosen for baby boys in Britain, and Rowling has even been credited with a rise in boarding-school enrollment. Young readers worldwide want to emulate Harry and his fictional pals – all of whom are bundled off to wizardry school each fall in the series. Rowling, clearly, is taking the …read more!

Lots of interesting “Chamber of Secrets” rumors today!! Please note – all these are just rumors! We do never post anonymous rumors on The Leaky Cauldron, also we do have a name related to the movie production as a source for all rumors we publish here. But they’ll stay rumors until the actor, the actor’s …read more!

Issue 734 of the Comic Book News has a funny 9-panel comic strip showing what Harry Potter would look like in certain Marvel styles, including Professor Xavier Potter, Harry Hulk and Cyclops Potter. The inspiration for the strip was the recent report in the Sunday Mirror that J.K. Rowling has been in talks with Marvel …read more!

Issue 734 of Comic Book News states that the Harry Potter Trading Card Game which allows the players to create wizards of their own to play alongside Harry, Ron & Hermione (among others), is set for release in August. Starter sets will contain 82 cards and the suggested retail price will be $11.99. Booster sets …read more!

Recommended Harry Potter Links (next to the official sites) by The Times (London, UK) The Harry Potter Galleries (incl. The Leaky Cauldron) The Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club CineScape (ex Fandom) Message Board CyberGuide (Lesson Plans for Teachers) by The Washington Post (USA) The Harry Potter Galleries The Leaky Cauldron MuggleNet The Potter Pages

The UK paperback edition of “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Bloomsbury) has sold almost 100,000 copies in its first week, jumping straight to number one of this week’s bestsellers list, and lifting all the other Harry Potter paperbacks back into the Top 10.

Movie Release Dates: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone” November 2001 16.: United Kingdom, USA, Canada 17.: Taiwan 21.: Belgium, Philippines 22.: Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland 23.: Austria, Finland, South Africa 29.: Argentina, Australia, Israel, New Zealand 30.: Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Uruguay December 2001 01.: Japan, …read more!

The launch of the James & Oliver Phelps website (Fred and George Weasley in the movie), that was planned for July 12th, will be delayed for an indefinite time.