The People’s Choice awards where announced today in the US and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won for ‘Favorite Movie Drama.’

Congrats!

JK Rowling has updated her web site to wish the late Professor Severus Snape a happy birthday (on January 9th)

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two websites have updated with new construction photos and information on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park. Universal Ignited has three new pictures.  Screamscape has a YouTube video showing two concept images.
The theme park is scheduled to open between December 2009 and June 2010.

Thanks Mugglenet!

If you recall, I posted a while ago about HP Stars being nominated for Critics Choice Awards. Unfortunatley Order of the Phoenix didn’t win Best Family Film but someone else did win!

• Best Actress: Julie Christie – Away From Her

Julie played Madam Rosmerta in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Thanks to DanRadcliffe.com we know that you can now preorder My Boy Jack on Amazon US and UK!!!!

• United States – April 22, 2008
• Canada – April 22, 2008

YAY!!!!!

MTV has a new article about the most anticipated sequals of 08 and Order of the Phoenix is among them. It is listed at Number 2, with Bond 22 at first, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at third.

Harry’s going to kiss Ginny! Ron’s going to get an intimate whiff of Lavender Brown! Somebody really, really important will die! Although loyalists already know the major “Prince” plot points, all eyes are on director David Yates as he attempts to bring them to life while matching the book’s emotional impact. Last year’s “Order of the Phoenix” gave us darker imagery and dramatically heftier acting from the leads. Now, with the magical series winding down, could “Prince” be the film that finally stirs up Oscar buzz for Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and/or Emma Watson? With enormous sets like the underground cave that houses one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, and new characters that include Jim Broadbent’s enigmatic potion master, Horace Slughorn, Yates certainly has his work cut out for him. If only there were a spell that could transport us to November.