January 30, 2006
Shacklebolt and Young Potter Cast
Newsround is reporting that the roles of Kingsley Shacklebolt and the young James Potter have now been cast. George Harris, known for his roles in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Black Hawk Down, will play the part of the auror.
Stage actor Robbie Jarvis will fill the role of young James. Mr. Jarvis has appeared in a number of productions with the East Side Theatre company.
The photos are of Harris and (someone rumored to be) Jarvis respectively.
January 19, 2006
Paperback Release of HBP Announced
The three major Harry Potter Publishers have announced the release dates for the paperback version of The Half-Blood Prince.
Bloomsbury (UK) will release the book on June 23. And both Scholastic (US) and Raincoast (CAN) will release the book on July 25.
400 Girls Move One Step Closer to Luna
Out of 15,000 girls who showed up at the open casting call for Luna Lovegood last Saturday, 400 were chosen to move on to the next step in the audition process.
According to WB, the girls who have reached the next round have a wide range of accents, backgrounds and ethnicity. They came from all over the UK and Ireland ranging from Renfrewshire to West Sussex, and County Clare to Newport.
Read more Here.
January 12, 2006
Open Casting Call for Luna
WB will be holding an open casting call for the character of Luna Lovegood in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" this Saturday, January 14. Girls with the "right look" will be photographed and possibly asked back to audition.
Casting Director Fiona Weir told CBBC Newsround: "We've visited schools up and down the country and we've met some brilliant girls. But holding an Open Call is just a way of us making sure that there isn't anyone that we might have missed."
JKR's Tatler Tales
Thanks to The Leaky Cauldron we now have the Full Scans of the new J. K. Rowling interview in The Tatler due out on news stands today.
For you ravenous Book 7 junkies:
JKR has decided on the Book 7 title.
The series is set to be finished by the end of 2006.
She has just finished writing another death that will make us shudder.
January 03, 2006
Goblet's Deleted Scenes
HarryLatino, has just posted descriptions of eight deleted scenes on the upcoming Goblet of Fire DVD (Thanks to Veritaserum for the translation):
SCENE 1: Dumbledore asks his students to welcome the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students as warmly as possible, and the Hogwarts students then break into song ("Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts").
SCENE 2: A Durmstrang student asks a girl to go to the Yule Ball with him. She says yes, while two of her friends gesture something in the background.
SCENE 3: Harry tries to catch Cho, but she's surrounded by her friends, so he waits until later (at the Owlery) to ask her out.
SCENE 4: Flitwick introduces the Weird Sisters band at the Yule Ball, the lead singer makes a short speech, and they then start one of their songs.
SCENE 5: Karkaroff warns Snape about the growing strength of the Dark Mark, which is emblazoned on both of their arms. Snape pays no heed to his warnings, and instead mentions something about Fawcett and Stebbins (two students), who appear briefly in the scene.
SCENE 6: Mr. Crouch talks with Harry, and during their discussion, Mad-Eye Moody appears, prompting Mr. Crouch to leave.
SCENE 7: Harry, Ron, and Hermione discuss Mr. Crouch's death and its implications. Ron thinks that Fudge will do his best to hush up the incident, and Hermione suggests that Harry talks to Dumbledore about it.
SCENE 8: The trio guess what Karkaroff is hiding on his arm. Hermione asks Harry which ingredients Snape claims he stole from his cupboard, and she quickly realizes that they are ingredients in the Polyjuice Potion.
Numerous sites are still reporting the release date of the DVD as March 7. However, no official confirmation has been received from WB.