This week in theater news, prominent Harry Potter and the Cursed Child collaborators, including J.K. Rowling, the show’s stars and more, discussed the big move to Broadway in new interviews from the New York Times and Broadway.com. An ocean away, the London production revealed news of its own upcoming changes, which will result in adapted …read more!

Matthew Lewis, the face of beloved Dumbledore’s Army leader Neville Longbottom, brought Lumos to the stage of Planet Comicon Kansas City last weekend when he shared stories of his years on the set of the Harry Potter films and how the experience shaped his career and his life. The Midwest’s premiere pop culture convention was …read more!

Most Potter fans know that Gryffindors are brave, Slytherins are cunning, Hufflepuffs loyal, and Ravenclaws astute, but have you ever wondered which House would take the cup in a race to get moving? Soon you’ll have the chance to find out, as well as contribute to a good cause, through Sport Relief’s 2018 campaign Billion …read more!

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ~Albus Dumbledore Newt Scamander is an exceptionally talented wizard and Magizoologist, far more able than he might get credit for, but, as his former headmaster and good friend Albus Dumbledore said to Harry, his abilities are actually the least …read more!

Matthew Lewis, the actor best known to fans as endearing Gryffindor Neville Longbottom, absolutely charmed a Great Hall full of Potter aficionados this past weekend at Planet Comicon Kansas City – and Leaky was lucky enough to be there! The premiere fan event in its 19th year welcomed thousands of attendees to see many of …read more!

Exciting LeakyCon 2018 updates! After revealing that Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) and several Wizard Rock bands would be joining the biggest Harry Potter fan convention in Dallas this August, more special guest announcements have been released today: Stanislav Yanevski, who portrayed Viktor Krum in the Potter series and attended A Celebration of Harry Potter this year (and also …read more!

What can we say about Alan Rickman on the anniversary of the late actor’s birthday? First and foremost, we in the Harry Potter fandom fondly remember him as Severus Snape. The association is inextricable and one we would not try to separate. Rickman was perfectly cast and, famously, the only actor specifically sought out by …read more!

To celebrate 20 years of amazing visual effects, Double Negative released a breakdown of their work on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The behind-the-scenes look features finished clips from the film as well as their stripped down versions for comparison, and the result reveals the incredible contribution of DNEG to the magic of …read more!

Oliver and James Phelps (best known to us as the Weasley twins)  announced their new audio cast, Double Trouble, last November, christening their YouTube channel with an episode from Harry Potter: The Exhibition in Madrid. They recently released a brand new episode from A Celebration of Harry Potter, where we caught up with them at exclusive Q&A …read more!

A Celebration of Harry Potter recently reunited Stan Yanevski (Viktor Krum), Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks), James and Oliver Phelps (the Weasley twins) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) at Universal Orlando, leading to discussions of their characters, the wizarding world and their latest projects! We had exclusive access to a media panel on the day of the …read more!