This Leaky correspondent was recently in London on business and saw on a map app that MinaLima London was right around the corner from my hotel. I’d always wanted to go to a MinaLima store in person but had not been back to any of the cities where their shops are located (Edinburgh, New York, …read more!

In Memoriam: Stuart Craig, Visionary Production Designer Who Built the Wizarding World, Dies at 83 by Ashlynn Webb It is with a heavy heart that we report the death of Stuart Craig, the brilliant production designer who brought the magical worlds of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts to life on screen. Craig, a three-time BAFTA …read more!

by Ashlynn Webb Witches, wizards, and Muggles alike were treated to a magical spectacle with the annual Back to Hogwarts events yesterday. As fans around the globe celebrated the return to school, a whirlwind of enchanting news was revealed, from brand new audiobooks and podcast to a returning scowl on the stage. Not New News, …read more!

HBO Max’s visionOS app on Apple Vision Pro will feature a new “Hogwarts Great Hall” Immersive Environment for subscribers starting today, August 21 (just in time for this year’s Back to Hogwarts celebration), inspired by the iconic Great Hall in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While in the Environment, a subscriber’s viewing space will be transformed into the …read more!

The highly anticipated Harry Potter HBO Max television series has officially cast four more members of the iconic Weasley family, bringing Fred, George, Percy, and Ginny to life again in a new on-screen adaptation. Today, production confirmed the actors for the red-headed clan, with Tristan Harland and Gabriel Harland set to play the mischievous twins, …read more!

Ok, not really. But how to describe the school that has been built for the child actors on the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden set for the upcoming HBO Max Harry Potter series? The series will be filming for the next decade and, just as in the original films, the child actors will be growing up …read more!

Tom Felton is joining the Broadway cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child from from November 11, 2025 – March 22, 2026, reprising his film role as Draco Malfoy. Now, Draco is all grown up and his son, Scorpius Malfoy, is attending Hogwarts with the children of his former nemesis, Harry Potter. Is his …read more!

In this case, by “scoop”, we don’t mean just ice cream, although there is plenty of that available too. I think the #1 Butterbeer treat, aside from a glass of Butterbeer itself, is always going to be the ice cream. It is unlikely to be outdone in the pantheon of Butterbeer foodstuffs, although Warner Bros. …read more!

If you were lucky enough to see Prisoner of Azkaban when it premiered in 2004, you probably remember the scene where Harry rides Buckbeak out over the lake. You see Harry’s expression change from fear to exhilaration as he begins to enjoy and appreciate the ride. Buckbeak dipping a claw into the lake as they …read more!

This fall, wizards, witches and Muggles of all ages are invited to experience a Wizarding World of their own at Harry Potter: Magic at Play when it makes its West Coast debut in Bellevue, WA at The Shops at The Bravern (11111 NE 8th St.) on Friday, November 10. Created by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Original X Productions (OGX), and …read more!