Sep 30, 2001
The Seeker Game is now up on the Official site. Check it out.
Sep 30, 2001
Rames posted an amazing new set of stills. We see Hagrid giving the Goblin Bank Teller the special note from Dumbledore, Hagrid holding Norbert’s egg, and much more!
Sep 28, 2001
Boy this is getting confusing. IMDB reports Grant is in: Hollywood superstar Hugh Grant has agreed to take a starring role in the second Harry Potter movie. According to British tabloid The Daily Mail, the Notting Hill star will play Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets – the second J …read more!
Sep 28, 2001
Empire Online has covered the Hugh Grant story. In all honesty, I didn’t think Grant could pull off funny and pompous at the same time – actors I believe could do better include Hugh Laurie, Cary Elwes and Rupert Everett.
Sep 28, 2001
To comment on Rames’ latest rumor, I’m guessing Margolyes will be playing Prof. Sprout, since the Herbology teacher has an prominent supporting role in Chamber of Secrets. Unless she is playing an unnamed character, the only other characters I can think of would be Mrs. Mason or Mrs. Granger.
Sep 28, 2001
Movie 2 Rumor: A Reuters story about Model Sophie Dahl contained the following line about an upcoming London West End play: “She will appear in a cast with Miriam Margolyes, who returns to the stage before filming ‘Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets’.” Hollywood.com writes about her: “A short, heavy-set British character actress, Margolyes …read more!
Sep 28, 2001
Movie Headlines has an update on Christian Bale being up for Remus Lupin: Christian says he is “very interested in working with Aronofsky”. That said, he’s hoping Darren Aronofsky’s “Batman Beyond” gets off the ground so he can put his hand up to play Batman. Earlier today, Bale’s agent got in touch with us to …read more!
Sep 28, 2001
Empire Online has an article about this week’s Entertainment Weekly magazine and an article in it about the movie. (Thanks to Eli)
Sep 28, 2001
Eli sent us this article from This Is Hertfordshire about Harry Melling, playing Dudley Dursley.
Sep 28, 2001
Jonathan sent us a report from the teletext service on Channel 4 stating that Hugh Grant is out of Harry Potter 2 (Sep 28, 2001). “Hugh Grant has been forced to drop out of Harry Potter 2 because of a busy schedule. He was due to have played Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter The …read more!