This week, as a part of Entertainment Weekly’s 20 scoops on summer movies in 20 days, David Yates sat down with the magazine for an interview about his new film, The Legend of Tarzan. The Harry Potter director talks of why he chose his leading lady, Margot Robbie. Margot Robbie’s Jane is not going to …read more!

In an interview with MTV promoting his role in the new series of Ripper Street (available on Amazon Instant Video in the UK), Matthew Lewis – we assume jokingly – teased at making a cameo in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, following a visit to the set of the film earlier this week: ‘In terms of a cameo, maybe. Isn’t …read more!

Pottermore have released details of an exclusive interview with David Yates on set of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Ezra Miller, Collin Farrell, explosions and (predictably) a lot of rain make an appearance on set, as Yates talks about directing the first of at least three Fantastic Beasts films after directing the last four Harry Potter …read more!

We finally have our first look at the Harry Potter spin-off series due to be released next November. At about 5:30 AM EST, the Fantastic Beasts twitter released the trailer, which was followed by a retweet from J.K. Rowling: The Announcement Trailer for #FantasticBeasts is here. https://t.co/kVFBnSN3b7 — Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) December 15, 2015 The …read more!

Harry Potter director, David Yates, has been simultaneously working on the Harry Potter spin-off series, Fantastic Beasts, and Warner Bros adaption of the well-known legend of Tarzan. Earlier this week, Warner Bros released the first movie poster for the The Legend of Tarzan. Now, the first trailer for the film as been posted on Warner Bros …read more!

Directed by David Yates, The Legend of Tarzan stars Alexander Skarsgard (Tarzan), Samuel L. Jackson (George Washington Williams), Margot Robbie (Jane), Djimon Hounsou (Chief Mbonga) and Christoph Waltz (as the villain, Captain Leon Rom). Take a look at the poster below: The Legend of Tarzan is set to be released July 2016. We look forward to a trailer …read more!

The newest list of actors joining the set of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has been announced: Selma actress Carmen Ejogo, Gemma Chan from Humans and Mission Impossible / Transformers actor Jon Voight. They will be joining Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander), Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Dan Fogler and Samantha Morton on set, alongside director David Yates (director of the final four Harry Potter films). Filming …read more!

As part of this week’s Harry Potter WB Studio Tour press extravaganza, Leaky had a chance to sit down with David Yates, director of the last four Harry Potter films. He talked a bit about the possibility of the Doctor Who movie: namely, confirming that he is in talks to do it and that it …read more!

As you may remember, two days ago we told you about a rumor that Harry Potter director David Yates was being considered to take over the director’s chair for “The Hobbit.” Mr. Yates’s representatives have since responded to these claims, saying that they are “not true at all.”

Rumors have been cropping up on the internet in the past few weeks regarding Harry Potter director David Yates possibly being in the running to take over the production of the film, “The Hobbit.” As movie buffs will know, director Guillermo Del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) stepped away from the the director’s chair of “The Hobbit” …read more!