The Times Online has posted their 50 Biggest Movies for 2008 and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is on the list at number

2: Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince

The vast regiment of Potter fans will already know what they’re getting. Despite Guillermo del Toro’s pleas this instalment of the boy wizard franchise will be directed by David Yates, who everyone except Guillermo seems to agree made a decent fist of Order of the Phoenix. Preview

There is a new set report online at TigerBeatMag.com.

There are HUNDREDS of SECRETS that only I can deliver to you straight from the set visit today. I saw all the sets from the previous movies – including the Great Hall and the Gryffindor Boys’ Dormitory – as well as brand new sets built just for this movie, including Ron’s bedroom (part of the super cool and unique Weasley house set) to what the Inferi creatures are gonna look like (wait till you see the cave scenes with Harry and Dumbledore)!

I’ve also got mega interviews with Daniel, Rupert, Emma, Bonnie Wright (who plays Ginny Weasley), and newcomer Jessie Cave (the lucky gal who plays Lavender Brown, Ron’s sort of girlfriend in this movie).

Before I go (I have to keep some more secrets for now), here’s a little trivia. While the movie’s being filmed, it’s called “Champion,” to keep it under wraps until the release date. Make sure to keep checking the Daily Dish, only from BOP and Tiger Beat magazines!

Thanks to iamfez via Snitch Seeker

Timothy Spall, who plays Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films recently confirmed that he would be returning as Wormtail in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

“Well I’m actually…. yes… I’m in the next one”, reveals the British actor. ”And I’m also in the one at the end � I have a very big scene in that. I think they might be shooting two of them back-to-back � hard to know though, what with this writer’s strike and all. They’re shooting the penultimate one at the moment � which I have a brief appearance in it. I should be doing that soon.”

I am so glad he is coming back! He is a great Peter.

Hey peeps!
I just spent the past 3 hours scanning all the Harry Potter pages of Movie Magic magazine (and resizing them), even though I am not allowed to show them all. I put a few of the pages in the GALLERY, so head over there to see them. There are 53 pages about Harry Potter in total, I put up a few of the beginning pages for some articles.

Also, if you have a website and want the pages featuring the actor/actress your site is about just email me and I will attach any pages they are in to the email for you. =)

The magazine will be on sale until March 17th 2008! So go out and buy it.

CBBC Newsround has announced some new cast members for Half-Blood Prince!

• Cormac McLaggen –> Freddie Stroma
• Blaise Zabini –> Louis Cordice (if you recall, I posted a rumour that he was playing Blaise)
• Katie Bell –> Georgina Leonidas
• Katie’s Friend Leanne –> Isabella Laughland
• Romilda Vane –> Anna Shaffer
• Marcus Belby –> Robert Knox

There is a new description of Half-Blood Prince thanks to HPANA:

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
November 21

(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Director: David Yates
Writer: Steve Kloves
Producers: David Heyman, David Barron

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, David Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Cave, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Frank Dillane, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Helen McCrory, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Natalia Tena, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Julie Walters, David Thewlis, Bonnie Wright

Fantasy Adventure. Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates! And then there’s Hermione, simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.