We’re less than a week away from the Paris world premiere of Crimes of Grindelwald, and the cast is on their pre-opening press tour. Earlier in the week they hit the red carpet in Bejing, China, then made a stop at a magical school in Alabama, before heading to Los Angeles where Leaky will have the …read more!

The students of Baileyton, Alabama’s Parkside Jr. High had a surprise of the most Fantastic variety today. Five members of the Crimes of Grindelwald cast descended upon the school, which over the past two years has been transfigured by some of their dedicated staff, into a magical likeness of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. …read more!

Evanna Lynch attended the Animal Equality’s annual gala on Saturday and took some time out of her presenting duties to discuss the highly-anticipated film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, set to release worldwide Nov. 16. Lynch has more insight into the characterization of wizarding greats such as Albus Dumbledore than most. A fan herself …read more!

It’s been a week of special exclusives at Leaky! We had the opportunity to attend the launch event for the Cursed Child soundtrack with composer Imogen Heap at the Palace Theatre and we were finally able to reveal news of our contribution to the upcoming special Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts issue of Newsweek, which …read more!

From new images for Jack Thorne’s King Kong and Jim Broadbent’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter to changes in Dan Radcliffe’s The Lifespan of a Fact performance schedule, interviews with James Phelps on his upcoming play, The Greater Game, and Alfred Enoch regarding the screening of the most recent incarnation of Red, as well …read more!

After the release of the third and final trailer before Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opens in theaters next month, fans probably expected Warner Bros. to keep all other revelations to a minimum in order to preserve as many secrets as possible–and produce the biggest fan response. But that has not proved the case! …read more!

Entertainment Weekly’s special Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts edition gives some spectacular insight into J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world, and the latest exclusives drawn from the issue cover interviews with original Scholastic cover artist, Mary GrandPré, creative director David Saylor, and editor Arthur A. Levine, interviews with the Directors of each film on their favorite scenes, as …read more!

Lots of exciting Crimes of Grindelwald news was announced this week as we inch closer to next month’s premiere. Entertainment Weekly showed us a detailed first look inside the home of alchemist Nicolas Flamel, Pottermore shared insight on new Fantastic Beasts character Yusuf Kama, information was revealed about early screenings for the film, as well …read more!

Yesterday a special Fantastic Beasts wand installation opened in London ahead of the release of Crimes of Grindelwald, and we were there to witness the event! Expert Wand Choreographer, Paul Harris, and prop wizard Pierre Bohanna were both there to speak about their experience on the films–and Harris even gave us a wand class demonstration! Arriving first …read more!

There are some big dates to make note of in this week’s theater news, Potter fans! Set your alarms, and mark your calendars because Dan Radcliffe’s The Lifespan of a Fact officially opens on Broadway tomorrow, and the hit off-Broadway comedy Puffs begins streaming on BroadwayHD Thursday, Oct. 18 as well. In Leaky’s weekly review …read more!