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Year In Review: Wizarding World Takes On Stage & Screen, Park & Page, Tech & Tour

Dec 30, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Anthony Boyle, Audio Books, Book Awards, Burke, Celebration of Harry Potter, Charity, Companion Books, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf, Events, Fandom, Fantastic Beasts, Felton, Films, Fogler, Grainger, Grint, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Harry Potter Book Night, Harry, A History, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jodorowsky, Kravitz, Law, LeakyCon, Lethal White, Lewis, Lumos, Miller, MinaLima, Movies, Murray, Music, News, Noma Dumezweni, Oldman, Phelps, PotterCast, Products, Quidditch Through the Ages, Radcliffe, Rankin, Redmayne, Sales, Scholastic, SetReports, Sudol, Tales of Beedle the Bard, Tech, Television Programmes, Tena, Theater, Theme Park, Toys, Video Games, Warner Bros., Waterston, Watson, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright

With a decade anniversary, a Broadway opening, a game release, a new novel, and a movie premiere, years don’t get too much more magical than 2018 for fans of J.K. Rowling and her Wizarding World. When we took a look back at the past twelve months of news, we honestly wondered how Leaky covered each …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: An Animated Daniel Radcliffe, Behind the Scenes with Little Women, An Insightful Interview with Evanna Lynch, Miriam Margolyes in the Call the Midwife Christmas Special and More!

Dec 16, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Bonham Carter, Composers, Directors, Film Awards, Films, Fogler, Games, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Interactive, Interviews, Isaacs, Law, Lynch, Margoyles, Movies, Music, News, Radcliffe, Redmayne, Round-Up, Shaw, Smith, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Trailers, Video Games, Walters, Watson

The holidays are upon us and the Yule Ball is just around the corner. This week in the Potterverse we got an update on Universal Orlando’s new Wizarding World travel store Globus Mundi , that may have some mysterious connection to the Fantastic Beasts series, news that the Royal Mail has released Harry Potter collectible …read more!

Deck The Halls With ‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery’!

Dec 07, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Fandom, Fans, News, Video Games

In another festive celebration, mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery invites players to participate in Flitwick’s personal favorite activity: decking the halls of Hogwarts for Christmas!   Hogwarts Mystery first invited players to explore the Dark Arts over Halloween, and users of the game can vote on their favorite ornament, out of an owl, a cat, the …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Evanna Lynch Launches Her Vegan Beauty Box, New Interviews with Jude Law, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler and Ezra Miller, a Holiday Campaign Featuring Zoe Kravitz and More!

Nov 18, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Films, Fogler, Harry Potter Round-Up, Interviews, Kravitz, Law, Lynch, Miller, Movies, Music, News, Products, Round-Up, Sales, Sudol, Television Programmes, Trailers, Williams

The release of Crimes of Grindelwald finally arrived this week and there were some major events and news leading up to the mega magical day! HQ Trivia revealed a global Wizarding World trivia contest, Barnes and Noble announced a screenplay release event, Leaky shared first hand interviews with Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler, Eddie Redmayne and …read more!

Barnes & Noble to host “Explore the Magic” event nationwide on November 17

Nov 14, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fan Events, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fun, News, Products, Release Parties

On Saturday, November 17, at 2pm, Barnes & Noble stores across the U.S. will host Wizarding World-themed activities, cosplay, offers, and giveaways to celebrate the release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling, published by Scholastic, along with additional official movie tie-in books. Activities will …read more!

REVIEW: FANTASTIC BEASTS: The Magizoologist’s Discovery Case

Nov 13, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Fun, Interactive, Misc, Movies, News, Products, Props-Sets, Review

Hachette Book Group’s Running Press releases its FANTASTIC BEASTS: The Magizoologist’s Discovery Case today, making it available just days before the film’s opening worldwide and coinciding with early screenings of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Leaky was lucky enough to review every magical nook of the replica, and it not only contains loads of …read more!

Oliver Phelps to Appear at Utah’s Christmas in the Wizarding World

Nov 06, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Events, Fun, Holidays, Misc, Phelps, Products, Sales, Warner Bros.

Just in time for the holidays, Christmas in the Wizarding World has returned for a second year to Utah and a Harry Potter favorite will be there to ring in the season. A Harry Potter-themed shopping and interactive experience, presented by Warner Bros Consumer Products, opened at The Shops at South Town in Sandy, Utah earlier this …read more!

LEGO Diagon Alley Set Free in November and New Harry Potter Movie Moment from Funko!

Nov 03, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Fun, News, Products, Sales, Toys

LEGO has an extra magical deal happening in November just in time for the holidays. Their Diagon Alley set is free with the purchase of a second LEGO set and Wizarding World fans shouldn’t have much trouble finding set number two with all of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts bricks that LEGO has unveiled …read more!

Fantastic Beasts Wands Now at Universal

Oct 30, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Fun, News, Products, Sales, Theme Park, Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando

U.S. fans might not be getting their own premiere of Crimes of Grindelwald as originally thought, but they can still experience the magic with their own Fantastic Beast character wand available now through January at both U.S. Universal theme parks. Wands for eight of the series most significant roles can now be found alongside the …read more!

REVIEW: Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit

Oct 15, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Exclusives, Fun, Games, News, Products, Review, Science, Tech

The Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit released this month, and Leaky were lucky enough to review the kit in its entirety, which contains a first-of-its-kind motion sensor wand, helping you learn how to code whilst completing Potter-themed challenges! I was super impressed with the kit overall, with highlights being the art style throughout the game, …read more!



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