UK group Franz Ferdinand has reportedly been asked to write some music for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film. In NME magazine, singer Alex Kapranos is quoted as saying: “We’ve been asked to write some music. There’s a section where there’s a band of ugly sisters playing and I think, well…some …read more!

Australian company Rising Sun Pictures has signed on to create visual effects for the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Says the Sydney Morning Herald: The film’s centrepiece, a magical goblet surrounded by flames, is one of the complex images the company will construct before the film’s completion next August. The company has …read more!

Lizo Mzimba of the BBC took a sneak peek at the PoA DVD, and his very in-depth review is now up on the Newsround site. It includes a very close-up look, deleted scene by deleted scene, interview by interview. Quotage: The ground of how the first three films have reached the screen is covered well. …read more!

Actor Kenneth Branagh(Gilderoy Lockhart)is reportedly set to direct and possibly star in a film version of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute. The musical will begin production next year. Mr. Branagh is currently filming “Warm Springs” a movie for HBO in which he will portray U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Today, Dawn French (The Fat Lady in PoA) turns 47. Happy Birthday Dawn! Also, Dawn will be in the upcoming film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe as the voice of Mrs. Beaver.

The Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards went to John Williams for the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban soundtrack. The awards were a part of the 31st Flanders International Film Festival in Bijloke, Ghent. Thanks to Wizard News for the link!

The Scotsman reports that Jo Rowling donated a time turner from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to a charity auction in benefit of Edinburgh’s Maggie’s Centre, which supports cancer patients. Thanks to Veritaserum for the link!

The BBC has an article about Warner Brothers ordering 80 new brooms for use in the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. Traditional Besom Brooms, a family- run company which makes the handcrafted hazel and birch brooms, has been around for 300 years. Sue Nash, widow of the late owner, Arthur Nash, was delighted at the …read more!

There are several articles (CBS News here, thanks Bessie!) out today discussing the death of another HP character in book six (based on JKR‘s revelation that there will be more deaths, which isn’t news to fans and while expected isn’t specified for book six). This is our absolute favorite, from The Evening Standard: Names in …read more!

HPANA.com has the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD menu opening sequence. It is the part when you put the DVD in, and then it plays as it goes to the main menu. This begining opens with a montage of scenes from the film, then goes to Ernie driving the Knight Bus. Please, Right click, and “save …read more!