English stage, television and film actor Ian Hart, who is best known to the fandom as Harry Potter’s first Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Quirinus Quirrell, celebrates his 53rd birthday today. Though Hart’s time in the Potterverse was cut short by his disintegrated demise in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, he made quite …read more!

This week’s round-up features a whole host of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts actors, from Jim Broadbent and Emma Thompson in a modern-day adaptation of King Lear to Evanna Lynch’s latest animal welfare campaign. We also cover a new comedy starring David Tennant, a new trailer for Paddington 2, Helen McCrory and Natalie Tena in new series, as well as …read more!

Remember in our summary of everything we know of the next Fantastic Beasts film, we hypothesised that Nicolas Flamel could make an appearance in these movies? Well, turns out he is! To add to the excitement of finding out that we could be seeing the Ministry of Magic in Fantastic Beasts 2, and being given Newt’s birthday and address …read more!

The official Fantastic Beasts twitter account just delivered a clue as to where we might be headed in the next Fantastic Beasts film, with a travel application from Newt: Name of Applicant: Newt Scamander, Profession or Occupation: Magizoologist. #MagicInProgress #FantasticBeasts #WizardingWednesdays pic.twitter.com/oMarZbY285 — Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) October 4, 2017 First we saw MACUSA, now it’s the Ministry …read more!

The biggest theater news for Potter fans right now remains the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child transfer to Broadway–and procuring a few of those coveted, in-demand tickets! Just over a week ago, Leaky reported on a CBS morning interview with renowned playwright Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany and, the master behind the magic, J.K. …read more!

We lost Dumbledore at the end of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts.  A slow poison weakened him.  That has certain parallels with the death of the actor Richard St John Harris who played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.  Harris was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma, a blood cancer, in 2002 and died …read more!

Today marks the 25th birthday of Ezra Miller, who portrayed Credence Barebone in the first Fantastic Beasts film, and will reportedly return in the next instalment! Ezra has been busy on the sets of Fantastic Beasts 2 and Justice League this year, roles he told us were letting him live out two of his childhood dreams. After managing to persuade Warner Bros …read more!

As usual, there’s a wealth of news this week for our busy Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts alums as they continue to work their magic in the television and film industries! Here you can catch up on all their latest projects, including the debut of Jason Isaac’s Star Trek: Discovery, the addition of David Bradley …read more!

If you live in Spain or will be visiting Madrid anytime soon, then be sure to visit Harry Potter: The Exhibition when it comes to Madrid for the first time! The exhibition (a partnership between GES and WB Consumer Products) has toured Boston, Toronto, Seattle, New York, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai, Brussels and The Netherlands, …read more!

David Tennant has been busy of late, with various upcoming on-screen projects starring the Barty Crouch Jr and Doctor Who actor – catch the details below! Filming has started on ‘Good Omens’, an upcoming Amazon Prime Video six-part series based on the novel by Neil Gaimen, written with the late Terry Pratchett. Gaiman recently revealed the first …read more!