This week’s theater news centers on new and transferring productions. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues to charm fans in London and those anxiously waiting for their first viewing in the United States and Australia. Cursed Child associate director Des Kennedy is set to lead Good Vibrations to the stage, while Sonia Friedman Productions …read more!

Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima are the masterminds behind the graphic elements of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, and together they make up MinaLima – a thriving graphic design duo who helped pave the way for graphic design in film. Previously, we’ve head Mira and Eduardo speak about Telling Stories Through Design at …read more!

This week we’ve received a few more hints at Dumbledore’s character in Fantastic Beasts from series newcomer Victoria Yeates. News also broke that Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) would be attending LeakyCon 2018 in Dallas, along with a great special guest line-up yet to be announced. A new interview with Daniel Radcliffe shared one hilarious project which hoped to …read more!

Today we celebrate the birthday and work of renowned composer John Williams. When we think of our favorite films we typically discuss the actors, the direction, even the writing, first. The music of film often subsists in the background, but as soon as we hear the unforgettable notes which spark our recognition and drive our …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe continues to expand his reach as an actor both on screen and stage, in front of and behind the camera. Leaky has covered his numerous projects over the past year including the title role in the 50th Anniversary Production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, the lead in the survival biopic …read more!

Following announcements that LeakyCon 2018 will take place in Dallas, Texas (and tickets completely selling out!), it’s been revealed that Harry Potter‘s Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) is the first to join the LeakyCon 2018 special guest lineup. This isn’t his first LeakyCon, and he’s excited to be coming back! Looking forward to coming back to @LeakyCon this …read more!

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is coming to theaters this November and whilst eagerly awaiting a trailer, we’re absorbing any new information we can find. Newcomer Victoria Yeates, who will be portraying Bunty (a character we know nothing about yet), recently spoke to Radiotimes about her role, and gave us a few comments about the focus on Dumbledore’s history: “Bunty. …read more!

Albus Dumbledore may be viewed as the wizened mentor of the Harry Potter series, but Arthur Weasley is the enduring father figure. He never tries to take James place in Harry’s life–or usurp Sirius’ role as godfather and confidant–but he is the reliable, steadfast presence that both Harry and his children need. Throughout J.K. Rowling’s …read more!

Dr Beatrice Groves – Research Fellow in Renaissance English at the University of Oxford – possesses all necessary traits of what one might call a complete and utter Potter expert. Focusing her research on early modern literature and drama (Shakespeare in particular), Groves recently published Literary Allusion In Harry Potter: a book exploring J.K. Rowling’s references to famous Western literary canon throughout …read more!

Today we celebrate Warwick Davis’ 48th birthday–and what a splendid 48 years it’s been! Within the Harry Potter fandom Davis is most well-known for playing multiple characters in the wizarding world: a Goblin bank teller at Gringotts, Professor Filius Flitwick and, later, the duplicitous goblin Griphook. He played each with appropriate humor, seriousness and aplomb–as …read more!