Jul 18, 2001
We’ve gotten ahold of another “call sheet” and posted it at the galleries section of our Web site. Rames has done a “Day on the Set” review and we learn many things including that Jean Southern will be playing the woman pushing the cart of treats on the Hogwarts Express. Enjoy!
Jul 18, 2001
We want to repeat that “Hugh Grant playing Prof. Lockhart” is still in rumor status!! MovieHeadlines.Net “confirmed” this rumor on Monday, a reader emailed us that Hugh Grant appeared on “Good Morning America”, talking about his part (we could not confirm this) — but Grant’s spokesperson, Karin Smith told Popcorn yesterday “it’s the first I’ve …read more!
Jul 18, 2001
Empire Online reports today that the second Harry Potter trailer hits British cinemas this Friday, screening before “Jurassic Park 3”.
Jul 17, 2001
Our reader Mellisa sent us the following article, that appeared in “Theatre Mask” magazine, Issue 23: Editing and laying down the soundtrack are underway on “Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone”, and the film is due at a cinema near you on November 16. They’re planning a big preview party for the young people of …read more!
Jul 17, 2001
Wizards of the Coast are taking pre-orders for the Harry Potter trading card game at their website. Featured are the starter set, priced at $9.99, which includes 82 cards, and the booster set, which includes 11 cards, and is priced at $3.29. The packaging shown on the Wizards of the Coast website includes the familiar …read more!
Jul 16, 2001
Peter Burroughs (Flash Gordon, Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, 10th Kingdom) and Ray Griffiths (the stand-in for Jake Lloyd in Star Wars: Episode I) are playing goblin bank clerks at Gringotts Bank in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” Confirmed at a Science Fiction Fair in Bristol, England, this weekend.
Jul 16, 2001
According to sources from MovieHeadlines.Net, the rumor we first posted here on June 25 is now confirmed: “Hugh Grant IS Gilderoy Lockhart in the next film, 100%, no question. The agency he is represented by has finished the deal…”
Jul 14, 2001
“Harry” is currently the top name chosen for baby boys in Britain, and Rowling has even been credited with a rise in boarding-school enrollment. Young readers worldwide want to emulate Harry and his fictional pals – all of whom are bundled off to wizardry school each fall in the series. Rowling, clearly, is taking the …read more!
Jul 14, 2001
Lots of interesting “Chamber of Secrets” rumors today!! Please note – all these are just rumors! We do never post anonymous rumors on The Leaky Cauldron, also we do have a name related to the movie production as a source for all rumors we publish here. But they’ll stay rumors until the actor, the actor’s …read more!
Jul 12, 2001
Issue 734 of the Comic Book News has a funny 9-panel comic strip showing what Harry Potter would look like in certain Marvel styles, including Professor Xavier Potter, Harry Hulk and Cyclops Potter. The inspiration for the strip was the recent report in the Sunday Mirror that J.K. Rowling has been in talks with Marvel …read more!