Ever since Harry began his journey, we’ve been told that “The wand chooses the wizard.” But, on set of the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them movie, the actors got to design their characters’ wands themselves. “I sort of assumed that I would have a wand sort of plopped in my hand,” Eddie Redmayne …read more!

While Jamie Parker had a varied and successful history in theatre prior to being cast in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, there’s no denying that the role of Harry Potter is the biggest role of his career so far. In a recent interview with Pottermore, Jamie talked about audience reactions and how Cursed Child differs from …read more!

Two generations of Ginny were present at the Palace Theatre when Bonnie Wright met Poppy Miller. The two are eerily similar, continuing the theme of excellent casting surrounding the Potter franchise: Cherrelle Skeete’s (Rose Weasley) robes are looking great in this shot: Helena Bonham Carter also met the cast in costume – Sam Clemmett as Scorpius definitely looks …read more!

It felt like old times. There were midnight release parties. People dressed in costumes lining up for a new Harry Potter story. Many of us stayed up until the early hours of July 31st reading every line of the eighth Harry Potter story. While we have been gifted this sequel it may be our last Harry …read more!

Since the creation Our Shared Shelf earlier this year, Emma Watson’s feminist book club has been a success. At the time of writing, the group has over 140k members and a lively discussion board where Emma herself posts updates and gathers input from its members. For the month of June, Emma chose Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi as the …read more!

Last weekend, hundreds of fans from a large variety of fandoms (from Starwars, Startrek, Supernatural, Disney, Once Upon a Time, to Gilmore Girls and Parks and Recreation, and many more). This year, GeekyCon took place over the July 31st weekend. An important date in the Harry Potter Universe, particularly this year, with the release of Harry …read more!

Harper Collins, one of the core publishing partners for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, launched its Fantastic Beasts website earlier this week! The website gives fans their fist look at official Movie-Tie in books, including a Fantastic Beasts coloring book! The coloring book is one of two books on the site that features a finalized cover, …read more!

Remember back when J.K. Rowling said that there were always seven books planned, and only seven books, and Harry Potter novels were 100% done…BUT “never say never” on returning to Harry’s story? Then we got a play of the 8th story nine years later. Welcome back the land of ambiguity of whether or not Harry …read more!

July 31st also marks the birthday of the late Richard Griffiths, who starred as Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films. He gave an excellent performance throughout the series, bringing to life the iconic line: He also gave fantastic performances in Hugo, Pirates of the caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bleak House, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and …read more!

Not only are we celebrating the release of the eighth story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but today also marks two very special birthdays in the muggle and wizarding worlds: It’s J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter’s birthdays, of course! Cursed Child celebrations went on through the night, just like old times. Pottermore covered the midnight celebrations from …read more!