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NEW Harry Potter POP! Vinyl Figures announced!

Feb 02, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

News, Products, Toys

Funko announced the newest Pop! Vinyl characters in their wave 2 exclusive Harry Potter collection yesterday, and Matthew Lewis is already showing his off! The first is a Barnes & Noble Exclusive Pre-Release – an absolutely adorable Neville Longbottom (with Trevor, too!), which Matthew Lewis posed with in his recent post (his moustache will be making its …read more!

Matt Lewis in “Happy Valley”

Feb 02, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Actor Interviews, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, News

News on Matt Lewis’s (Neville Longbottom) new role in BBC One’s popular dramatic TV series, Happy Valley, is starting to emerge. Radio Times gave insight into the second season of Happy Valley, which is to make its season premiere next week, February 9, at 9:00 PM. We’ve noticed that new mustache on Matt’s up lip, and …read more!

New Teasers for ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’, featuring Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter.

Feb 02, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Bonham Carter, Fry, News, Rickman

Yesterday, Disney released two new teasers for Alice Through the Looking Glass, in the run-up to the film’s release in May. The beloved Alan Rickman’s voice is heard in the clips, and the late actor will make his final appearance in the Alice In Wonderland sequel as the voice of the Blue Caterpillar. Helena Bonham Carter also appears in the teasers as the Red Queen, …read more!

More Info on Newt’s Wand!

Feb 01, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, News

During the Celebration of Harry Potter, many news sites got the opportunity to sit down for exclusive interviews with many of the film experts that were there. Blastr and other interviews there released some vital information about Newt Scamander’s wand in the up coming wizarding world films, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.   “Bonus: In …read more!

Leaky Fans on the Ground at the HP Celebration- Part 1: Chelsea

Feb 01, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Events, Exclusives, Fandom, News, Pottermore, Theme Park

Unfortunately, this last weekend, Leaky wasn’t able to attend the Harry Potter Celebration in Orlando. However, we do have marvelous Harry Potter fans who follow our site, and we invited them to share their experiences of the celebration. Chelsea Kleven, a Senior Production Editor for a Central Florida newspaper, was the first to share her …read more!

“Bringing the Films to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter” Q&A with the Universal Orlando Creative Team

Jan 31, 2016

Posted by: Alysha McLeod

Events, Fans, News, Pottermore, Theme Park

The final live stream from Universal Orlando’s A Celebration of Harry Potter was broadcast today. The live Q&A featured a panel of members from Universal Orlando’s creative team, who were there to talk about bringing the magic and wonder of the films to life in the theme park. The live stream itself was quite short, …read more!

Closing Q&A From Today’s Live Stream from the HP Celebration

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Books, Conventions, Events, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Leung Interviews, Lewis Interviews, Lynch Interviews, Movies, News, Wright Interviews

The Harry Potter Celebration wrapped up its first day with a live Q&A from Rupert, Bonnie, Evanna, Katie, and Matt. The Harry Potter actors did a live Q&A earlier that afternoon that was exclusive to guests with premium passes. Earlier in the day, WB Studio Tour did a Q&A with the prop makers and hosted a …read more!

Behind the Scenes of “Cursed Child,” “Fantastic Beasts” and More Surprises from the HP Celebration

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Fantastic Beasts Movie, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, News, Pottermore, Theme Park

Pottermore is releasing surprise after surprise from the Harry Potter Celebration in Orlando. Pottermore has released a short video from behind the scenes of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Here’s an exclusive message from #CursedChild producers, Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender #HPCelebrationhttps://t.co/t1L157VABT — Harry Potter Play …read more!

WB Studio Tour’s Q&A with ‘Harry Potter’ Prop Makers (featuring Matthew Lewis!)

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Events, Exclusives, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Interviews, Lewis, News, Props-Sets, Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London held an exclusive panel with Prop Makers for the Harry Potter films, as part of A Celebration of Harry Potter! The event started with Head Prop Maker – Pierre Bohanna – talking about Philosopher’s Stone: On wand design: Fantastic Beasts was also discussed – the briefcase is very important (as we saw in the …read more!

Coverage of ‘A Celebration of Harry Potter’ Talent Q&A, And More!

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Actor Interviews, Conventions, Events, Fan Events, Grint, Grint Interviews, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Leung, Leung Interviews, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, Lynch, Lynch Interviews, News, Pottermore, Theme Park, Wright, Wright Interviews

Earlier today we published coverage of Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung’s Facebook Q&A as a part of the various Celebration of Harry Potter events, and now the Harry Potter Film‘s Twitter (@HarryPotterFilm) have published coverage of the Talent Q&A, featuring Wright, Leung, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Rupert Grint! On working on the Harry Potter …read more!



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