Harry Potter News

Jason Isaacs Sparks Debate Among ‘Star Trek’ Fans

Aug 04, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Conventions, Events, Exclusives, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, HP Cast, Interviews, Isaacs, Isaacs Interviews, News, Producers, Props-Sets, SetReports, Television Programmes

Entertainment Weekly released a teaser for it’s new Star Trek-centric issue out last week, and it was not without some controversy! The report included a preview from their on-set visit in which Jason Isaacs, known to Potter fans as Lucius Malfoy, was introduced to Star Trek: Discovery’s interpretation of Gene Roddenberry’s science-based utopia after some improvisation gone awry. The scene unfolded as …read more!

Tom Felton Filming New Movie ‘Whaling’

Aug 04, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Felton, Movies, News

Filming began on Tom Felton’s newest movie Whaling last Thursday, and cast photos have been shared from the set: ?: @wendi_mclendon_covey – Cast photo from #whaling : @DavidKoechner @tamminsursok #tomfelton! Can’t wait for you to see this bonkers movie! #actorslife #independentfilm #comedy #movie #actorslife #tomfelton A post shared by Tom Felton is ? (@tom_22_felton) on Jul 30, …read more!

Raise your wands for Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy), former Minister of Magic, dead at 91

Aug 03, 2017

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Films, Movies, News

Actor Robert Hardy, who played Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 91. Hardy was a prolific British actor of both stage and screen, with many well-known and memorable roles under his belt before he joined the Potter franchise as weak and ambitious Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge. Ironically, he was perhaps …read more!

Jack Thorne To Re-write ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’

Aug 03, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jack Thorne, News

News recently broke that Jack Thorne – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playwright – will be helping with re-writes on Star Wars: Episode IX. This process will see Thorne take Epsiode IX’s director Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s original script and offer ‘a fresh set of eyes’ before production begins. The Hollywood Reporter – the first to report on …read more!

Breaking News: Cursed Child NYC Cast and Ticket Announcements!

Aug 02, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

BigNews, Broadway, Casting, Fandom, Fans, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News, Noma Dumezweni, Theater, West End

Since the first report of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s transfer across the pond to the Great White Way, fans have anxiously awaited news of the production moving forward–and that news has finally arrived! Cursed Child NYC tweeted a series of huge announcements earlier today regarding the Broadway cast and ticket sales. The first …read more!

London Is Open: ‘Disco Pigs,’ ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ ‘Road,’ ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Cursed Child,’ and More!

Aug 01, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Branagh, Broadway, Fiennes, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Henderson, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Leung, Lynch, Music, News, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Staunton, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Many of the West End’s most popular running shows banded together last week to support London mayor Sadiq Khan’s #LondonIsOpen campaign. The shows, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, created videos aimed at encouraging visitors to discover the magic of live theater. According to Broadway World, Khan also issued the following invitation: “Whether you’re looking for fringe …read more!

Remembering Richard Griffiths on His Birthday

Jul 31, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Birthdays, Actor Interviews, Birthdays, Films, Griffiths, Griffiths Interviews, Melling, News, Pottermore, Radcliffe, Shaw, Theater

Richard Griffiths, the late English stage, film, and television actor, is best known to the Potter fandom as Harry’s intolerant muggle Uncle Vernon Dursley. On what would have been the actor’s 70th birthday, which by the way, he shared with Harry Potter, himself, and his creator, J.K. Rowling, let’s take a moment to look back …read more!

Happy Birthday, J.K. Rowling!

Jul 31, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Birthdays, J.K. Rowling, JKR Interviews, News

Today marks J.K. Rowling’s 52nd birthday! This year, 20 years after the publication of the very first Harry Potter book and 10 years after the publication of Deathly Hallows, what better time to thank her for all the memories, friendships, discussions, experiences and changes she’s created across the world. Though often regarded as intensely private, …read more!

Happy Birthday, Harry Potter!

Jul 31, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Character Birthdays, Fandom, Fans, J.K. Rowling

In recent years, the fandom has often downplayed Harry Potter’s strengths in favor of analyzing his flaws. Eventually, we also downplayed his contribution to the victory over Voldemort in favor of praising his friends. Somehow, the trend gave rise to the sentiment that hailing Harry as the hero of the story diminished the roles of Ron and …read more!

Happy Birthday to Neville Longbottom!

Jul 30, 2017

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Birthdays, Character Birthdays

Neville could quip that he’s the boy who LOL’d.  He lacked both confidence and coordination when he went to Hogwarts but advanced in both skill and self-esteem to the point of having a crucial leadership position, and playing key practical and symbolic roles in the defeat of Voldemort. Fans of the films often note admiringly that puberty was kind to …read more!



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