In an article regarding his guest role on the upcoming series of Entourage, Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) says that he is excited to begin work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows after being cut from the sixth film.  He adds, "It is easy to get back into the mind of Lucius. I just put on the wig."

Tickets for the Broadway revival of Equus, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths, go on sale at 10 a.m. on August 4 at the Broadhurst Theater box office.  Performances run from September 5 to February 8, with an official opening on September 25.  There will be 52 onstage seats.

It was announced yesterday that The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a set of fairy tales which J.K. Rowling penned and illustrated herself, will be published on December 4.  We now know that both editions of the book will include commentary from Professor Dumbledore, which you can now read more about here.

The official website for the "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" has been updated with new concept art of The Three Broomsticks (view here) and a new poll (vote here).  The park will open in 2010.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, slated for release December 4, is now available for pre-order on Amazon:
Amazon.co.uk: Collector's Edition, exclusively on Amazon (£50) | Standard Edition (£3.99)
Amazon.com: Collectros' Edition, exclusively on Amazon ($100) | Standard Edition ($7.59)

We've just received official word that J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be published on December 4. Net proceeds from the sale will go directly to the Children's High Level Group.  For the official press release, click here.

As it is now July 31 in the United Kingdom, we would like to wish author J.K. Rowling and fictional boy wizard Harry Potter a very happy birthday!  Or maybe we'll just let Daniel Radcliffe do it for us…

MTV caught up with Rupert Grint on the set of his new film Cherry Bomb to discuss the new Harry Potter trailer.  In the article, Grint calms fans who felt the teaser was too short by saying, "It's only a teaser, just to get people excited."  He also expresses joy that the scene in which he is poisoned made it into the trailer because it "was a really fun scene."

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J.K Rowling has updated her official site to wish Neville Longbottom a happy birthday.

Our set report will be back online at a later date, as per request by Warner Bros.

Thanks to MTV for letting us know that they have complied a shot-by-shot analysis of the teaser trailer for the sixth Harry Potter film.  You can see the teaser trailer in high-res here, the shot-by-shot analysis here, high-res screenshots from the teaser here, and high-res images from the film here.

The U.S. Harry Potter site has been updated to display the official HBP logo as well as a link to the new teaser trailer.  We will let you know when more content is added.

Thanks to Warner Bros. for sending over high-res versions of the four images which surfaced on USA Today's website yesterday.  You can see the new images beginning here.

You can see high-resolution screenshots from the recently released teaser trailer by clicking here.

Click here to see the teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in high-definition!  You can also see the trailer in standard definition on MSN Movies at this link, or on YouTube by clicking here.

The Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will premiere in Europe on November 17 before members of the Royal Family.  Money raised at the event will benefit the CTBF.  To purchase tickets, please contact the CTBF fundraising department at +44(0)20-7439-2966 or events@ctbf.co.uk.

USA Today has added two more pictures to their site from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer.  Check them out, along with the two they released yesterday, by clicking here.

The long-awaited teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will debut via satellite feed tomorrow at 9 pm EST.  The trailer is expected to be released online at AOL.com tomorrow as well.  Stay tuned for a link to the trailer!

According to a new article in USA Today, film editing on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is complete.  Studio officials will see the finished product soon. The article also includes two brand-new stills from the movie which will appear in tomorrow's trailer: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin as Young Tom Riddle and Michael Gambson as Dumbledore fending off Inferi.