Cinemas across the U.S. will be hosting a special early screening of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald on Tuesday, November 13.  The official release date is Friday, November 16, and most cinemas will start showing the film on Thursday evening (let’s pause and take a moment to remember the excitement of midnight premieres, now …read more!

Salamander’s Eyes and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, new music from the Crimes of Grindelwald soundtrack by James Newton Howard, made their debut today, and it’s got us super excited for next month. The track list is also circulating online, but BE WARNED – it contains some hefty spoilers! **UPDATE: Tracks are now available on YouTube, and the full setlist has …read more!

A brand new and limited edition Newt Scamander pin badge showing the famed magieoologist’s wand just launched on behalf of Lumos, giving buyers the chance to win tickets to the UK premiere of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald! The pin badge (below) is priced at £5.99, and features Newt’s wand and an Occamy. It’s available until …read more!

The premiere of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will be held in Paris on Nov. 8! Though the news is probably no surprise to ardent fans who have known for months that Paris is the primary setting for the second film and hosting the premiere in France would be a logical nod to the …read more!

Wizarding fans appeared at New York Comic Con yesterday–whether by broom, portkey, Floo Powder, apparition or, sadly, non-magical means–excited to see the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Tom Felton and Natalia Tena for YouTube’s Origin panel. Once again, Leaky’s editor and correspondent Amanda Kirk was onsite alongside other fan sites, such …read more!

The official companion book for the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibit, which opens October 5 and runs through January 27, 2019, at the New York Historical Society, is now available exclusively from the Society’s bookshop.  You can get free shipping with promo code HISTORYOFMAGIC.  On October 9, the book will become available nationwide, …read more!

The stars of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald congregated in New York outside the Today Show studio early this morning to kick off a day-long fan event building up to the release of the final trailer from Warner Bros. tomorrow! Who’s excited?!?! ? #WandsReady https://t.co/KTQG8thvnu — The Leaky Cauldron (@leaky) September 24, 2018 Fans screamed …read more!

This week’s theater news revolves around tickets. How else will theater-going fans be able to see long-running favorites, popular new hits or up-and-coming arrivals? First up, Daniel Radcliffe’s The Lifespan of a Fact opened with preview performances and announced a rush ticket policy, which should be of interest to fans. Second, Rowling made an appearance …read more!

Today, September 20th, Warner Bros announced an installation of nine giant wands set to cast the Lumos charm on London this Fall. The installation will celebrate the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and help raise awareness for J.K. Rowling’s charity Lumos, working to raise awareness of the need to end institutionalisation of children around the …read more!

Hogwarts in the Snow and Dinner in the Great Hall will return to Warner Bros Studio Tour this year, and will see the sets from the Harry Potter films transformed for the festive season! Hogwarts in the Snow will run from  17th November until 27th January, giving visitors access to the all-round festive transformation of the tour. Visitors will see the …read more!