The first episode of Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling had its debut on BBC One on Sunday night,  and fans were not disappointed. With a peak of 6.2 million viewers, the show’s opening received positive reviews and a promising outlook. After the second episode aired on Monday night, reviews continue to acknowledge Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger’s excellent portrayals of Cormoran …read more!

How do we acknowledge the birthday of one of the most despicable characters in the Potter story, if not all of literature? How about taking this time for a little supposition? As we’ve been told, Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, former Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Harry …read more!

It’s only a week until Strike will air on BBC One, and a trailer was released today teasing the new series based on J.K. Rowling / Robert Galbraith’s series of murder mystery novels. The series has been written by Ben Richards and directed by Michael Keillor.The BBC summarises the show as follows: “Tom Burke stars as Cormoran …read more!

Last week the long-awaited unveiling of the BBC One Cormoran Strike television series took place at a media preview event at the British Film Institute as covered here by Leaky. The detective series is based on the Cormoran Strike novels by J.K. Rowling penned under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith with the first installment of the …read more!

During a fantastic livestream with Lumos, Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler spoke about a new way to get involved with Lumos in the USA, and a special competition to win a set visit to Leavesden Studios, meet the cast and crew of the next Fantastic Beasts film and two tickets to the Warner Bros Studio tour in London! Lumos tweeted today …read more!

Lumos recently announced via Twitter that tomorrow (Monday 14th August) they will make a special announcement for all supporters. The announcement includes the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them logo, so potentially a promo for the new movie, or a message from a Fantastic Beasts actor? Eddie Redamayne has previously spoken with J.K. Rowling  at a Fantastic Beasts screening about the …read more!

Holliday Grainger has spoken more about her role as Robin Ellacott in the new Cormoran Strike TV series, Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling. The first book will be split into three hour-long episodes which will air on BBC One. Strike is, of course, based on J.K. Rowling (/Robert Galbraith’s) best selling Cormoran Strike detective book series, and will preview on August …read more!

Many of the West End’s most popular running shows banded together last week to support London mayor Sadiq Khan’s #LondonIsOpen campaign. The shows, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, created videos aimed at encouraging visitors to discover the magic of live theater. According to Broadway World, Khan also issued the following invitation: “Whether you’re looking for fringe …read more!

Today marks J.K. Rowling’s 52nd birthday! This year, 20 years after the publication of the very first Harry Potter book and 10 years after the publication of Deathly Hallows, what better time to thank her for all the memories, friendships, discussions, experiences and changes she’s created across the world. Though often regarded as intensely private, …read more!

In recent years, the fandom has often downplayed Harry Potter’s strengths in favor of analyzing his flaws. Eventually, we also downplayed his contribution to the victory over Voldemort in favor of praising his friends. Somehow, the trend gave rise to the sentiment that hailing Harry as the hero of the story diminished the roles of Ron and …read more!