Aug 29, 2005
Listen/Subscribe / Call in/contact / Leave voicemail The transcripts to the first PotterCast and the special Potter/MuggleCast are now up! For Show #1, click here; for our special episode with MuggleCast, click here. The PotterCast transcripts will, from now on, be done for us by the new team of PotterCast Transcription Elves: Jennifer, Jonathon, Pascal, …read more!
Aug 29, 2005
We’d just like to send our thoughts and prayers to our readers in Louisiana and Mississippi, as they come under Hurricane Katrina’s destructive eye. Please feel free to use the comments below to check in with each other, and please, let us know that you’re all right. If you’d like to donate to help the …read more!
Aug 28, 2005
Actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is sending out his most recent newsletter to fans and Michael from German fansite Wollstrumpf.de let us know they have posted a copy of it. In this note, Dan talks about a recent scuba diving trip at the Great Barrier Reef, noting his practice from filming the underwater scenes for …read more!
Aug 28, 2005
Emma-Watson.net has posted scans of a new interview in Empire magazine with Goblet film director Mike Newell. In this very brief interview, he talks about the differences that Goblet of Fire will have over the other three previous Harry Potter films. “The first two films are very sunny in a way, and very wish-fulfillment-y.”…”But there …read more!
Aug 28, 2005
Terry Gilliam is interviewed in the September 2, 2005 issue of Entertainment Weekly, and mentions projects that have passed, and those that he’s developed and worked on. Interviewer Gillian Flynn noted that JK Rowling wanted Gilliam for the Harry Potter films, and Gilliam replied: I was reading the script as I was flying to Los …read more!
Aug 27, 2005
MuggleNet recently held an online chat with actor Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. The chat transcript has now been posted, and you can read it here. Matthew talks about the making of Goblet of Fire, and confirms he will be back filming Order of the Phoenix in February of …read more!
Aug 27, 2005
Marilyn Manson took a shot at Harry Potter when he accepted a “Kerrang!” award, the Sun reports. He said: “I get blamed for being bad but this kid is practicing witchcraft from a very early age which is totally unacceptable.” Thanks MN! Note: Mature content (ads) at the link
Aug 27, 2005
French magazine le NouvelObs has published an article about HP fanfic that quotes from TLC editor Heidi Tandy: “Heidi Tandy explains this popularity by the ease with which people can participate: “More than an litterary ambition, Harry’s adventures drive its readers to write. They are so fascinating, that it is impossible to just read them—you …read more!
Aug 26, 2005
WB has just confirmed that the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be Nov. 6, while the US one will be Nov. 12 in New York City.
Aug 26, 2005
Today’s Miami Herald notes that rhapdophobia is an unreasonable fear of magic wands. Guess that explains the Dursleys?