Pottermore Poll: Quidditch Positions

Pottermore Insider has arranged a new poll for fans to vote for which Quidditch position they would play. The excerpt reads:

In Chapter Ten of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry learns about the Bludgers, the Quaffle, the Golden Snitch, and the various positions on a Quidditch team. We’ve seenContinued...

Potted Potter Extends Off-Broadway Run Until September

Potted Potter, the off-Broadway Harry Potter parody show, has extended its run at the Little Shubert Theatre until September 2, 2012, according to Broadway.com.

The show opened on June 3 and was originally scheduled to finish on August 12. Tickets can be purchased at this link.

In Potted Potter,Continued...

Pottermore: Chamber of Secrets Coming Soon!

First Picture of Alan Rickman in CBGB

The first pictures of Alan Rickman in the film CBGB have surfaced. 

Matthew Lewis to Make West End Debut in "Our Boys"

Actor Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) will make his West End debut in the play, Our Boys, according to Playbill.com.

The play tells the story of the tribulations, tedium and terror that young soldiers face when recovering from injuries incurred in the line of duty.

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in Olympic Video

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are taking part in a video clip that will be played at the end of the Olympic games. The video will be five minutes long, and played at venues as spectators leave. The video contains messages from different stars. Brent&Kilburn Times reports:

Warwick Davis to Star in Bhojpuri film

Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) has joined a Bollywood cast for a film called Chingari. The film is to be produced and directed by Shrey Shrivastav, who confirmed that Davis would be playing "a journalist from an international channel, who is doing a documentary on Bihar police", as well as haveContinued...

Sale on WBShop.com to Celebrate Dobby's Birthday

Today marks the birthday of Dobby, a very brave house-elf and dedicated friend of Harry Potter. Join Leaky in wishing a happy birthday to this sock loving elf.

J.K. Rowling Attends Wimbledon

J.K. Rowling made an appearance in the Royal Box during Tuesday's Wimbledon match between Andy Murray and Nikolay Davydenko.

Images of the author watching the tennis tournament can be found in the Leaky galleries.

Jessie Cave Interviewed by Digital Spy

Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) was recently interviewed by Digital Spy. The interviews covers Jessie's hobbies of "making stuff", her friendship with Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), and (of course) all things Harry Potter! Jessie Cave is currently working on several post-Potter projects, including GreatContinued...

Pottermore: Wonderbook Book of Spells Promo

Pottermore has officially launched Sony's Wonderbook: Book of Spells PS3 game. Pottermore Insider reports that players will be able to link their Pottermore accounts to the Book of Spell game. Pottermore Insider will be tracking the game's developement, and have uploaded the first promo trailerContinued...

Bloomsbury Launches Competition Celebrating 15 Years of Harry Potter

Bloomsbury wants to know: are you the biggest Harry Potter fan?

The British publisher of the Harry Potter series is hosting a competition to find the biggest fan in the U.K. and Ireland. Fans will only be able to enter the competition by submitting an entry though participatingContinued...

"The Woman in Black" hits Number 1 on the Official Video Charts

Daniel Radcliffe's first post-Potter movie, The Woman in Black, has made it to the Number 1 spot on The Official Charts Company's Video Chart. Selling 200,000 copies in Blu-Ray and DVD, The Woman in Black is now Daniel Radcliffe's first chart-topping post-Potter project! The OfficialContinued...

Pottermore: Chamber of Secrets Update

As reported earlier, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is expected to come out this summer. Pottermore Insider has posted updates about the progress of the next book.

Monday 25 June

Chamber of Secrets update:
This week, we’re finalising artwork for Chapter Seven, Mudbloods and Murmurs, and Chapter Fifteen,Continued...

New Picture of Matthew Lewis in "Wasteland"

Update: The picture has been put up in the galleries!

Earlier this weekend, a new picture was released of Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottum) in his post-Potter film Wasteland. Wasteland is Molifilm's new crime drama. The movie is in the early stages of production, and has no theatrical release dateContinued...