Jun 25, 2017
San Diego Comic Con is a favorite hotspot for numerous franchises, including the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts fandoms, and in addition to the panels, cosplay, and other events, access to exclusive merchandise is always a perk! Funko is the latest company to unveil its contributions to the annual convention and, while its new Marvel, DC, …read more!
Jun 01, 2017
Incase you missed the exciting news, a trio of trios from the amazingly talented Team Starkid (who brought us the A Very Potter productions) will be attending LeakyCon 2017! Coming up with ever more creative ways to announce their rapidly expanding guest list, LeakyCon tweeted Starkid backwards thinking we wouldn’t notice: Hmm…what’s this? An undiscovered Fantastic Beast, perhaps? …read more!
May 17, 2017
Back in 2001, not long after the birth of the Potterverse, a young woman enamoured with the Boy Who Lived quickly helped make The Leaky Cauldron a destination for wizarding entertainment and discussion. Four years into her leadership of The Leaky Cauldron, in addition to the creation of Pottercast, resident webmistress Anelli and Mugglenet founder Emerson Spartz were granted one …read more!
Apr 15, 2017
LeakyCon 2017 is shaping up to be a Potter-filled long weekend full of great events, guests and surprises in store for visitors! PotterCast – the official podcast of The Leaky Cauldron helmed by Melissa, John, Frak and Zack – have just been confirmed as attending the convention. Even more excitingly, PotterCast will record a live episode …read more!
Mar 27, 2017
Select copies of the 2017 edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are a paragraph shorter than they should be. Following Hypable‘s report of the misprint on March 18th, Scholastic acknowledged the error and promised a correct copy to anyone who received a book with the mistake. The error can be found in many of the box-sets that include Quidditch …read more!
Mar 24, 2017
Stars of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, as well as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child joined in with Red Nose Day festivities today, helping to raise money to end poverty. Comic Relief started in 1988 and is on the BBC 1 in the U.K. NOW (starting at 7pm UTC), with big names in music, film and …read more!
Mar 13, 2017
After the exciting announcement that Irish born Harry Potter actress Evanna Lynch would be joining LeakyCon’s attendees, three more special guests have been announced today! Can't wait for @LeakyCon this August, and on home turf! 💚☘️⚡️ https://t.co/sIccvqetm5 — Evanna Lynch (@Evy_Lynch) March 9, 2017 First up is Katie Leung (Cho Chang): We have more exciting special …read more!
Jan 29, 2017
The second day of A Celebration of Harry Potter was an eventful one, with guests attending a Q&A panel, participating in numerous exciting giveaways and contests, and plenty of magical sights, and secrets, for the O.W.L and N.E.W.T.-level–witch or wizard to find! It ended with a fantastic program, covered by Leaky, featuring a message from the Cursed …read more!
Jan 28, 2017
Day two of A Celebration of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando kicked off early, and after such a brilliant opening ceremony, guests were excited for more Potter-related fun! Matthew Lewis, Warwick Davis, Jason Isaacs and Tom Felton are at the event, along with graphic designers MinaLima, the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts teams, Warner Bros. Studio …read more!
Jan 24, 2017
LeakyCon 2016 was – as PotterCast put it – a wonderful homecoming for the Potter family, and if you couldn’t make it to the U.S., you may be in luck! LeakyCon 2017 will be held in the beautiful Dublin, Ireland. Today, an owl post (email) was released notifying hopeful attendees that three new exciting pieces …read more!