Electronic Arts, the makers of the Harry Potter video games, continue to dazzle us with videos of the development of their latest Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game. In a new trailer, we hear from Art Director Kelvin Tuite, who talks about the very detailed process of making Hogwarts appear as …read more!

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows only weeks away now, reporters from all mediums are going out of their way to get the latest scoop… even when they may not be real reporters. Readers have been emailing in to let us know that recently, Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report did a very funny satirical …read more!

Some excellent high-res photos are online tonight from EmmaEmpire.net showing a fans recent trip to to the Divinity School and Leavesden Studios in Oxford to tour the original Harry Potter sets. In this set you see excellent images of the Great Hall, Hospital Wing and much more. The images from the set tour can be …read more!

Cable network HBO will feature an ‘inside look’ at the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie on their “First Look” series beginning July 3rd at 8:45 pm EST. The 13 minute program will air multiple times during the month of July; a full schedule of the specific times and channels can …read more!

News came today from Gallimard, the publishers of the Harry Potter books in France, who announced that the seventh book in author J. K. Rowling’s series will be published in France on Friday, October 26, 2007. The book, translated by Jean-François Ménard, will have 850 pages and retail for 26.5 €. In addition to this …read more!

MTV Overdrive has put out a three-part Wizard Rock special, featuring interviews and performance clips from some of the most popular Harry Potter Wizard Rock bands, including Harry and the Potters, The Remus Lupins, Draco and the Malfoys, The Whomping Willows, The Parselmouths, and The Moaning Myrtles. You can see this coverage here; it includes: …read more!

I know many friends of mine will join me today in wishing actor Jason Isaacs, who plays luscious Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, a very, very happy 44th birthday! Many cheers Jason! Happy Birthday!

If you use Facebook, the popular social networking site, we have something for you: Super!Alex Robbin, one of our senior staff programmers, had a few extra minutes (we are out of supleratives for the kid, seriously) and so created a Facebook application for the Leaky countdowns and PotterCast. You can add it to your profile …read more!

Even more scans from the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sticker/poster book we’ve been showing you are now online, courtesy of Portkey.it. This new batch features, among others, our first look at Percy Weasley in this slightly spoiler-rific scan from the film. We also see: A new scan of Harry and Ron, …read more!

Electronic Arts, the makers of the Harry Potter video games, officially announced a new contest for fans to win a free copy of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Nintendo Wii video game. Beginning today, when you sign up for the OotP video game newsletter, you are automatically entered into a drawing …read more!