It hardly feels like nine years since the Harry Potter books ended, but as a great band once sang: This is never going to end. At LeakyCon, we’ve always known that the boy wizard will never be gone as long as those who remain are loyal, and in a year full of extra Potter-y goodness, …read more!

It was a warm winter’s day by Midwest American standards—rainy and 65 degrees Fahrenheit—and somehow I had found myself in a Mercedes-Benz bus with a couple of the coolest Warner Bros. reps and journalists of other online sources (IMDB and Fandango, just to name a couple, and our friends from MuggleNet and SnitchSeeker, of course). …read more!

The Classier Side of Town As we continued down “Rivington Street”, it became apparent that the buildings and shops were becoming more affluent. Manufacturing buildings were followed by an impressive building supported with columns (possibly a bank) at the end of the street, on the corner (“Rivington Street” dead ends into “Lewis Street”). The doors …read more!

The Diner After visiting Queenie and Tina’s, we circled back down the right side of “Lewis Street.” Across the street from the publishing company, the “accountants,” and Ginzberg Delvnay were business labeled “6th Avenue Photography,” “Foster and Manning Attorneys,” “Rufus J. Polick Stationary,” and on the corner of Rivington and Lewis Street (opposite the “bank”) …read more!

After turning in our hard hats and yellow vests, our Warner Bros. leaders led our group to the producers office building, where we were to see if David Heyman and Stuart Craig had anytime to meet with us. They sat us in a room at a large square table to wait. We were content on …read more!

Among the push pin boards in Drawing Board room, dozens and dozens of pictures were devoted to concept art of the magical creatures and fantastic beasts we may see in the Fantastic Beasts film, as well as future films. The beasts and creatures were absolutely fantastic. No pun intended. Being the title purpose for the …read more!

David Heyman was the first to speak to us, and his visit was a pleasant surprise. While we were told we would get to speak to David Yates and part of the cast, we did not expect David Heyman and Stuart Craig to take time away from their work to come say hello, but they …read more!

Stuart Craig’s soft-spoken voice welcomed us, and we hung onto every word he began to spill. As he pointed to the pictures around us and described how he built the world of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, I couldn’t help but feel that I was listening the words of a Wise Man in the …read more!

We walked past large warehouse buildings that held stages E and F, D and C, and found ourselves being lead to one of the brick buildings in the center of it all. In the large open room, set up to be a space for meetings or to lounge, we found tables had been set up …read more!

Between talking to David Heyman, Stuart Craig, and David Yates and interviewing the cast of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we had the time for a little lunch and to tour a couple indoor sets that were not being used for filming that day. The two sets we visited were the grand atrium …read more!