Weekly Round-Up: Imelda Staunton Talks Umbridge & Social Distancing, Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ Special & More!
May 03, 2020
Casting, Charity, Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Fiennes, Films, Fry, Harry Potter Round-Up, HP Cast, Info, Interactive, Interviews, Lynch, Movies, News, Phelps, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Shaw, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers
Congratulations on making it to May Potterheads! This week we commemorated the Battle of Hogwarts, announced our Harry Potter reread discussion group, reviewed Tom Felton’s new film Braking for Whales, shared a venue for Harry Potter themed weddings and covered updates on Universal Orlando’s future fourth park Epic Universe. In addition, Wizarding World graphic designers MinaLima …read more!
Theater Round-Up: Ralph Fiennes’s ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ to Stream on National Theatre at Home, Celebrating Shakespeare and More!
Apr 27, 2020
Actor Interviews, Anthony Boyle, BigNews, Broadway, Events, Fandom, Fans, Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, News, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End
In this week’s theater round-up, news abounds of the remarkable way the industry is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic. Ralph Fiennes’ Antony & Cleopatra will stream through National Theatre at Home, James Snyder rehearses with the Cursed Child cast through Zoom sessions, Fiennes and Stephen Fry both joined online campaigns to celebrate the life and …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Daniel Radcliffe on ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ 20th Anniversary, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Confirmed & More!
Mar 08, 2020
Actor Interviews, Branagh, Casting, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Film Images, Films, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Isaacs, Jack Thorne, Lynch, Movies, Pattinson, Producers, Radcliffe, Radcliffe Interviews, Round-Up, Television Programmes, Trailers, Walters, Watson
March is off to a flying start with news of a Harry Potter Funko Pop! Pin collection, Warner Bros. new Imagine Creative Careers initiative, and Evanna Lynch joining the Leakycon Denver lineup. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone won the 2020 “Winner of Winners” Blue Peter Book Award, Zynga announced the launch of the new Wizarding …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Imelda Staunton Confirmed as The Crown’s Last Queen, Jude Law Prepping for Fantastic Beasts 3 and More!
Feb 02, 2020
Actor Interviews, Davis, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Fiennes, Film Awards, Films, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Henderson, Herdman, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, Kravitz, Law, Melling, Movies, News, Pattinson, Radcliffe, Radcliffe Interviews, Rankin, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Waylett
Hot off our weekend at Broadwaycon where we saw the New York cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, we’ve apparated home to news of a Wizarding World Funko pre-release exclusive, we remembered Lily Potter on her birthday and celebrated International LEGO Day looking at one of our favorite Harry Potter brick builds. This …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Daniel Radcliffe Talks ‘Harry Potter’, Evanna Lynch Narrates Thriller Audiobook & More!
Jan 12, 2020
Broadbent, Davis, de la Tour, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fiennes, Film Images, HP Cast, Kravitz Interviews, Lynch, Margoyles, News, Radcliffe, Radcliffe Interviews, Thompson, Trailers, Warner Bros.
The first full week of the new decade was a spellbinding one in the Wizarding World. Producer David Heyman took home a Golden Globe and Leaky announced the winners of the 2019 Golden Cauldron Awards, we announced our giveaway of the new Harry Potter: Knitting Magic book and shared news from MinaLima about their illustrated …read more!
Year In Review 2019: From ‘Harry Potter’ to ‘Wizarding World’ – Entering A New Era
Dec 30, 2019
Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Bonham Carter, Bradley, Branagh, Broadbent, Broadway, Burke, Charity, Coltrane, Composers, Conventions, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Coulson, Cover Art, Davis, de la Tour, Depp, Doyle, Enoch, Events, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Felton, Fiennes, Films, Fogler, Gambon, Gleeson, Grainger, Grint, Harris, Harry Potter Round-Up, Henderson, Herdman, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Hurt, Isaacs, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, Kravitz, Law, Leaky, LeakyCon, Lethal White, Leung, Lewis, Lumos, Margoyles, McCrory, Melling, Miller, MinaLima, Movies, Murray, News, Oldman, OotP Film, Pattinson, Phelps, PotterCast, Pottermore, Puffs, Radcliffe, Rankin, Redmayne, Richardson, Rickman, Round-Up, Shaw, Smith, Spall, Staunton, Studio Tour, Sudol, Tavare, Tena, Tennant, Theater, Theater Round-Up, Thewlis, Thomas, Thompson, Toys, Video Games, Walters, Warner Bros., Waterson, Watson, WB Shop, West End, Williams, Williams, Wizard Rock, Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright
We’ve come to the end of 2019, and our review is as full of flavour as a box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, regardless of there being no big Wizarding World film or book release this year! The Leaky Cauldron are celebrating a little differently this year, with The Golden Cauldron Awards being our way …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Emma Watson at the ‘Little Women’ Premiere, David Tennant Cast in Another Iconic Role & More!
Dec 08, 2019
Actor Interviews, Casting, Charity, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Fiennes, Film Awards, Films, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, Isaacs, Movies, Pattinson, Producers, Redmayne, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers, Watson, Watson Interviews
The holiday season is upon us and Hogwarts was looking as magical as ever when we attended both the Wizarding World Gold Christmas Party and Christmas at Universal Hollywood this week. We also apparated up the West Coast to share the spellbinding red carpet premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child San Francisco. We also …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Interviews with Rupert Grint & Warwick Davis, The Chickpeeps & More!
Dec 01, 2019
Actor Interviews, Broadbent, Davis, Davis Interviews, de la Tour, Depp, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Fogler, Grint, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter Round-Up, News, Rankin, Round-Up, Theater, Thompson
In the same week magical folk and muggles alike celebrated Thanksgiving, we celebrated the announcement that LeakyCon will be coming to Denver for the very first time in 2020. We also received a few early Christmas gifts, in the form of a Lumos Christmas album featuring the voices of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child actors, a Patronus Funko figure, …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: A Closer Look at Rupert Grint in ‘Servant’, Colin Farrell in Talks to Join ‘The Batman’ and More!
Nov 10, 2019
Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter Interviews, Bradley, Broadbent, Casting, Charity, Conventions, Education, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Fiennes, Film Images, Films, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Ianevski, Isaacs, Law, Lewis, Movies, Music, News, Pattinson, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Thompson Interviews, Trailers, Wright
Holiday season is on the way and magical gifts are already rolling in from the Potterverse. Emma Watson graced the cover of British Vogue and spoke candidly in an interview with journalist and activist Paris Lees, Harry Potter illustrated edition artist Jim Kay talked to the New York Times, and the Wizarding World announced the …read more!
Wizarding World Round-Up: Could Zoe Kravitz Return As Leta Lestrange? Plus Catwoman Casting, Ed Sheeran’s Weasley Twin Prank & More
Oct 17, 2019
Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter Interviews, Broadbent, Charity, Davis, de la Tour, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Fiennes, Films, Fogler, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Kravitz, Kravitz Interviews, Movies, News, Oldman, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Phelps, Redmayne, Round-Up, Smith, Spall, Staunton, Television Programmes, Thompson, Thompson Interviews, Walters
Since our last round-up, we’ve been immersed in the LeakyCon, so forgive us for being a little late with the latest actor news! To catch you up: We saw the Mini Boden Fall Collection launch, as well as a new campaign by the Harry Potter Alliance. We took a closer look at the Hogwarts Christmas Pop-Up from Insight …read more!
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