Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

First look at Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game

Mar 12, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun - Games, Fun - Video Games, Games, News, Video Games

Here’s what we know so far: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a new augmented reality mobile game coming “soon” from Niantic, Inc. and WB Games San Francisco. We’ve been teased by a few trailers on the Wizards Unite YouTube channel, like this one featuring a riderless Nimbus 2000 on the loose in the Muggle world: …read more!

REVIEW: Icon Heroes Severus Snape Statue–and Giveaway for a Lucky Leaky Fan!

Mar 08, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Films, Fun, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling, Misc, Movies, News, Review, Rickman

Icon Heroes specializes in making high quality collectible statues from your favorite franchises, including DC Comics, The Karate Kid, Robotech, Star Trek and, of course, Harry Potter, and Leaky was lucky enough to receive a statue from Icon Heroes to review their polystone version of the “iconic” character Severus Snape, which drew on Alan Rickman’s …read more!

GIVEAWAY: $1000 (£800) of Classic Stills ‘Harry Potter’ Fine Art Prints!

Mar 01, 2019

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Art, Fun, Fun - Contests, Movie Art, News, Products, Warner Bros.

Classic Stills are offering one lucky Leaky Cauldron reader the chance to win $1000 of fine art from their new ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ collection!

SEMI-EXCLUSIVE: New “Dark Arts” Light Projection Experience Coming to Universal Theme Parks!

Feb 28, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

BigNews, Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Fun, News, Theme Park, Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando

Today, Universal announced the exciting introduction of an all-new magical light projection experience at U.S. theme parks this year! The new show, dubbed the “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle,” will premiere at the Wizarding World in Hollywood on April 13 and run nightly through April 28. It will return to light the castle again from …read more!

Is niffler a valid Scrabble word? It is in the Harry Potter edition from USAopoly!

Feb 17, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun, Fun - Games, Games, News

Have you tried to use words from the Potterverse when playing Scrabble with your friends and family and had them reject words for spells and magical creatures with an exasperated “That’s not in the dictionary!”?  Well, revenge will be sweeter than a treacle tart when Scrabble: World of Harry Potter is released this spring.  Retailing …read more!

Classic Stills Unveils Limited Edition ‘Harry Potter’ Photography Collection

Jan 30, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Art, Fandom, Fans, Films, Fun, Galleries (Site), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Movies, News, Products, Warner Bros.

Classic Stills, the London and Los Angeles-based purveyor of iconic photographs, is partnering with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to release a limited number of stills from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for purchase. The collection includes 24 images of the film’s most memorable scenes and characters, and only 100 copies of each are available! …read more!

Harry Potter movie marathon returns to the Prince Charles Cinema in London

Jan 30, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Events, Fan Events, Films, Fun, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Movies, News

The Prince Charles Cinema at Leicester Place in London has made movie marathons a signature offering. They have a wide variety but the longest, at 720 minutes, is the Ultimate Harry Potter Movie Marathon, which begins at 8:30pm on Sunday, April 21, and ends at 5:35pm the next day. That’s 21 hours of Potter. They’ll …read more!

‘Harry Potter’ Pop PEZ Coming Soon From Funko!

Jan 29, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Fandom, Fans, Fun, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, News, Products

Calling all Potter fans! Funko is bringing a magical new product to the candy trolley with the addition of five Harry Potter figures to its Pop PEZ line! It was only a matter of time before Harry Potter, a pop culture phenomenon in its own right, was featured as a PEZ collectible dispenser, the vehicle …read more!

Galloping gargoyles! It’s already time for Harry Potter book night 2019!

Jan 24, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Bloomsbury, Books, Contests, Cover Art, Cover Artists, Events, Fan Events, Fun, Jim Kay, News, Rankin

Seems like we were just writing about last year’s Harry Potter Book Night.  How did the year fly by so quickly?  It must have been the excitement of the release of Crimes of Grindelwald and a new Cormoran Strike mystery that kept us busy.  Have you begun revising for your O.W.L.s yet?  Not too soon …read more!

New Harry Potter Funko Revealed for London Toy Fair

Jan 22, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Conventions, Events, Fun, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Products, Sales, Toys

The holidays are in the rear view mirror, but that means Toy Fair season is upon us. What is Toy Fair season you ask? That time of year when toy and game manufacturers, retailers and influencers gather to see the latest merch for the coming year that fans will see on shelves in time for …read more!



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