Back to casting news, many people have wondered how Rik Mayall and Verne Troyer both got the part of “Peeves” the poltergeist. It all started with a September 1, 2000 article in Entertainment Weekly that talked about Verne Troyer’s latest role: “He is now doing duty as a ghoul in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s …read more!

According to the AP, cake decorating and food crafting company Wilton Industries will be coming out with Harry Potter related products in September: Harry Potter fans will want to check out a new line the company will introduce in September, based on the popular children’s books. The Harry Potter collection will consist of a cake …read more!

Julie Walters, playing Mrs. Molly Weasley, won a Best Actress award at the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards for her role in “All My Sons” at the Royal National Theatre. She was apparently unable to attend the performance due to her filming of the Harry Potter movie. Good news! She’s working hard!! Filming for the Harry …read more!

One of our readers faithfully typed in a facinating article from the London Telegraph about a food stylist. It turns out the same woman who did the fabulous chocolate spreads for “Chocolat” is working on the Harry Potter movie. As soon as I find the article online, I’ll link to it: Chocolat opens this weekend, …read more!

People have been asking how rumors got out about Derek Jacobi playing the role of Mr. Ollivander. This quote from an August 2000 Birmingham Post article may shed some light on the situation: And Jacobi does confess to a secret dream. ‘I would give anything to do the part of the Wand Seller in the …read more!

While we wait for more Harry Potter news, let’s turn to an interesting interview of J.K. Rowling from March 2000 in the Daily Record. In it, Rowling suggests who she visualizes playing certain characters: Insiders also say that Rowling had visualised a predominantly British cast that included Scotland’s Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, the school groundsman; …read more!

The latest picture of the new site also gives us the name of the actor playing Dudley Dursley – the young Harry Melling. Harry Potter Galleries has a zoomed-in picture of him from one of the Dark Horizon photos out this morning. Although he looks a lot like his fat-self in this picture from Warner …read more!

The Official Harry Potter Movie site has posted the first official picture from the movie. This is yet another letter scene in the Dursleys. “Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head. Next moment, thirty or forty letters came pelting out of the …read more!

Also in the Dark Horizons report is a rumor of the upcoming trailer: A teaser trailer is rumoured to be in front of the upcoming “See Spot Run”.

THEY’RE HERE!!! Finally! (Yes, my favorite word) Dark Horizons has secured 4 promotional stills from the Harry Potter movie and they’re phenomenal. And let me tell you, I’m psyched. See the pictures at the Harry Potter Movie Galleries. I’m making an guess on the scenes: This picture looks like Harry, Ron and Hermione at their …read more!