A very Happy Birthday to Imelda Staunton, the woman who plays the character we all love to hate, Dolores Umbridge! Imelda turns 61 today, January 9th. Along with starring as our favorite villain (we all know we despised her even more than Voldemort himself at times) in the Harry Potter movies, Staunton has also starred …read more!

Today is the birthday of Severus Snape, just five days before the first anniversary of the death of Alan Rickman, the actor who portrayed him with such incredible depth and accuracy. Since much of the fandom considered Rickman to be the embodiment of their favorite character they loved to hate, we look back at how …read more!

As hinted yesterday on Instagram, Disney surprised fans at the Golden Globes last night, dropping a new teaser trailer for its upcoming live-action remake of the magical fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. The footage is mostly familiar, though we get a few more glimpses of the house staff: Lumiere the candlestick, Cogsworth the clock, …read more!

A two-fold surprise appeared on Instagram earlier today, to the excitement of eager Beauty and the Beast fans everywhere. The post not only treats us to another look at the cast of the film, resplendent in full costume on an amazing new poster, but also hinted at a surprise at the Golden Globes, less than two hours away! …read more!

After the release of special behind-the-scenes videos revealed the true magic behind the special effects of Deathly Hallows, visual effects studio Cinesite has released similar content for Fantastic Beasts! Cinesite’s contribution to the visual effects shots for both the Harry Potter series and Fantastic Beasts has not gone unnoticed – the CGI work in Fantastic Beasts in particular was …read more!

Gary Oldman (Sirius Black from the Harry Potter series) is set to start in teen sic-fi romance The Space Between Us released next month, starring Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson. Set to be released December 2016, the movie has now been pushed back to February 3rd, and has released a new trailer! The film tells the story of …read more!

It’s been over five years since fans were entranced by the movie magic of the final chapters in the Harry Potter series. But the lure of the wizarding world remains powerful, continuing to mesmerize and intrigue viewers with their outstanding special effects. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I opened in 2010, followed a year later by the …read more!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone book – and, if you’re like me, it makes you feel older than Nicholas Flamel. To reminisce, we’re using our pensieves to look back to when the film was first released in 2001. There was a lot of time invested in …read more!

Mark Williams, best known in the Harry Potter fandom for his portrayal of Arthur Weasley, the muggle-loving father of Ron, returned to television this week as a different sort of father. He once again assumes the mantle of the title character, a Catholic priest with a penchant for solving crimes, in Father Brown. The series introduced Britons …read more!

Ralph Fiennes, who Potter fans love to loath as Lord Voldemort, has joined the cast of Sony’s upcoming Sherlock Holmes comedy, Holmes and Watson which stars Will Ferrell as Holmes and John C. Reilly as Watson. Although filming has begun in London, writer and director Etan Coen, has yet to reveal the part He Who …read more!