The Edinburgh Evening News has a new interview with actor David Tennant, who will play the role of Barty Crouch, Jr. in the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. While the article does not have much information about the film itself, it does give some background about the actor, and addresses his experience about being in …read more!

A few weeks ago, we posted a story about a columnist for the Tribune Review named Jack Markowitz, who wrote a rather unflattering column about the popularity of the Harry Potter books, calling them “the most over-praised, over-publicized and marketed books ever printed.” Many of our readers wrote in to Mr. Markowitz, and now he …read more!

With the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book due to be released this year, the speculation grows on what the plot will be, and which character may die. The Star-Telegram newspaper has an article that says possible clues to Harry’s future may be found in Lord of the Rings or from the legend …read more!

Here you go, the GoF images in small, medium and very large format, no watermarks. Enjoy! (For all our GoF pics, check out the Hogwarts Gallery.) (Small)(Medium) (Large) (Small) (Medium) (Large) The two other previously reported on photos are here: – Harry and Hermione (pre-first-task – the person in the background is Fleur. Save this …read more!

Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron has a new project lined up. According to CNN, he will be directing the adaptation of the book “The Memory of Running” by Ron McLarty. The novel, which is “the story of a 42-year-old alcoholic’s quest for redemption on a bicycle trip across America”, was helped into publication by …read more!

An HP-airbrushed car is going for about 10,000 GBP on eBay right now; the car was custom painted and airbrushed by Darren Horton with a plethora of Azkaban images. The item says the airbrushing took eight weeks to complete. Thanks to everyone who emailed!

The Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated but did not award Dan Radcliffe (Best Young Actor), Emma Watson (Best Young Actress) or Prisoner of Azkaban (Best Family Film ) at their annual Critics’ Choice Awards. Finding Neverland won Best Family Film, while Finding Neverland‘s Freddie Highmore and The Phantom of the Opera‘s Emmy Rossum won Best …read more!

Scholastic.com’s ‘Shrieking Shack’, a feedback section, has returned to the site, this time asking readers who they think the half-blood prince is. Follow the link to submit your opinion.

Update 1/13: The Sun calls us a “genuine fans” Web site in dealing with the scam. Update 1/11: Today Monsters and Critics talked to editor Heidi about the scam as well: The Cauldron received over two-dozen emails from fans who had stumbled on the, what is sometimes called, phishing site. Phishing is when Web sites …read more!

Jamie Waylett (aka Crabbe) has updated his blog with more of his funniest emails, which were such a big hit last time: 11/ Are you and Josh brothers?…p.s. he is the one who plays Goyle. 12/ It says on you site that you were born on the 21st of July, 1989, so how old are …read more!