According to J.K. Rowling’s website, today, March 1st, is Ron Weasley’s birthday.

“Wicked.”

Today is both James and Oliver Phelps’ 22nd birthday. In case you didn’t know, the Phelps twins play Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films. Hopefully they will be in he sixth film!

Has anyone else seen these videos? They’re by the Harry Potter Alliance, and the first one is about a year old now. Harry Potter and the Dark Lord Waldemart Part I and Part II. Here’s part one:

Dan Radcliffe said at the BAFTA awards “I have no idea how that rumour started or where it came from. It’s not true. How’s that for a definitive answer? It’s absolute rubbish that Spielberg is directing the final film. It’s not true. There’s absolutely no foundation in that at all.”

As stated earlier, no director is being considered yet.

Filming for the film adaptation of the seventh Harry Potter book will start in February next year. David Heyman and David Barron confirm that a two-part film is still a possibility, though nothing has been decided. No director has been chosen yet either, as the deadline is still a year away. (Read more at TLC.)

The sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is still in production and will be released this November, on the twenty-first.

The latest survey is up: “Deathly Hallows could be a two-part movie…”

Of course, Warner Brothers hasn’t confirmed or denied this rumor yet. It would be cool though.

The results of the previous poll are:

Film review site Rotten Tomatoes has posted their 9th annual Golden Tomato Awards, their list of “the best-reviewed movies of the year” (2007).  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is listed as the winner for the Sci-Fi and Fantasy category.

Note that this is currently a rumor, and had not been verified by Warner Brothers, or any other authority.

There has been talk of Deathly Hallows being a two-part movie, because of the book’s length, and the impossibility of fitting everything into a three-hour movie. There would also be financial benefits to the approach… about 500 million pounds in ticket sales.

Also, the movie could be directed by Steven Spielberg, who had considered directing the first of the ‘Potter films.

Thanks to TLC.

Earlier this evening, the UK television station ITV aired their documentary of J.K. Rowling, which the author of the Harry Potter series has spoken highly of in her recent interview with PotterCast.  Now that the documentary has aired, it is available online for everyone to see. According to the description next to the video, JKR reveals what she plans on writing next.

Editor’s note: I will have to watch this video soon. Luckily my next Netflix rental will not arrive for a few more days.

Could there be another Harry Potter book? There’s a chance, however slim. We already know that J.K. Rowling has eventual plans to release a Harry Potter encyclopedia (known jokingly as “The Scottish Book” by JKR), but what about another novel.

According to CW Arkansas, JKR has said she might one day, though Harry would not be the primary character. Note that the author is not confirming that there will be another book set at Hogwarts, though the possibility is still open.