April 27, 2003

Rowling Richer than Queen

Wizard books create £280 million ($445.5 million) fortune

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Boy wizard Harry Potter has conjured up enough cash to catapult author J. K. Rowling past Queen Elizabeth II on Britain's annual "rich list," published in this week's Sunday Times newspaper.

Read the CNN Article Here.

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April 10, 2003

Scholastic Release Catalogue for Book V

Scholastic have published a catalogue containing a listing for Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix, with some tantalising new hints. Don't click this link if you would rather not know!

Posted by Sluggie at 05:11 PM

Work Begins On Script for GoF

The fourth film in the Harry Potter series may be split into two separate films if it is too long, producer David Heyman has said.

According to a report published on the BBC News website, Heyman, speaking at the release party for the 'Chamber of Secrets' DVD, said: "We started work on the script last Monday. We’re going to shoot it as one and see how it ends up. If it’s too long then we’ll make it into two."

Posted by Sluggie at 05:02 PM

Dawn French to Play The Fat Lady

It seems like an inevitable piece of PoA casting, especially after the airing of her recent parody "Harry Potter and the Chamberpot of Azerbaijan" in aid of Comic Relief. It was announced this afternoon that Dawn French is to play the part of The Fat lady, a talking painting which guards the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.

Julie Christie has been cast as Madam Rosmerta, the barmaid at the Three Broomsticks. Professor Trelawney is still to be cast.

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