As we have lamented for years, so much from the Harry Potter book series was left out of the films – scenes, characters (PEEVES!), subplots, romances, etc. Other aspects of the books were altered in ways that did not align with the characters — and I don’t mean only “DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN …read more!

Can you guess where I am?!? There’s not much that will inspire this stiff-upper-lip WASP to dissolve into hysterics of joy, but here I am sobbing, “It’s real!” Such a spontaneous expression of raw emotion had never previously happened in my life. But that was me stepping through the brick wall behind London’s Leaky Cauldron …read more!

HBO has announced the additional of 21 new cast members for the upcoming series, set to debut in 2027. Most of the newly cast characters are Hogwarts students. Sorting them by their houses, we have the following new cast members for Gryffindor: Eire Farrell as Katie Bell Asha Soetan as Angelina Johnson Ethan Smith as Lee Jordan Serrana …read more!

Hasbro, a well-known toy and game company founded in 1923, just announced a new multi-year licensing partnership starting in 2027 with Warner Bros. that makes Hasbro the global primary toy licensee for the world of Harry Potter and the upcoming HBO Original HARRY POTTER series.  Hasbro’s innovative team will bring the Harry Potter universe to life …read more!

HBO Max’s visionOS app on Apple Vision Pro will feature a new “Hogwarts Great Hall” Immersive Environment for subscribers starting today, August 21 (just in time for this year’s Back to Hogwarts celebration), inspired by the iconic Great Hall in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While in the Environment, a subscriber’s viewing space will be transformed into the …read more!

The highly anticipated Harry Potter HBO Max television series has officially cast four more members of the iconic Weasley family, bringing Fred, George, Percy, and Ginny to life again in a new on-screen adaptation. Today, production confirmed the actors for the red-headed clan, with Tristan Harland and Gabriel Harland set to play the mischievous twins, …read more!

Ok, not really. But how to describe the school that has been built for the child actors on the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden set for the upcoming HBO Max Harry Potter series? The series will be filming for the next decade and, just as in the original films, the child actors will be growing up …read more!