As fall officially arrived, Crimes of Grindelwald was nominated by the European Film Awards People Choice Award, Pottercast released episode 294 just weeks ahead of Leakycon10, Aden and Anais debuted their new Harry Potter baby collection, and the TV adaptation of the fourth installment in the Cormoran Strike Series, Lethal White, began production. In our …read more!

Here at Leaky this week, we’re back after an incredible trip to Dallas for Leakycon 9 ¾ and ready for all the actors news as we approach a few major film festivals and the start of the fall television season. To kick off the week we saw the first glorious trailer for The Little Women Movie starring Emma Watson, revealed …read more!

Voting is open from now until June 25 amongst the 2019 Teen Choice Award nominees announced yesterday, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is up for three awards! Alongside the film, Harry Potter film alumni Daniel Radcliffe, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Jude Law are all nominated for their respective projects as well. Fantastic Beasts itself …read more!

Yes, there are awards for best movie trailer.  This is a real thing.  Leaky is not making this up.  Film marketing is a major industry in itself and merits its own awards. When the trailers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald were released, we were so excited by the substance in them that we might …read more!

The Oscars took place last night in Los Angeles, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón took home three Academy Awards for his black-and-white movie Roma, set in 1970s Mexico. Accepting the award for Best Director from friend Guillermo del Toro, he paid tribute to domestic workers, and stressed the importance of telling the stories …read more!

After months of speculation, the announcement we’ve been anxiously awaiting finally came from Universal Orlando this week! The Florida home of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter revealed the official name of their new “highly-themed” thrill ride, Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, scheduled to open this June. In other Harry Potter news, Prisoner of Azkaban …read more!

Exciting Wizarding World news this week from screen, stage and show. Harry Potter, the Exhibition is heading back to Spain, ticket sales and a premiere date for Cursed Child San Francisco were announced, and just a week from the digital release of Crimes of Grindelwald there was news on the delay of Fantastic Beasts 3. …read more!

We fans may disagree on which Crimes of Grindelwald cliffhanger was the most frustrating, but no-one has disputed the quality of the special effects, from Newt’s wild underwater ride to the apocalyptic vision conjured by Grindelwald to recruit followers. VFX Supervisor Christian Manz has worked on Potter films since 2004.  In a telephone interview with …read more!

It was a special week for Leaky as we had the opportunity to cover the original cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child live at Broadwaycon, the fourth annual event that celebrates all things Broadway theater and its fandom created and produced by Leaky’s own webmistress Melissa Anelli and her company Mischief Management. The …read more!

The holiday season is quickly followed by awards season, something to cheer for and cheer us during the dark winter gloom (at least in the Northern Hemisphere, we know that Leaky’s Southern Hemisphere readers are enjoying summertime).  Potter alumni have done well in awards seasons past, and this year looks to be no different. Last night, Prisoner …read more!