It’s been a big week for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! Pottermore released a behind-the-scenes video featuring costume designer Katrina Lindsay and Cursed Child cast members. A Celebration of Harry Potter event at Universal Orlando Resort unveiled video messages from the London cast, still enjoying a successful run in the West End; the Broadway …read more!

It’s a bittersweet thing to celebrate the birthday of beloved friend who passes too soon from our lives. In the case of Lily Evans Potter, she is memorialized in pages of fiction, never lost to us entirely but always, there, a reminder of how inadequate are the brief glimpses of her story. We must strive …read more!

Last year, Andrew Lincoln, of The Walking Dead fame, lamented during the season premiere of the Talking Dead that he and costar David Morrissey were the only two working actors in England who hadn’t had the chance to don wizarding robes. Walking Dead fans are surely thankful he eventually won the role of Rick Grimes, …read more!

Universal Orlando Resort is hosting A Celebration of Harry Potter event this weekend and welcomed fans with a spectacular opening ceremony peppered with exciting announcements! Before the ceremony, Leaky had the chance to sit down with the cast in attendance at A Celebration – newcomers Natalia Tena (Tonks) and Stanislav Yanevski (Viktor Krum), along with a …read more!

In this week’s theater round-up, Evanna Lynch not only saw continued success for her current project, Disco Pigs, but she also visited another Off-Broadway stage for a return to the magical world. Eddie Redmayne found himself in the theater as well, charmed back to Hogwarts–perhaps missing J.K. Rowling’s enchanting story now that shooting on his …read more!

Eddie Redmayne is making the rounds to promote the upcoming release of his new film Early Man, and it’s no surprise his highly-anticipated return to the wizarding world as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald would come up. He and his fellow costars are no doubt under strict orders to carefully guard …read more!

Newt Scamander’s oft-referenced textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is essential reading for all young witches and wizards, including the muggles among us who aspire to dabble in the magical world and, like Jacob Kowalski, someday interact with the creatures described therein. Bloomsbury announced an updated edition of Scamander’s seminal work last year, …read more!

For the second time this week Entertainment Weekly released details hinting at what fans can expect from upcoming films in the Fantastic Beasts series–and it only leaves us wanting more! Yesterday Leaky covered the news that the next three films will be set in different cities. Though it’s always possible Newt, Dumbledore, and the cast …read more!

This week’s theater round-up brings news of new beginnings–a popular production transfers to reach a new audience, a classic returns to a new stage, a television program comes to a new network, and a cast gains new insight into their story and the wealth of history behind it! Girl From the North Country Opens in …read more!

While the UK celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) last year and has now moved on to commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), fans in America have patiently waited to mark the occasion of Harry Potter’s introduction to the United States in …read more!