As readers will recall, last week we received word regarding a Harry Potter film countdown event in Japan which would show air an “exclusive preview” of the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” films. That event took place today, which prompted this account to come online via a Harry Potter forum detailing the footage shown.Update: …read more!

WB is calling for fans of the Harry Potter films on Facebook to “Join the Final Battle” with a new campaign for the first part of the final Harry Potter films today on the social networking site. As a grand prize for the campaign and competition, one hundred lucky UK and Ireland residents will receive …read more!

Several Harry Potter cast members will be attending Ring*Con, a fantasy convention held in Bonn, Germany. Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), James Phelps (Fred Weasley), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley), Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks), George Harris (Kingsley Shacklebolt), Nick Shirm (Zacharias Smith), and Louis Cordice (Blaise Zabini) are all confirmed guests of the convention, which runs from …read more!

As it is now past midnight in the UK, the calendar on J.K. Rowling’s official website has been updated to mark the 11th August birthday of Ginny Weasley. Many happy returns!

As of midnight tonight in the UK, there are 100 days left until “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” hits theaters! We are posting a quote from the first half of the book every day in celebration and to give us a chance to discuss and ponder the final book as it goes …read more!

In a followup this evening to yesterday’s post, Warner Bros. have issued a press release confirming that Seattle’s Pacific Science Centre will be the final host for Harry Potter: The Exhibition. The exhibition will open on the 23rd of October, 2010 until the 30th of January, 2011 in Seattle, the only West Coast venue for …read more!

A Seattle based news blog is reporting that the Pacific Science Center in Seattle could be the next location for Harry Potter: The Exhibition: “Pacific Science Center in Seattle will announce that it will host the West coast premiere and final U.S. destination of a major exhibition,” according to a statement from the Science Center. …read more!

The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York, UK is holding a Wizard Weekend event this Saturday and Sunday, the 14th and 15th of August. At this special event, cab access to Olton Hall, the steam engine used as the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films, will be free, allowing attendees to have photos taken …read more!

EA Games has released a new “Deathly Hallows” wallpaper on the official Electronic Arts website for the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” video game. The wallpaper, which you can find here in our galleries, features an unidentified Death Eater casting a spell on a broomstick. As we previously told you, the website …read more!

The Harry Potter Wall Art website has been updated with a brand new photo of Natalia Tena and David Thewlis as Nymphadora Tonks and Professor Remus Lupin, respectively. The posed image, titled “Nymphadora Tonks and Professor Lupin Waist Shot,” features the actors in formal dress. You can have find the image here in our galleries. …read more!