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!
Weekly Round-Up: Rupert Grint on ‘Cursed Child’ at NYCC, Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Aeronauts’ Incident and More!
Oct 06, 2019
Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Branagh, Broadbent, Casting, Charity, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Film Images, Films, Gambon, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Interviews, Jack Thorne, McCrory, Movies, Music, News, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Posters, Producers, Redmayne, Round-Up, Smith, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers
Big news from the Wizarding World as we headed into October. Pottermore has hopped into the Floo Network and arrived at their new online home at WizardingWorld.com and announced the unveiling of the Harry Potter Fan Club and new Sorting Ceremony! J.K. Rowling wrote a letter to the EU on Brexit, her charity Lumos revealed …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Robert Pattinson Talks Batman, Chris Rankin to Host Potter Reunion Panel, Tom Felton’s New Netflix Film & More!
Sep 08, 2019
Casting, Depp, Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Film Images, Films, Gambon, Harry Potter Round-Up, Isaacs, Isaacs Interviews, Movies, News, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Poesy, Rankin, Round-Up, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers
We went Back to Hogwarts this week and another magical school year began. Leakycon announced Stan Yanevski, Durmstrang Triwizard Champion Viktor Krum, will be joining the Boston lineup next month for their 10th anniversary, Hogwarts Mystery, the Harry Potter mobile roleplay game added a new Quidditch feature and a behind-the-scenes look Universal’s newest ride, Hagrid’s …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: An Epic First Look at Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Aeronauts’, Imelda Staunton and Maggie Smith Face Off Again in Downton Abbey and More!
Sep 01, 2019
Actor Interviews, Casting, Depp, Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Films, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Henderson, Heyman, HP Cast, Interviews, Isaacs, Isaacs Interviews, Jack Thorne, Law, Leung, McCrory, McCrory Interviews, Miller, Movies, News, Oldman, Pattinson, Producers, Redmayne, Round-Up, Smith, Staunton, Television Programmes, Thewlis, Trailers, Wright, Wright Interviews
This week culminated in what is probably the biggest day of the year in the Potterverse. When the clock struck eleven, the Hogwarts Express pulled out of King’s Cross Station to take our favorite young witches and wizards Back to Hogwarts! Earlier in the week we shared the Leakycon Boston schedule and the announcement that Luke …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Wizarding World Actors At Toronto Film Fest, Emma Watson At The G7 Summit & More!
Aug 25, 2019
Actor Interviews, Casting, Charity, Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Films, Gambon, Gleeson, Gleeson Interviews, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Interviews, Law, Movies, News, Oldman, Pattinson, Phelps, Radcliffe, Redmayne, Round-Up, Shaw, Smith, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tena, Tennant, Thewlis, Thompson, Trailers, Watson, Wright
It’s almost time to go Back to Hogwarts and Pottermore released four new History of Magic ebooks this week, as well as a magical partnership with Google Assistant just for the occasion. Tickets for Leakycon 2020 in Orlando with special guest Evanna Lynch went on sale, Crimes of Grindelwald is coming to Netflix Australia and we …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Emma Watson Launches Workplace Harassment Helpline, Maggie Smith in New Downton Abbey Images and More!
Aug 11, 2019
Casting, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Films, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Isaacs, Legal, Misc, Movies, Music, Oldman, Pattinson, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Smith, Staunton, Sudol, Television Programmes, Tennant, Trailers, Watson
This has been one of the most magical weeks of the year at Leaky! We went to Dallas, Texas for the first of three 2019 Leakycons and saw Harry Potter cast, heard spellbinding Wizard Wrock, experienced amazing panels and cosplay and oh the Potter merch! And we announced that Leakycon 2020 will be returning to Orlando next …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Emma Watson’s Birthday Message for J.K. Rowling, Playmobil Fun for Daniel Radcliffe and More!
Aug 04, 2019
Audio, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Films, Films - Trailers, Harry Potter Round-Up, Lynch, McCrory, Movies, Pattinson, Radcliffe, Redmayne, Round-Up, Television Programmes, Trailers, Watson
News appeared from all corners of the Potterverse this week. We reviewed the play Games for Lovers starring Evanna Lynch, reported on another first edition Philosopher’s Stone sold at auction, and shared Halloween season details for this year’s Hogwarts After Dark at Warner Bros Studio Tour London. We learned that Leakycon’s bringing Fantastic Beasts Dan Fogler to …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Emma Watson Voted 5th Most Admired Woman in the World, Harry Potter Alum in Film Festival Lineups and More!
Jul 28, 2019
Casting, Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Films, Gambon, Grainger, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Honors/Awards, Jack Thorne, Movies, Oldman, Pattinson, Redmayne, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Thewlis, Thompson, Trailers, Watson
The last of the Harry Potter summer anniversaries wrapped up this week with Deathly Hallows celebrating 12 years since the book’s publication and the Leaky staff and our followers shared some of their stories from the final midnight release. We took a look at a review of Daniel Radcliffe’s recent appearance on the celebrity genealogy series Who Do …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Katherine Waterston and Jude Law in an HBO Mystery Series, Upcoming Appearances by Daniel Radcliffe, Emmy Predictions and More!
Jul 14, 2019
Burke, Conventions, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Fan Events, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Films, Fogler, Gambon, Grainger, Harry Potter Round-Up, Law, Lethal White, Miller, Music, Oldman, Pattinson, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Shaw, Staunton, Television Programmes, Thompson, Trailers, Waterston
There really is never a dull moment in the Potterverse. We started out the week celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and releasing the latest episode of our YouTube series the Magical Emporium hosted by Guiness World Record Holder Victoria Maclean on rare Wizarding World collectibles. Throughout the week we shared …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Film Updates for Robert Pattinson and Ezra Miller, Season 5 Premiere for Peaky Blinders with Helen McCrory and More!
Jul 07, 2019
Audio, Bonham Carter, Conventions, Events, Fan Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Films, Fogler, Harry Potter Round-Up, Herdman, Home Video / DVD, Isaacs, McCrory, Miller, Movies, News, Pattinson, Rankin, Round-Up, Television Programmes, Tennant
It was a magical week at Leaky when we marked the website’s birthday 19 Years Later with a special post of thoughts and memories from the staff on their Potter journeys since the site was founded in July of 2000. In other Wizarding World news this week, we cast Lumos on an incredible Harry Potter …read more!
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