I am sooo excited about Helena playing Bellatrix! I'm sure she will do brilliantly...

excellent!

Oh WOW! HELENA BONHAM CARTER -- she's my favorite! ^_^ This is great news!

Nice.

awesome, I'm not familiar with all of these actors but I love to hear the names so we can lok them up and see what they've done......AW

Let the destruction of the next Harry Potter book continue....

I saw it posted on teletext for Newsround and I was OMG, no way, she was totally who I thought should play Bella! I was disappointed when I first saw it was someone I wasn't familiar with, but Helena has an amazing range as an actress!

OH MY GOD! SO GOOD!

aww i really though Helen McCrory would make an great Bellatrix, but what you gunna do! Anyway I'm sure Helena Bonhan Carter will be excellent too she is a brilliant actress.

wikkid! this might make up for her terrible oscar outfit...

ohhh! I liked the other one better

Ah wow!! I just love Helena!!! I think she has everything Bellatrix need and she is such a great actress!! hehehe it will be great if Tim Burton, her "husband" directed the next movie, with her!!

please someone get some pics of the actors playing the young Marauders! i wanna see them!!

Oh god, I really really want to see them too! Who's doing Peter and Lily?

that's cool, although it will be interesting to see helena playing a evil character!

*has day off* I'm on the hunt! *goes to search for actors*

The McCrory/Carter news is very disappointing. Hopkins? http://www.newburytheatre.co.uk/archive/200312h.htm

Helena played an evil character in Merlin (ironically another wizardy story)

omg wow!!! she'll be great as Bellatrix n i love all her work ive seen so far... i cant wait any longer 4 OOTP!!! :)

Apparently this is meant to be Alex Hopkins, close up pic that M_Ho linked to. http://www.hpana-media.com/images/news/19429/alechopkins.jpg

Her terrible oscar outfit? What was it?

Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix!!! YES!!! This is fantastic news, and she is a fantastic actress, fingers crossed that she can pull off the evilness...because I can't seem to remember her ever playing a nasty person.

No offense, but I largely prefer Helen over Helena. But I'm GLAD they finally cast the young marauders and Snape, I can't wait to see a pic of them and I hope I'm not disappointed.

This is Apple Brook, playing Prof Grubbly Plank http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41685000/jpg/_41685020_apple.jpg

NO!! They had the perfect Bellatrix =( I saw her in Charles:The Power and the Passion,and she was born for the role...

helena yay! I was hoping she'd find her way into an HP movie! acutally, I always thought she'd make a good Tonks...... for some reason. Can't wait to get some screen shots!!

I'm actually really appy with the choices, especially Grubbly-Plank! Movie 5 has to be the best cast out of all the HP films.

we have names! hurrah! it's funny that both Sirius and Remus are named James....

Oh, she'll be wonderful. That Brook woman seems allright, too. Please, someone! Find pictures of the Marauder pictures?

Whoa!!! Helena's cool. Infact she was my first choice for Bellatrix. Splendid.

Is this Jason Piper? http://www.thestage.co.uk/images/pics/5115.jpg

I wonder if James Walters is any relation to Julie Walters...?

yeah, i thought of that too!! James Walter spmehow related to Julie Walters, but maybe it's just an impression but i don't know if the pic i've posted is the real jame piper .. it is said there that james piper is a dancer. He surely must have the shape to do a centaure but i don't know if it is really him. can somebody confirm that?

I can confirm that Charles Hughes is young Peter Pettigrew and Susie Shinner is Young Lily Evans, but I can't find any pictures right now.

Is this really young Snape???!! They really want make us love Severus ^_^

I'm telling you, I've seen a picture of this "James Walters" and hes no sirius.

And there I was thinking the substitute teacher for Care of Magical Creatures would be left out. 0_0

oh, Elphie, she's MUCH too old to play Tonks, even with LOTS of makeup.

oooh, wait, if Grubbly Plank is there then we'll see unicorns!

Eeeerrr there MUST be smthg wrong, now the link for "alec hopkins" goes to the photo of Apple Brook...?

Same case with me, Darius. Must be a fault in the html coding.

nop, i'm seen a boy young boy here hehehe the link is ok.. try this. have you tried this? http://www.hpana-media.com/images/news/19429/alechopkins.jpg

These actors have impostant parts to play. They better not make mistakes. If anyone is in contact with them please make sure that they have read the HP series. I also agree with what xxwitchxx said, let the destruction continue.

It's ok the link has just been corrected ^_^

Helena has always annoyed me- i dont know why. So I guess in that sense she's perfect to play the evilness that kills my fave character :P Can't wait to actually see the mauraders and snape, glad they didn't cast that guy who was roumord as Remus before coz he looked nothing like him.

I hope Helena Bonham Carter can try to get Burton to direct the next HP movies. What about Kenneth Branagh(Gilderoy Lockhart), is he coming back? He plays a small but funny part in the next movie. WB should really consider bringing him back for OotP. Then the movie would really have an all-star cast.

THIS SUCKS!! i really liked the way helen looked. i thought she would be great for the part. and i mean come on helena is too old! how can you picture her with bubble gum pink spiky hair!? this is TERRIBLE NEWS! but congratulations on the baby all the same helen

Perfect.

http://www.thefairestlady.com/audrey/galleries/helena_bonham_carter1.jpg and then http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/artist_biographies/Helena_Bonham_Carter_Biography_2.jpg where Helena looks a lot like the bellatrix i have in my head. is just that in that pic posted here we can't see her as bellatrix but she can play a weirdo..i really like her. ahh and i can't find any pic of those boys. I looked everywhere i could..

Rachel Weisz if I had to absolutely replace McCory.