News Archives
September 2004
The Real Harry Potter?
J.K. Rowling's cousin Ben is furious the Harry Potter author refuses to admit he was the inspiration for the schoolboy wizard or give him any of the $774 million she made from the books and films. Ben, 37, was "inseparable" from the multi-millionaires writer while he was growing up, and insists he's the basis for her infamous character, debunking Rowling's claim she came up with the idea while stuck on a delayed train from Manchester to London.
He says, "When I read the first Harry Potter book, my jaw dropped. It was uncanny, far more than a coincidence. I know Jo based Harry on me. I can see so much of the young me in his character. "We used to spend the weekends swapping stories of boarding school life. She was always fascinated about what I had been up to at school and used to love me telling her about the scrapes and escapades I had been involved in."
"Jo and I were inseparable and even today people stop me and tell me I look just like Harry Potter."Teenage pictures of Ben reveal an uncanny resemblance to the actor Daniel Radcliffe who plays Potter on the big screen.
Source:
Wizard News
Posted by: Kat on 27 September, 2004
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Goblet Filming Closes Down Trains
RAIL bosses shut a scenic train line so the latest Harry Potter movie could be filmed. September weekend trippers were diverted on to buses for an 80-minute journey back from the coast along a road that is single-track in places.
Angry locals described the move as 'madness'. ScotRail were paid around £50,000 to cancel the last trains from Mallaig to Fort William yesterday and today. Hollywood executives booked the slot so the Hogwarts Express could be filmed once more on the line which crosses the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct, near Fort William.
One local said: 'Closing the line on the September weekend is madness.' But a ScotRail spokesman said: 'We managed to keep disruption to a minimum. Passengers got compensation in the form of rail vouchers and Harry Potter memorabilia. It's good for Scottish tourism.'The number of passengers who would use these trains is small and the bus journey takes roughly the same time.' With regard to the fee paid to ScotRail, he said: 'ScotRail aren't making money out of this but are covering costs.'
Source:
Wizard News
Posted by: Kat on 27 September, 2004
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New Theory Editorial
Updates:
--Added a new single editorial theory about the Prophecy to the:
Theories/Single Editorials page
--Added new book covers from Sweden, China, Denmark, Czech Republic, and Vietnam to the:
Books/Movies page
Posted by: Kat on 26 September, 2004
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Additions
Updates:
--Added 3 new character bios (Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory, and Fleur Delacour) to the:
Characters page
--Added new book covers from Italy, Ukraine, Finland, the Netherlands, and Iran to the:
Books/Movies page
Posted by: Kat on 25 September, 2004
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Harry Potter agus an Orcloch
The Irish Gaelic version of
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is due to hit bookstores next month, putting the number of languages that the first novel has been translated into at over 200.
Editions of
Philospher's Stone can be found writen in a variety of languages, from Ancient Greek and Latin to Yugoslavian and Iranian.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 25 September, 2004
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Hyphen to be the Norm for Half-Blood Prince
As previously stated there will be a hyphen used in the American edition of HBP. However, it has just confirmed it will also be in placed in the British edition. The book will be
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince whether you be Yank or Brit. This decision was made to be consistent with the use of the term in rest of the series. It has been unconfirmed as to weather the hyphen will be used in other editions as well.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 25 September, 2004
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Happy Birthday Tom Felton!
Today is Tom Felton's 17th Birthday! Tom plays the character Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. Have a great birthday Tom.
Posted by: Kat on 22 September, 2004
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Too Early to Cast for Order of the Phoenix
A spokesperson for Warner Brothers told
CBBC Newsround:
As for the next movie, it's far too early to think about casting. We don't have a script, director, start date or casting director and no one will be considered for any role until all these are in place. We don't want children to be disappointed, so we're asking them not to write into the studios. It would be a waste of their time.
The spokesperson also noted that movie extras are typically found through local schools or agencies.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 21 September, 2004
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Updates
Updates:
--Added 5 new character bios (Prof. Grubby-Plank, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Lavender Brown, and Millicent Bullstrode) to the:
Characters page
--Added 4 new rumors to the:
Rumors page
Posted by: Kat on 20 September, 2004
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Happy Birthday Hermoine!
Today is Hermonie's Birthday according to JK Rowling!
Posted by: Kat on 19 September, 2004
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Updates
Updates:
--Added 5 new character bios (Crabbe, Goyle, Luna Lovegood, and the Patil twins) to the:
Characters page
--Added 2 new disproven rumors to the:
Rumors page
Posted by: Kat on 16 September, 2004
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New Section on JK’s Official Site
Jo Rowling has added another section to
her site called the Rubbish Bin, which contains, well, exactly what it claims to: rubbish. You can locate it on her main page by clicking the gum rapper directly between the coffee mug and the notepad. Along with the new section, she has provided a brief summary it, found in the “About” section:
"It is inevitable that amongst all the who-knows-how-many Harry Potter/J K Rowling stories that appear in the press there will be some that are less than accurate. This is a great place to tell you the truth about some of the more-fiction-than-fact articles."
She also includes a rating along with each story, going from “Starting to Smell” to “Toxic”, along with descriptions of each rating. If you keep a sharp eye out, you may also find some clues lying around regarding your scrapbook! Hint: Pen ink spill.
Source:
JKRowling.com
Posted by: Katherine on 16 September, 2004
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Prisoner now #15 on box office gross records
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is now listed at #15 of All Time World Wide Movie box office grosses with $780.9 million. The first Potter film,
Sorcerer's Stone, is ranked at #3 with $976.5 million.
Chamber of Secrets is ranked at #7 with $876.7 million dollars.
Click on
Box Office Mojo for a full list of the top 100 box office grossing movies of all time.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 15 September, 2004
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Cross out Hagrid?
For those of you making guesses as to who the Half-Blood Prince is, (I’m basically speaking to the whole of Earth's population when I say that, save for maybe two people dwelling in cardboard boxes in a deep-sea cave somewhere)
MuggleNet has received two different tip-offs that Hagrid is not the Half-Blood Prince:
Two separate MuggleNet readers have written in to say that JK Rowling ruled out Hagrid as a possible Half-Blood Prince candidate at the Edinburgh book reading last August. She revealed this to both readers independently after being asked in the book tent.
MuggleNet also added that both readers have UK-based IP Addresses, as well as “solid alibis”. Like all other unconfirmed news items, treat this as a rumor until we have further information.
Source:
MuggleNet
Posted by: Katherine on 13 September, 2004
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Gabrielle Delacour and Patil Twins cast!
BBC Newsround is reporting that the role of Gabrielle Delacour, the younger sister of Fleur, will be played by Angelica Mandy. Angelia recently appeared in the film
Vanity Fair. They also state that the role of Parvati Patil has been recast, and will be played by Shefali Chowdhury. Parvati's sister, Padma, will be played by Afshan Azad. No pictures of the three actresses have cropped up around the net yet, but we'll keep you updated!
Source:
BBC Newsround
Posted by: Katherine on 11 September, 2004
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Crabbe: A Jamie Waylett Interview
HPANA has posted an interview with Harry Potter actor Jamie Waylett who plays the role of Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films. In which he states:
Current filming – I can't give away too much. The ferret scene, that's one to look out for. The Yule Ball – that scene is in, but I haven't filmed it yet.
Source:
HPANA
Posted by: Kat on 10 September, 2004
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Happy Birthday Chris!
Happy Birthday to Chris Columbus, the director and producer of the first two Harry Potter movies.
Posted by: Kat on 10 September, 2004
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Links Update
Added a character official sites section to the
Floo Network: Links page. We now list the sites of individual actors in the Harry Potter movies, such as Jamie Waylett (Crabbe), Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), and many more.
Posted by: Kat on 9 September, 2004
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Goblet of Fire: 2 1/2 hours!
Rumors have been flying that the Warner Bros. production of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be four hours long. While many fans have wished this to be true it is simply a false rumor.
The film, slated for release in November 2005, began filming on June 25. Jamie Waylett, who plays Vincent Crabbe in the movies, posted to his
e-Diary on August 30th that they were filming a scene which occurs about midway through the novel. For the movie to be completed on time and be four hours long this particular scene would have been shot many months ago! There is no way that the movie will be four hours long.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 9 September, 2004
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New International Book Covers
Added many new international book covers to the
Books and Movies page:
--Australia/Canada/UK editions
--Bulgarian editions
--French editions
--German editions
--Mexican/Spanish editions
**note: you must click on a book cover to see covers of each.
Posted by: Kat on 7 September, 2004
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Happy Birthday Hugh Mitchell
Happy 15th birthday to Hugh Mitchell, who plays Colin Creevey in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
For a full list of actors/actresses in all the Harry Potter movies see the
Cast/Crew page.
Source:
Veritaserum
Posted by: Kat on 7 September, 2004
Congratulations to MuggleNet: the Newest Winner of JKR Fan Site Award
The newest winner of the fan site award from
J.K.Rowling.comhas been announced. We at Leaky send our best wishes to to the great group at
MuggleNet. Congratulations!
"It's high time I paid homage to the mighty MuggleNet. Where to start? I love the design, (I currently favour the 'Dementor' layout), the polls (I actually voted in the 'Who's the Half-Blood Prince?' one), the pretty-much-exhaustive information on all books and films, the wonderful editorials (more insight there than in several companion volumes I shall not name), 101 Ways to Annoy Lord Voldemort (made me laugh aloud), the Wall of Shame (nearly as funny as some of the stuff I get)...pretty much everything. Webmaster Emerson, Eric, Jamie, Damon, Ben, Matthew, Rachel, Jaymz and Sharon, I salute you."
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 7 September, 2004
Mary GrandPre to Illustrate for Minnesota State Fair
Mary GrandPre, who illustrates the American editions of the Harry Potter books, has agreed to create original art for next year's Minnesota State Fair commemorative poster.
GrandPre says the fair is always changing, and each time she goes she fines something else to call her favorite thing.
Posters and signed numbered prints will be produced in limited quantities and will be available only through the Minnesota State Fair Foundation beginning next summer. Proceeds go to supporting the fair's property and programs.
Source:
TWWN
Posted by: Kat on 7 September, 2004
New GoF Set Pictures
Emma-Watson.net has 5 great new pictures of Emma Watson and Dan Radcliffe on the set of
Goblet of Fire-- both looking, in my opinion, even more grown up since the premiere of PoA! There are two of Emma and an unknown boy, and three of Dan beside a car. To Locate the pictures, scroll down Emma-Watson.net's news section.
Edit: Just a guess on my part, but I'm thinking that the "unknown boy"
may be Robert Pattinson, the person chosen for the part of Cedric Diggory, but I wouldn't stake my life on it.
Source:
The Leaky Cauldron,
Emma-Watson.net
Posted by: Katherine on 4 September, 2004
Gary Oldman to have a role in Batman Begins
Warner Bros. Pictures officially announced today that Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) will be playing the role of Jim Gordon in the upcoming film, Batman Begins, which is due for a 2005 release.
Source:
Godric's Hollow
Posted by: Katherine on 4 September, 2004
Jamie Waylett to appear at Collector Mania 6
The
Official Collectormania Website has added Jamie Waylett (who portrays Vincent Crabbe) to their list of appearing guests.
Source:
Collectormania
Posted by: Katherine on 4 September, 2004
Tom Felton blog update
Tom Felton updated his
blog yesterday, discussing his GSCE scores as well as answering some fan questions.
Source:
MuggleNet
Posted by: Katherine on 4 September, 2004
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Archives
All of August 2004 News and Updates posts have been moved to the
Archives page
Posted by: Kat on 3 September, 2004
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Updated Pages
Updates:
--Added 4 new character bios (Professors Trelawney, Flitwick, Binns, and Sprout) to the:
Characters page
--Added many more quotes to the:
Quotes page
--Added many new movie sound clips to the:
Sonorus: The Soundboard page
Posted by: Kat on 3 September, 2004
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Harry Potter line-up for Collector Mania 6 Announced
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan), and James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) have just been added to the guest list for Collectormania 6. For more information on the event and to see who else will be making appearances, check out Collector Mania's
Official Site. Collector Mania 6 will be taking place on October 1 through the third, at Milton Keynes in the UK.
MuggleNet also has a great section on
past Collector Manias, complete with reports and video footage-- worth looking at if you're considering going-- it really gives you a feel for what the event is like!
Source:
MuggleNet
Just one more thing, and that is that I'd like to introduce myself, so as not to confuse you all between Kat, Katie or I. My name is Katherine (Yet another person with a 'K-a-t'-name, here!) and I'll be helping out around the site, posting news and such. Happy browsing! ^^;;
Posted by: Katherine on 3 September, 2004
Additions
Updates:
--Added international book covers to the:
Books and Movies page
--Added more cast members to the Movies Cast List:
Movies ~ Cast List page
Posted by: Kat on 1 September, 2004
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Order of the Pheonix released in Japan
Today book five, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , was released in Japan. According to the Daily Yomiuri, it "went on sale Wednesday with a record 2.9 million initial print run of the two-volume set." The Harry Potter books have sold over 260 million copies worldwide. You can see the cover of the book and other Harry Potter books
Here.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 1 September, 2004
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