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 The fifth Harry Potter book will be called "Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix" and is will be out in June 2003

Pre-order now Harry Potter Book 5 Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix at amazon.com (usa) and amazon.co.uk, (uk) amazon.ca (canada), amazon.fr (france) and amazon.de (german) click for the country you live in, out 21st June 2003

What to expect

A lot more scary

• One of the main characters will die!!!

• You will see lots of old characters in book 5

• The next Defence of the Dark Arts teacher will be female

• You will find out something important about Harry's mum

• You will find out why Voldemort killed Harry's mum & dad.

Interesting film facts: The Philosopher's (Scorceror's) Stone

There were 100 cast members in the film "Harry Potter and the philosophers stone"

• 500 crew members

and a 100 day shooting schedule

• It cost over $100 million to make

• 1000 children had to be used to make the film because of child working laws which state all child actors have to have doubles(and even trebles!) to stand in for them

Handy addresses:

You can write to J.K.Rowling at this address:

Do you want to be in the next Harry Potter film? The casting address is:

Susie Figgis
Harry Potter production office
c/o Pinewood studios
Iver Heath
Buckinghamshire S20 0NH
England

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Due out November 15th 2002

Cast

• Professor Gilderoy Lockhart - The new teacher of the Dark Arts, Lockhart is a flamboyant character whose book sales (for the likes of "Magical Me" and "Break With a Banshee") far outstrip his actual talents.
• Tom Riddle - The one-time Hogwarts student whose rediscovered 50-year-old diary contains the secret to the whole story. played by Christian Coulson
• Dobby - A house-elf with bat-like ears and tennis ball-sized green eyes, the diminutive Dobby is forever hitting himself when he's being disloyal to his mystery master and warning Harry Potter about a life-endangering plot. Reportedly played by The voice of Kevin J O'Connor.
• Armando Dippet - A one-time headmaster of Hogwarts, Dippet appears briefly in Tom Riddle's diary.Played by: Alfred Burke
• Moaning Myrtle - A constantly sobbing ghost who haunts a girls' toilet. Whines about her fate to anyone who'll listen. Played by: Shirley Henderson
• Arthur Weasley - Father of the numerous Weasley offspring (including Ron, prefect Percy, and errant twins Fred and George), Arthur Weasley is fascinated by Muggle behaviour and works at the Ministry of Magic. Played by: Mark Williams
• Lucius Malfoy - The father of Harry's enemy Draco Malfoy, Lucius is a one-time follower of Lord Voldemort and full-time loather of mudbloods (wizards of muggle descent). Played by: Jason Isaacs
• Professor Sprout - A small witch who teaches Herbology, Sprout is rarely seen away from her greenhouses. Played by: Miriam Margolyes
• Aragog - A giant spider that holds a vital piece of information as to the whereabouts of the Chamber of Secrets. Played by: The voice of Julian Glover
  Here are some newcomers:
  Hugh Mitchell, who will play sycophantic first year student Colin Creevey; Sally Mortemore, who'll play the prim librarian Madam Irma Pince; and Gemma Padley, who'll play Ravenclaw Prefect Penelope Clearwater. 

Interesting facts about the locations Filmed at

Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft is 1000 years old in the book, but as there is no school in the UK that old, the film's creators chose Gloucester Cathedral as their main location.
Platform 9 3/4  - the platform where all the wizard children board the Hogwarts Express to school - was filmed at platform 4, London's King's Cross station.
London Zoo was the setting for Harry's discovery that he can 'talk' to snakes. While the Australian Embassy became Gringotts Bank for the film
Other locations include:
No. 12 Picket Close in Bracknell, Berkshire as Harry's room in the cupboard under the stairs, Privet Drive, Little Whinging
Quidditch matches were filmed at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Goathland railway station in North Yorkshire became Hogsmeade station

The Chamber of Secrets Movie Info

The 9ft Spider used in the film had an 18ft leg span and weighed ¾ of a ton

• The 3rd movie may be the end for the stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert grint, as they are growing up and Daniel is even developing some stubble!
  
  
• Filming the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, there was a 350-strong crew  

• Filming took place at the Leavesden Studios which is an old aircraft factory where films like Goldeneye, mortal Kombat and Star Wars: the Phantom Menace were also filmed
   
• A total of 14 Ford Anglia cars were used for the flying and action stages
  
  
•  Candidates to replace the late Richard Harris for the role of Dumbledore in the next film are Peter O'Toole, Joss Ackland & Michael Gambon

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

Cast so far!

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will definitely all be back for the third film, The Prisoner of Azkaban.

• Gary Oldman plays Sirius Black, the eponymous prisoner whose escape is thought to pose a great threat to Harry Potter;
• Michael Gambon plays the role of Professor Dumbledore, Hogwarts’ venerable headmaster;
• Timothy Spall portrays Peter Pettigrew, an old friend of Harry’s father, James Potter, from their days at Hogwarts;
• David Thewlis plays Professor Lupin, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor who harbors a mysterious secret;
• Pam Ferris plays Harry’s overbearing Aunt Marge;
Paul Whitehouse portrays Sir Caddogan, a Knight who becomes the temporary guardian of Gryffindor Tower.

Not sure, but according to the bbc website, here in the UK, this is the first picture of the Knight bus!!! It has been spotted in London, before filming has started, isn't it cool?
Taken from this site, click here for more info at the BBC

 Filming The Prisoner of Azkaban Information

This film probably won't be out until November 2004, will let you know more, asap!

Warner Bros, which owns the rights to JK Rowling's child wizard books, will using digital effects and other locations like Glencoe in Scotland for the third film - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, instead of Alnwick Castle and Durham Cathedral that they used in the first two films

The bulk of the new film is to be shot on a closed set at Leavesden Studios in Watford.

External scenes are to be shot in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Filmed in April approx 2003