On Monday, Radiotimes.com announced additions to the guest list for the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival; an event that will take place from April 7th-9th at the BFI Southbank and BFI Imax theaters. Dame Maggie Smith, our revered Professor Minerva McGonagall, is scheduled to make a on-stage appearance to talk about her life and career. …read more!

Cursed Child playwright Jack Thorne, writing for the Guardian, explained how his father’s creativity and community spirit influenced his new musical, Junkyard.  The musical – which tells the story a group of misfits who build an adventure playground – will open soon at the Bristol Old Vic, and will be directed by Jeremy Herrin. The full cast list was …read more!

Today marks the 67th birthday of Mr. Arthur Weasley, portrayed by Mark Williams in the Harry Potter films. One of the most enthusiastic employees of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office, Arthur Weasley taught us that curiosity can lead to great things – we’d all love a flying Ford Anglia! He also fearlessly stood up to …read more!

Three new promotional clips for the live-action remake of the 1991 classic, Beauty and the Beast, aired, clearly aiming to keep anticipation high as the release date draws nearer. And when it comes to marketing, Disney knows what it’s doing! The film, directed by the Oscar-winning veteran Bill Condon, stars Harry Potter’s Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) in …read more!

Three quarters of PotterCast (minus Melissa due to convention commitments!) unite to consider Ilvermorny, its song, and the wizarding world beyond its borders. The episode begins with a clip from the Ilvermorny song released at A Celebration of Harry Potter. A reading of the lyrics is followed by the full song, complete with commentary – would it …read more!

This year Ralph Fiennes, known for his superior acting, will lend his other talents to the film industry. He voices Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred, in the upcoming The Lego Batman Movie and is set to direct The White Crow. After the breakout success of The Lego Movie in 2014, Will Arnett (Bruce Wayne/Batman) signed on for the stand-alone venture. Once that film …read more!

Sonia Friedman, the award-winning producer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is bringing the stage adaptation of the George Orwell novel, 1984 to Broadway this summer.   The play, which was a hit in the U.K. in 2014, is directed by Robert Icke and co-produced by Scott Rudin who has been behind recent films …read more!

As the release date for The Lost City of Z nears, the promotional wave rolls out a second official trailer and new poster. The film stars Robert Pattinson, known to fans as the brave but ill-fated Cedric Diggory of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fame. He is the aide de camp of British explorer Percy …read more!

Today Pottermore released photos of the previously announced Hogwarts house editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and we’re going to need all eight of them. Eight – rather than four – because there are unique covers for paperback and hardback! The covers are illustrated by Levi Pinfold and are set to publish by Bloomsbury on 1st June to …read more!

The past month has seen various exciting announcements from Potter alumni, from Dan Radcliffe’s West End return to Peter Capaldi endorsing Frances de la Tour (Madam Maxime) as the next Doctor. We’ve had the final trailer for Emma Watson’s Beauty and the Beast, and our first look at Helena Bonham Carter in a female-led Oceans 8, and the excitement …read more!