Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date

J.K. Rowling has announced the release date the next Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows. July 21, 2007.

2007 is the year action figures go back to their roots

Having just got back from Toy Fair in London i have to say that 2007 will be a great year for toys. The Corgi International / Cards Inc. action figure line of Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix and the Golden Compass look to be going back to their roots, 3& 3/4 inch scale baby!

What is awesome about these ranges is there play-ability, yes they come with playsets, something Hasbro have let star wars fans down with for many years, the main attraction and Christmas toy of the year WILL be the Hogwarts Great Hall Playset, you will not believe how beautiful this toy is. Harry Potter fans of all ages are in for a treat.

The Golden Compass Lord Asriel figure played by Daniel Craig !!!IS!!! Daniel Craig, we thought the Albus Dumbledore figure was the best sculpt we had seen at this scale from the online previews, but Lord Asriel is better, James Bond figures anyone?

CARDS INC NEEDS THE JAMES BOND LICENSE!

Check out or friends at Action-Figure.com reviews of the Cards Inc. range of HP5 & Golden Compass Toys (they go into more detail and are far more professional), move over Hasbro!

Things to Look forward to in 2007

In no particular order but this is what we're looking forward to iPhone, Apple TV, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, The Golden Compass, Halo 3, Oblivion Expansions, Kings of Leon Album, Modest Mouse Album, Lost S3 Back on our Screens, 24 Day 6, Battlestar Galactica S3, Wii's back in stock, Transformers the Movie, Star Wars Celebration Europe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Smashing Pumpkins new album and tour, Spider-man 3, F4-2, Alan Wake Game, PS3 Failing to grip the market, Xbox 360 Price Drop, Harry Potter Action Figures, HD TV's Price Drop War & the launch of the brand new Cult Press website.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Author JK Rowling has revealed the title of the seventh and final Harry Potter book.

It will be called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The announcement was made on the writer's official website.

Despite the publication date not being known, the book is tipped to be a big seller, like the rest in the series.

Speculation about the plot has surrounded the book after Rowling admitted two characters will die - some think it could be Harry Potter himself.

More over at the BBC

First Lyra Pic Revealed

The first official picture of the actress playing Lyra in the film version of Northern Lights has been released by the film makers.

Alongside 12-year-old Dakota Blue Richards, from Sussex, is the evil Mrs Coulter played by Nicole Kidman.

Dakota won the part of Lyra after going to an open casting held in Cambridge earlier this year.

She's such a big fan of the books that she also went to see the stage version at the National Theatre.

Thanks to BBC Newsround

Philip Pullman talks about his set visit

Author Philip Pullman has spoken on his official site about his visit to the set of the movie based on his book "The Golden Compass", the first in the "His Dark Materials" series.

"The set was constructed inside a vast sound stage, a building bigger than many aircraft hangars, and going all the way around the inside walls, from floor to distant ceiling, there was a truly enormous canvas painted with an Arctic panorama of icy mountains under a dark sky.

Read more over at darkhorizons

Borat's book banned in the US

Borat’s first book has been banned by shops — because it is full of photos of naked women.

The spoof reporter’s memoir has more than 100 snaps of models supposed to be women from his Kazakhstan homeland.

British publisher Boxtree has snapped up the book for the UK. But publishing insiders claim American retail chains will NOT sell the book.

A source said: “Yank publishers know this book is just going to cause too much trouble. Some of the photos leave nothing to the imagination. Everything, and I really mean everything, is on display.”

Thanks to Sun Online