Two bits of casting news today for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. First Hollywood Reporter has an article online stating longtime character actor David Ohara (Braveheart, Hotel Rwanda, Tristan & Isolde) will be taking on the part of Albert Runcorn. As the paper reminds us Albert Runcorn is the “Ministry of Magic employee who …read more!

Friday marks the beginning of the PotterCast tour (go to the bottom of this post for all the info as well as a way to get huge MyLeaky points for helping us get the word out), and it could not be on a more special note: We are honored to be part of Harry and …read more!

As part of the continuing build up to the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, actors Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and the Weasley Twins, James and Oliver Phelps will be appearing in person in Leicester Square, London, England this Friday June 19th. Their appearance is part of a “West …read more!

The Hero blog for the LA Times is launching a Harry Potter countdown with a series of new articles, the first being a new and rare interview with screenwriter Steve Kloves. In this interview, Mr. Kloves speaks about some canon tidbits he learned while working with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, some of the pivotal …read more!

The 197th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online for your listening pleasure. Featuring the live recording from our very first Harry Potter conference, LeakyCon 2009 in Boston, this episode includes Sue’s Harry Potter news, a live-action edition of Are You Smarter Than John Noe, a question and answer session with the …read more!

As readers will long know, the paperback of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from US publishers Scholastic will be released on July 7th. As part of the July issue of Nick Magazine mentioned below, there is also a new ad for the final Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling, with the tagline reading “The …read more!

Another trailer for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game from EA is now online. As seen via the official Facebook page for the game, you can watch a trailer for the WII platform of the game, which includes some new shots of the unbreakable vow and more. You can also see it …read more!

The July issue of Nick Magazine features a cover photo and article on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The cover features a photo of actor Dan Radcliffe, and has a two page interview with the Trio as well as a “Spells and Stars” quiz on the movie. As our galleries are temporarily …read more!

Several updates from France regarding the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. First, there are two new interviews with Tom Felton (Draco), Bonnie Wright (Grinny) and James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George) recorded last weekend during the launch of the traveling prop train in France. You can see several from Harry Potter Forever …read more!

Today the estate of late children’s author Adrian Jacobs filed a suit against Bloomsbury Publishing citing copyright infringement involving Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. In a press release, the estate claims that “JK Rowling copied substantial parts of the work of the late Adrian Jacobs, The Adventures of Willy the …read more!