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Happy Birthday, Katherine Waterston!

Mar 03, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Birthdays, Actor Interviews, Birthdays, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Films, Fun, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News, Redmayne, Waterson

Today, we celebrate the birthday of Katherine Waterston, who began working in the television and film industries over a decade ago, but truly broke onto the scene in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as the indefatigable Tina Goldstein. She befuddled us as a stodgy ex-auror determined to nab Newt Scamander for rule-breaking, then …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Interviews with J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, ‘Cursed Child’ Stars and Much More!

Feb 26, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Broadway, Crew Interviews, Fandom, Fans, Films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, JKR Interviews, John Tiffany, Media, Movies, News, Noma Dumezweni, Producers, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Tennant, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

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 Talks Post Potter, Learning from Fear, and Being a Hufflepuff

Feb 25, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Conventions, Enoch, Events, Fan Events, Fandom, Felton, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, News, Radcliffe, Richardson, Television Programmes, Watson

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!

Eddie Redmayne Talks ‘Early Man,’ ‘The Aeronauts’ and ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’

Feb 22, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, Movies, News, Potter News, Props-Sets, Redmayne, Redmayne Interviews

Eddie Redmayne is making the rounds to promote Early Man, the latest film from Aardman Animations, which is now in theaters, and it’s only natural that his upcoming projects will come up in the course of conversation. In a recent phone interview with Collider he not only discussed the stop-motion film and the voiceover process, …read more!

Matthew Lewis Charms Potter Fans at Planet Comicon Kansas City

Feb 22, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Book Seven, Conventions, Exclusives, Fan Events, Fandom, Fiennes, Grint, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Isaacs, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, News, Pottermore, Walters

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!

Weekly Round-Up: Chris Columbus To Adapt ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’, Robert Pattinson in Deep Space, Ralph Fiennes On Directing & More!

Feb 18, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Branagh, Broadbent, Columbus, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Fiennes Interviews, Fogler, Harry Potter Round-Up, Kravitz, Law, News, Pattinson, Phelps, Redmayne, Round-Up, Theater, Yates, Yates Interviews

This week in Potter we’ve seen new toys announced (including new LEGO, hurrah!), a new breakdown of the visual effects in Fantastic Beasts, a new episode of Double Trouble by the Phelps twins from A Celebration of Harry Potter, our coverage of the cast reunion Q&A and our MinaLima interview at the event, as well as a new episode of PotterCast! We …read more!

James and Oliver Phelps Release New Episode of ‘Double Trouble’ From A Celebration of Harry Potter!

Feb 16, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Audio, Celebration of Harry Potter, Events, Fan Events, Fans, HP Cast, Ianevski, Ianevski Interviews, MinaLima, Movies, News, Phelps, Phelps Interviews, Tena, Tena Interviews, Theme Park, Warner Bros., WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright, Wright Interviews

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!

‘Harry Potter’ Cast Reunion Q&A Panels at A Celebration of Harry Potter

Feb 15, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Actor Interviews, Celebration of Harry Potter, Events, Exclusives, Fan Events, HP Cast, Ianevski, Ianevski Interviews, News, Phelps, Phelps Interviews, Tena, Tena Interviews, Theme Park, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright, Wright Interviews

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!

Weekly Round-up: David Thewlis to Star in Future ‘Avatar’ Movies, Alison Sudol’s Antarctic Voyage & More!

Feb 09, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Broadbent, Columbus, Fiennes, Gleeson, Herdman, Herdman Interviews, Heyman, HP Cast, News, Oldman, Spall, Staunton, Staunton Interviews, Sudol, Tennant, Thewlis, Thompson, Walters

This week we’ve received a few more hints at Dumbledore’s character in Fantastic Beasts from series newcomer Victoria Yeates. News also broke that Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) would be attending LeakyCon 2018 in Dallas, along with a great special guest line-up yet to be announced. A new interview with Daniel Radcliffe shared one hilarious project which hoped to …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe on His Latest Film, His Potter Co-Stars and the Project That Didn’t Fly

Feb 07, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Branagh, Enoch, Felton, Films, Grint, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Interviews, Lewis, Movies, News, Radcliffe, Radcliffe Interviews, Television Programmes, Theater, Watson

Daniel Radcliffe continues to expand his reach as an actor both on screen and stage, in front of and behind the camera. Leaky has covered his numerous projects over the past year including the title role in the 50th Anniversary Production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, the lead in the survival biopic …read more!



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