A brand spanking new Pottermore-themed episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now available for your listening pleasure. The day of the big announcement, we now know what Pottermore is…right? Your PotterCast hosts Melissa, John and Frak were joined by Ben Schoen of Mugglecast to talk about what the Pottermore announcement means for Harry …read more!

Comcast’s XFINITY will be unveiling three exclusive previews from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” in the coming days. The first, called The Story, was posted online this afternoon and provides a sneak peek at Ariana Dumbledore’s portrait in the Hog’s Head Pub, members of the Order of the Phoenix putting protective enchantments …read more!

We have some new pictures from “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” which appeared in the July issue of Japanese magazine Screen. The pictures feature a variety of things such as Harry and Luna in the castle and Aberforth Dumbledore. You can view all of them images here, including some photoshool images of Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), …read more!

Minute-long snippets from each of the 25 tracks from the official “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” soundtrack has been published online via GoBuz. Scroll down and click on “ecoutez les extraits” to launch the music player! The soundtrack is once again composed by Alexandre Desplat who also worked on “Part 1,” and has a scheduled release …read more!

As we reported this morning, Harry Potter author announced further details about Pottermore this morning via a YouTube video announcement and press conference open to select media outlets. Leaky now has the full transcript from the press conference to read below.Pottermore, it was revealed, is “a unique and free-to-use website which builds an exciting online …read more!

Update: J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore announcement video released: WATCH HERE or below. Pottermore screenshots and publicity photos here. Info as we get it: Pottermore is an interactive new Web site and reading experience with more than 18,000 new words from J.K. Rowling: Much more to come. JKR behind the scenes filming the video picture. An …read more!

Harry Potter producer David Heyman was recently the subject of an interview with Film Journal International. The producer of all eight Harry Potter films spoke about the enormous impact the series has had on his life and as well as his next project, “Gravity,” being directed by Alfonso Cuaron. The interview provides some great insight …read more!

In a new interview with Parade Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) about a variety of topics, but mostly his feelings on playing Neville Longbottom for the past ten years. Lewis recalls his audition for the character: “It was at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, which is where I live. I was a huge fan of the …read more!

For day two of Leaky’s Dear Mr. Potter Daily Giveaway leave the answer to the following question in the comments: who was your favourite character when you first started the Harry Potter series and how has that changed (if it has) over the years? A quick reminder that this contest is open to registered Leaky …read more!

The New York Times is reporting Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling will be in attendance at a press conference tomorrow morning, following an expected YouTube announcement regarding Pottermore. The articles states: Ms. Rowling will appear at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Thursday morning. Her spokeswoman instructed reporters in an e-mail that Ms. Rowling …read more!