[HPFGU-OTChatter] OoP release date -- more optomistic news

[Kathryn Cawte]

Typed up from the current issue of Starburst.

Fifth Potter Novel Finished

"JK Rowling has announced that the latest installment of the Harry Potter
saga, 'The Order of the Phoenix', is finally complete. Amid tales of writer
s block and the distractions of her new-found fame, not to mention wealth,
re-marriage and impending motherhood, the novel has taken Rowling a long
time to write (it's two-and-a-half years since 'The Goblet of Fire' came
out) but the fifth in the seven-book series is finally done. It's scheduled
for publication in the first half of 2003.
Although Rowling has previously said that she expected the 636-page 'Goblet
of ire' to be the longest book since it was the pivot of the series, it
looks likr 'The Order of the Phoenix' will be just as long, if not longer.
the author noted that, as she embarked on a round of final tweaking before
handing it to her publisher Bloomsbury, the novel stood at 38 chapters. 'The
Goblet of Fire' had 37."

Also the Internet Movie Database is listing Sir Ian MacKellen as playing
Dumbledore in theior cast list for PoA with the only other confirmed cast
members being the intedpid trio and Hagrid.

K