Leaky News Archives for May 2007
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Rated PG-13?
While there is no indication on either the official Motion Picture Association of America website, nor the official main WB Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix website, scores of you mailed to say the offshoot WB site Dumbledore's Army now has a PG-13 rating listed. This website isContinued...
New Scholastic Box Set of All Seven Harry Potter Novels
The first image of a special box set due from Scholastic containing all seven Harry Potter novels is now online. This set, which you can see here in our galleries, includes a nice case or trunk with the Harry Potter logo on it, as well as what seems to be printed hardback copies of all sevenContinued...
Accio Canon Portkey!
Our friends at our Floo Partner the Harry Potter Lexicon have been hard at work creating a new way to enjoy and delve deeper into the world of the Harry Potter novels. Steve Vander Ark and his team have created a Canon Portkey, which you can use to explore what they are calling 'events' or a discrete scene in the books.Continued...
New Posters for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
UPDATE:
WB has confirmed that these posters are fan-made and as such, we have removed them.
These were found on Amazon Germany .
J.K.Rowling, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters Women We Love
The Daily Mail on Sunday You Magazine recently celebrated 25 years in publication and featured "25 Women We Love." Included in this list were Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, actress Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney), and actress Julie Walters (Molly Weasley). Of JKR the magazineContinued...
Cauldron Shop Update: New NECA Action Figures, Marauders Map Banner, and More
For some time we have been telling you about the many new Harry Potter items you can expect to see this spring and summer. Today, the first wave of new products from NECA, who hold the North American license to Harry Potter items, is now available in our Cauldron Shop, yourContinued...
Nicholas Hooper Speaks about the Score to "Order of the Phoenix"
The May 8 edition of Film Music Weekly contains a new interview with Nicholas Hooper about his score he composed for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Recorded in March and April at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London, England, the music for the fifth HarryContinued...
Preview Screenings of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Canceled in Canada
In an effort to crack down on pirated copies of major film releases, Warner Bros. has decided to halt preview screenings in Canada of a number of their summer films including Oceans Thirteen and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Reuters reports, the decisionContinued...
Jim Dale to Host "Deathly Hallows" Midnight Release Party in NYC
Jim Dale, narrator of the US audio book editions of the Harry Potter novels will be hosting the midnight release party of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in New York City. Held at the Union Square Barnes and Noble store, Jim Dale will be reading excerpts from the previous six HarryContinued...
J.K. Rowling Updates Site with New Info on Draco, More
It would seem this fine spring day will bring some news from J.K.Rowling, as she has now updated her F.A.Q section with a bit about young Mr. Malfoy, his Patronus, confirmation about the exact date of birth for Lord Voldemort, and interestingly, we learn that Myrtle was indeed a Ravenclaw andContinued...
Amazon.com: One Million Pre-Order for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (Updated)
Earlier we reported that many of the book retailers such as Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon were experiencing large and very brisk pre-sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Today that is quite evident as Amazon.com has announced they now have overContinued...
PotterCast 88: Road Trip!
First, have you hear the news? We're going on tour! And doing live shows with Harry and the Potters! Check it out! And hear more about it right now on our 88th PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online: To listen, just hit the "Play" button on the right side of the page (--->), or use iTunes, orContinued...
Presenting the PotterCast Summer of 7 Tour!
In an effort to meet as many of you as humanly possible during this incredible summer, we are proud to present...the PotterCast Summer of 7 TOUR!
The three hosts from PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, are going to be traveling the Pacific Southwest in half of June and through part of the midwest inContinued...
New Deathly Hallows Countdown, Trivia Game
That's our new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trivia game/countdown, available for use on your Web site/MySpace/whatever (for LJ, use the "HTML" option and pick "Embed Media"). This was supposed to be out a few days ago but we've all been playing with the spinningContinued...
UK Pricing Wars over "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
With pre-orders at an all time high and 12 million copies set to be in print, stores in the UK are facing very stiff competition and many are selling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at extreme discounts, creating a possible 'price war' among the many retailers vying for customersContinued...