To continue our slew of casting rumors, our parent site Harry Potter Galleries has posted the following rumor about Hugh Grant playing Gilderoy Lockhart in the second movie: RUMOR: a reader let us know that Hugh Grant “was on the Rosie O’Donnell talk show a month ago (we confirmed that – early April 2001!), blatantly …read more!

Warner Bros. Harrypotter.com – Promise and Reality Promise: (quoted from the Harry Potter FAQ): “The Daily Prophet area is where you should go to get the latest news on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (or Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for those of you who live in the United Kingdom and Europe.) That …read more!

Steven Spielberg on the Harry Potter movie in the New York Times: Mr. Spielberg sighed. “Well, `Color Purple’ is a good example,” he said. “That was a film where there was more ink shed on the comparison with the Alice Walker novel than there was on the merits or problems with the film. In fact, …read more!

It’s certainly stunt night at The Leaky Cauldron. After a bit more searching, we came across the Web site for Theo Kypri whose credits state that he was an “SD Voldemort” or a stunt double for Voldemort under Stunt Coordinator Greg Powell for the Harry Potter movie. The confusion continues and we can only speculate …read more!

We’ve done a little more research ourselves and found out that BBC ‘999’ resident stuntman Marc Cass is the Assistant Stunt Coordinator (possibly under Gregory Powell) for the Harry Potter movie. Besides finding the credits on Marc’s official Web site, we also found mention of it on the Next of Kin organization’s news site.

A reader’s recent email reminded us that last week we stumbled upon the Web sites www.james-phelps.com and www.oliver-phelps.com. We were very curious because as you all know, no one has come across pictures of these two actors, set to play the Weasley twins Gred and Forge….I mean…Fred and George in this fall’s Harry Potter movie. …read more!

Chase from HarryPotter7.net picked up on our stunt actors research and found some information of his own. It appears that stunt actor Gary Arthurs is in the movie in one form or another. His stunt duties are currently unknown and like Chase, we are following up with Mr. Arthurs to see if he can “spill …read more!

In confusing but exciting news, Thomas de Veen and our other anonymous fan both emailed us more interesting information that seems to CONFIRM the rumor that Richard Bremmer plays Lord Voldemort in the first movie: I’ve searched on the net, and it seems that Mr. Joss Gower is playing Bremmer’s stunt double in the Potter …read more!

Harry Potter Carnival may not come to India A long planned, week-long mega event in the Indian metropolis Bangalore may not come to life, because copyright holders Warner Brothers giving it the cold shoulder. Themes from Harry Potter novels were proposed to be recreated in Bangalore and many resorts on the outskirts of the city. …read more!

Reader Merlayne Redyng emailed us this tidbit: Also, at http://www.reddwarf.co.uk, they have this bit of information: Plaster king Paul Spateri – whose work you might have seen in Candyman, The Mummy and the forthcoming Harry Potter movie. This leads me to wonder what work he has done for the movie – for Red Dwarf: The …read more!