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Go Back in Time with Eddie Redmayne, Fiona Shaw & Jack Thorne!

Mar 16, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Audio Books, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, HP Cast, Jack Thorne, Movies, News, Redmayne, Shaw, Spall, Williams

The actors who helped bring the Harry Potter series and Fantastic Beasts to the screen, and the writer who brought us Cursed Child will go back in time to tell the stories of a caveman, a prison and Ancient Greece in new films and exhibitions: Eddie Redmayne, who recently starred in the audiobook of the updated Fantastic Beasts and Where …read more!

Pottermore Introduces Six New Fantastic Beasts

Mar 15, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Audio Books, Companion Books, Fan Art, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fun, J.K. Rowling, Media, News, Pottermore, Redmayne

Yesterday was a big day for Newt Scamander and his fantastic beasts, along with the release of a newly updated version of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them textbook also came a new audiobook version narrated by Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander himself. The updated version includes six new creatures as well as a foreword to …read more!

Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Audiobook (and eBook) Now Available!

Mar 14, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Audio, Audio Books, Companion Books, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News, Redmayne

The updated audiobook version of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them encyclopedia, voiced by Newt Scamander himself, Eddie Redmayne, is available for download on Audible today! The audiobook is already breaking records and will no doubt continue to do so. According to MarketWatch, Audible revealed that the Fantastic Beasts textbook now holds the coveted title of most …read more!

Gareth Fry Records in the Heart of the Amazon for ‘The Encounter’

Mar 05, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Art, Audio, Crew Interviews, Fry, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News

Gareth Fry, the sound designer for ‘Cursed Child,’ exhibited an extreme amount of dedication while working on his latest project, The Encounter, and had more than 500 mosquito bites to prove it. The production is based on the true story of a National Geographic photographer that gets stranded in the Amazon rainforest. Loren McIntyre traveled to the Amazon in 1969 with the …read more!

Katherine Waterston: Narrates a Novel and Navigates the Dangers of Space

Feb 22, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Audio Books, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Interviews, Movies, News, Waterston

Katherine Waterston, of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them fame, is a busy woman of late. She’s currently involved in a number of projects in addition to the filming of our favorite upcoming sequel. She lent her voice to the audiobook of friend Katie Kitamura’s novel, A Separation, and she appears in a new …read more!

Eddie Redmayne to Voice New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Audio Book

Jan 27, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Audio Books, Fantastic Beasts, Fun, J.K. Rowling, Media, News, Pottermore, Redmayne

A new audio book version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is coming this March and it will be narrated by Newt Scamander himself, in the form of Eddie Redmayne, who portrays him in the new film that is loosely based on the original book. Redmayne appeared on this morning’s NBC Today Show discussing the …read more!

Fantastic Beasts Screenplay Now Available in Accessible Format

Dec 19, 2016

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Audio Books, Books, Companion Books, Fandom, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, News, Publishers, Sales

Harry Potter fans have put the print versions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and more recently, the screenplay of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at the top of many best seller lists for 2016, as reported by Leaky last week. W.F. Howes Ltd., a UK publisher of large print and audiobooks, has now released …read more!

Coming Soon: Fantastic Beasts e-book!

Dec 11, 2016

Posted by: Ashley Kurtz

Audio Books, Bloomsbury, Books, Books - Release Dates, Charity, Companion Books, Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Info, iTunes Downloads, J.K. Rowling, News, Pottermore, Publishers, Quidditch Through the Ages, Titles

Following the trend of Pottermore’s release of books such as Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard,  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will finally be getting it’s own E-book release on the website. While the Fantastic Beasts Original Screenplay has it’s own e-book adaptation, we’re still patiently waiting for the original book version to be available. …read more!

‘Harry Potter’ Stars’ Sunglasses up for grabs in in charity appeal

Dec 01, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Charity, Coltrane, Fry, News, Radcliffe, Watson

You could own Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Dawn French, Zoe Wanamaker or Stephen Fry’s glasses, if you bid in an Specs Appeal’s charity auction! Until the 5th December, bidding is open on more than 120 celebrity sunglasses for Specs Appeal, which will help the charity’s work in helping blind people to see again, and improving …read more!

Happy Birthday Rupert Grint and Stephen Fry!

Aug 24, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Audio Books, Birthdays, Character Birthdays, Fry, Grint, J.K. Rowling, News, Pottermore

Today (24th August) marks the birthday of our very own Ron Weasley, Rupert Grint, as well as Harry Potter audiobook reader, Stephen Fry! J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to wish them a happy birthday: Happy birthday to 3 wonderful people: @stephenfry, @HelenMilburn and Rupert Grint! ????? — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 24 August 2016 Stephen Fry posted …read more!



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