AOL has set up 1-2-3 Publish setups for the Harry Potter fans among its members at its Hometown page. You can set up a site using Warner Bros. colors and banners by clicking and typing, for Harry Potter or Hogwarts, in general Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff.

Adding up to our detailed description we published yesterday, AICN posted their own summary of the 6-min Harry Potter preview on the San Diego Comic Con. Some passages for you to enjoy: They showed about a minute of the scene where Harry gets his wand. The old wand selling wizard hands him a wand and …read more!

“Chamber of Secrets” movie rumors — Our reader “Ed” let us know: “I am auditioning for the movie and while I was at the studios I saw Richard E. Grant trying for the part of Lucius Malfoy, along with the fairly well-known British stage actor Bill Nighy.”

Emma Watson (Hermione) is coming to high honors in today’s Sunday Times 🙂 Film stars are queueing up to play sorcerers on screen… It’s mostly down to the Harry Potter effect. JK Rowling magicked an awful lot of gold out of nowhere with her books, and it’s no surprise that Britain’s acting aristocracy have been …read more!

Our reader Faith Chrestomanci (aka Kathy) sent us a long and detailed description of the 6-minute extended movie trailer, Warner Bros. presented at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA (July 19-22th) – Enjoy!

Empire Online has some nice pictures of the Mattel toys for Harry Potter, including a full diorama set of Hogwarts school with interiors. Check it out!

Wizards of the Coast new Harry Potter trading card game will be released next month. “We’re certainly excited about the Harry Potter series,” a company spokesman told The Pawtucket Times, “I think only time will tell” if Harry Potter card will be as popular as Pokemon. Board games featuring Potter have not sold particularly well. …read more!

Entertainment Weekly has a story out today, saying that J.K. Rowling personally discussed the position of Harry’s scar with director Chris Columbus. Thanks to our reader Gale for the alert. Lightning has rarely been this hot. Potter-heads are buzzing over the new trailer for this fall’s film version of ”Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” …read more!

We have received the following note from Decipher Inc. after signing up for the Harry Potter Fan Club: Dear Harry Potter Fan — Thank you for signing up a couple of weeks ago for the Official Harry Potter Fan Club. Unfortunately, this Club is not yet operational. Decipher has submitted a proposal to Warner Bros. …read more!

Bad news: Scholastic Inc., the American publisher of the Harry Potter books, today published a financial outlook for its fiscal year 2002. The following line makes all Harry Potter fans sad, as this seems to be an official confirmation that we won’t see book five anytime soon: “Due to the absence of a new Harry …read more!