Issue 734 of Comic Book News states that the Harry Potter Trading Card Game which allows the players to create wizards of their own to play alongside Harry, Ron & Hermione (among others), is set for release in August. Starter sets will contain 82 cards and the suggested retail price will be $11.99. Booster sets …read more!

Recommended Harry Potter Links (next to the official sites) by The Times (London, UK) The Harry Potter Galleries (incl. The Leaky Cauldron) The Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club CineScape (ex Fandom) Message Board CyberGuide (Lesson Plans for Teachers) by The Washington Post (USA) The Harry Potter Galleries The Leaky Cauldron MuggleNet The Potter Pages

The UK paperback edition of “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Bloomsbury) has sold almost 100,000 copies in its first week, jumping straight to number one of this week’s bestsellers list, and lifting all the other Harry Potter paperbacks back into the Top 10.

Movie Release Dates: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone” November 2001 16.: United Kingdom, USA, Canada 17.: Taiwan 21.: Belgium, Philippines 22.: Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland 23.: Austria, Finland, South Africa 29.: Argentina, Australia, Israel, New Zealand 30.: Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Uruguay December 2001 01.: Japan, …read more!

The launch of the James & Oliver Phelps website (Fred and George Weasley in the movie), that was planned for July 12th, will be delayed for an indefinite time.

AICN scored a big scoop today – thanks to ‘FredNGeorge’ for the alert. The Harry Potter movie is over two hours in its present form – YAY! most of you might say, but Warner Bros. will probably want to tighten it down to a more family-friendly 90-110 minutes – we hope they don’t! We quote …read more!

The Fall 2001 catalog from Sensational Beginings has a back cover filled with Harry Potter merchandise, including a gorgeous-looking wooden chest emblazoned with an “H” (probably for Hogwarts, although it could also be for Harry) priced at $399.95, a Nimbus 2000 Coat Rack (which this editor has also seen at a Rooms To Go furnature …read more!

The UK press on Warner’s $70 million price tag for the HP TV rights: “In what is being viewed by US networks as a staggering display of greed, Warner Brothers is reportedly touting the TV rights to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for £49m – without allowing anyone to actually see the film first.” …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, page 159 in the UK and page 180 in the US Edition: “I do hope this year’s batch of Gryffindors are up to scratch,” said Nearly Headless Nick, applauding as “McDonald, Natalie!” joined the Gryffindor table. The Toronto Globe and Mail (Thanks MissNorbert) tells us the very touching …read more!

Harry Potter with unprecedented price tag PageSix.com’s Celeb News writer Bill Hoffmann tells us this astounding story in today’s issue: Warner Bros. hopes to cast a powerful spell over the four major TV networks – and get one of them to shell out $70 million for the rights to air “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s …read more!