There’s been some buzz about this “review” of Prisoner of Azkaban. We’re trying to find out if it’s real or not but nothing in the text of the review says this person saw anything more than a trailer and took some very obvious liberties to make himself sound more informed. No real spoilers, nothing a …read more!

The BBC reports that “Return of the King” has overtaken “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” to become the second most successful film ever. According to box office totals, Titanic still holds the lead with $1.8 billion dollars.

Figures.com has posted pictures of the new Harry Potter toys from Mattel, on display at Toy Fair 2004. There are 32 pictures so far, including these figurines: Lupin/werewolf, Harry – ‘Expecto patronum’, Dumbledore, and a very scary creature. Also shown are the new Quidditch game, and two dementors – here, and here. There is this …read more!

Mary Grand Pre, the illustrator for the US editions of the Harry Potter books, will be one of the artists featured in an exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.Opening March 6th, the “Women in Illustration” exhibition will feature artwork used in a variety of fields such as those seen in books,magazines,and advertisments.

IGN Filmforce has up an interview with Harry Potter’s Hagrid, where he talks about, among other things, working with animals: I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train. What they are like is sharks, they’re very, very efficient killing machines. So, they get …read more!

Amazon (and probably other online stores, too) already have some of the PoA tie-ins available for pre-order. You can order the sticker book or the colouring & activity book.

HPANA.com interviewed Chris Rankin today – he spoke about The Leaky Cauldron, fanfic, the drama of PoA, how much he loves the books themselves, and a lot more!

Winky, from potterworldonline, has sent us the audio from the new POA commercial that aired last night. Enjoy! Thanks Winky!

Here are a few screen caps from the new trailer – thanks to Tracy for sending them in! Dumbledore Draco in the Snow Harry Looking Worried Trio on the Hill Harry, Ron, and Hermione Lupin Lupin 2 Harry and Hermione Hiding Hermione and Ron Sirius Being Restrained Harry Looking Back