May 26, 2005
There is an article in The Times about a list of young and upcoming British actors who Screen International thinks will be the stars of the future. Actor Robert Pattinson, who plays Cedric Diggory in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film, is one of the actors on this list. The article …read more!
May 26, 2005
Previously we told you that film composer John Williams had been nominated at the Classical Brit music awards. These awards were presented last night, and John Williams won the best soundtrack award for both his scores for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and The Terminal. Congratulations Mr. Williams!
May 25, 2005
In March, the WB Shop asked for your opinion on what color to make its new “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good” T-shirts, which were inspired by your suggestions at our Cauldron Shop forum, where a WB representative hangs out taking in your ideas. White lettering on a black shirt won …read more!
May 25, 2005
The Herald Sun in Australia reports about a price war for the book that’s going on between the major chains, including Dymocks, Angus and Robertson. While the book has a recommended retail price of $45, Dymocks will sell it for $29.95, and the online retailers are still trying to determine their in-store prices.
May 25, 2005
Empire Online has posted an interview with two new actors who talk Quidditch from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film. Stanislav Ianevski, who plays Durmstrang TriWizard champion Viktor Krum, spoke about his role in the film and playing Quidditch. “I play Quidditch for the Durmstrang School,” said Ianevski, “and for Bulgaria …read more!
May 24, 2005
It’s been a week since we announced PotterParties.com and in that time we’ve received hundreds of e-mails, and can tell you that a lot of good news is coming out of that site soon. First, though, our wonderful designer John Noe was toying around with some “homework” and came up with this amazing screensaver for …read more!
May 24, 2005
Gentle Giant Studios, who make collectable models of characters from television shows and motion pictures such as Star Wars and The Simpsons, have now added the Harry Potter films to their product lines. Two new mini-busts from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban have been added: this one of Harry Potter, and this, of …read more!
May 24, 2005
Barnes & Noble booksellers sent out a press release today announcing that their stores are to hold parties for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Some 660 stores will be staying open late and hosting parties throughout the US. They also announced that Jim Dale, narrator of the Scholastic version of …read more!
May 24, 2005
We’re getting more and more e-mails on this, so hopefully this will put some speculation to rest: We did not yet announce the results of our editor search – we had planned to have done so by now but a certain lady whose name we won’t mention (but whose initials are JKR :), has made …read more!
May 24, 2005
This is London is reporting (based on a story in The Sun) that the betting on character deaths in HBP has skewed so far to one character in the town where the book is being printed that there are rumors the book has been leaked. (There is also similar conversation that the same character is …read more!