here are two more award related pieces of news this morning to update you on. First, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science announced the seven remaining films in contention for the Achievement in Makeup award, and included Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. OotP is among seven films the Academy is …read more!

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is here for our first regular show of 2008 including a Jo Outtake of the Week. Sue and John are your hosts this week and are joined by two of our Leaky Senior Staffers, Super!Alex and Nick R., for a discussion of some of the latest happenings in the fandom …read more!

My Boy Jack, the Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) television film recently broadcast in the UK, will be aired here in the US on PBS this spring. Masterpiece Classics has released their schedule (pdf here) for the early portion of the year, and “My Boy Jack” is set to air on the public television channel April …read more!

With the start of the new year come the lists of anticipated films due in the months ahead. MTV has a new article now online regarding the movies they are most looking forward to seeing, naming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” at the number two spot behind “Bond 22.” They write of the sixth …read more!

We have several pieces of news regarding various film awards and the Harry Potter films and cast. Last month we told you several actors from the Harry Potter films had been nominated for the Golden Globe awards. Due to the ongoing writer’s strike, the Screen Actors guild issued a statement indication their members would not …read more!

Warner Bros. has announced their decision to exclusively release all future High Definition editions of their films in the Blu-ray format DVDs, and no longer produce the HD DVD versions, starting later this year. The decision was reached, they say, “in response to consumer demand” as a “strategic decision focused on the long term and …read more!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Soundtrack The composer: Nicholas Hooper Original Release Date: July 10, 2007 Total length: 51 minues and 46 seconds Buy this soundtrack for direct download here in our Cauldron Shop. The sheet music is also available here in our Cauldron Shop. #. Song title Length of the …read more!

We last told you that the WB/JKR vs. RDR Books case, in which WB and JK Rowling are suing a Michigan publisher over its attempts to publish a print version of The Harry Potter Lexicon, would next be updated on January 7, this coming Monday, when WB/JKR file their full petition for an injunction on …read more!

This poster, which has been circulating online as a real poster for Half-Blood Prince, is fan-made, says WB. Happy Movie Season!

As Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is currently in production with David Yates at the helm of the film, rumors continue to swirl over who will direct the final Harry Potter film that is set to be released sometime in 2010. One of the directors mentioned more of late is Guillermo Del Toro, who …read more!