Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been captivating preview audiences in London over the past month, but those of us who haven’t been able to make it yet have (mostly) been kept in the dark regarding the play’s plot and – more importantly – the atmosphere of the production. Set Designer Christine Jones revealed the …read more!

Public previews for Daniel Radcliffe’s new off-Broadway show, Privacy, start tomorrow at Newman Theater, and to add even more interest to an already unique production, Radcliffe will participate in a one-minute “conversation” with Edward Snowden during the play. Snowden’s contributions to the play will be prerecorded video while Radcliffe performs his part live for the …read more!

David Yates, the director of The Legend of Tarzan and the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them did a Q&A with USA Today and told how he pulled off two massive blockbuster releases in one year. When asked about what exactly attracted him in the script for The Legend of Tarzan, Yates responded that the screenplay, written by …read more!

Radio Times writes that Daniel Radcliffe has not completely ruled out the possibility of returning to his iconic role as Harry Potter. In light of the expansion of the wizarding world via Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Radio Times asked Radcliffe whether he would consider the possibility of playing Harry …read more!

TvLine has exclusively revealed that Tom Felton is joining the third season of The CW’s superhero series The Flash as a series regular. According to TVLine Felton will play a Central City Police Department crime scene investigator (CSI) called Julian Dorn who suspects “that here’s more to Barry Allen than just his good guy reputation.” It was confirmed last …read more!

After guessing at the names of Ilvermorny houses, and even decoding the Pottermore website to find any hidden clues, we’ve finally got access to the Ilvermorny sorting ceremony, which allows you to be sorted into the following houses: • Horned Serpent – a ‘great horned river serpent with a jewel set into its forehead’ • Pukwudgie – …read more!

Today on Pottermore, Rowling released an essay giving more details about the North American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Ilvermorny. This new information adds to the North American magical history as previously released by Rowling and reported here on Leaky.  Pottermore released this teaser video for Rowling’s essay. Ilvermorny was founded by a descendant of …read more!

Today we’d like to wish a very happy (belated) birthday to Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), who turned 27 yesterday! Matt–one of the most recent Potter stars to join the Hufflepuff ranks–stars in the new film Me Before You, based on the novel by Jojo Moyes, currently in theaters.   We’d also like to honor our favorite house-elf, Dobby! …read more!

Bonnie Wright has been busy producing and directing her own short movies, and making t-shirts to support Film Aid. ‘Come Dream With Me’ – I’ve designed a limited edition t-shirt inspired by early silent cinema for y’all to buy and share ?? 100% of the proceeds go to @filmaid a charity that harnesses the power …read more!

On June 26, 1997–nineteen years ago today–Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published in the UK. It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two decades since the story of our favorite boy wizard was first released in print!   Let’s revisit a few interesting facts about the first Harry Potter book’s journey to publication: Jo …read more!