Jack Thorne – script writer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – met with The Independent to talk about his personal life, and various other huge projects he’s worked on, along with how this fits into being so involved in creating the new generation of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Cursed Child Director John Tiffany has apparently warned …read more!

Eddie Redmayne sat down with the Telegraph for a very lengthy interview looking at his career thus far. Arguably, it is quite an impressive one. Among his many awards and nominations, Redmayne has won a Tony, Olivier, Best Shake­spearean Performance from the Critics’ Circle Awards, Golden Glob, SAG, and an Oscar for his role as Stephen …read more!

Today we honor the birthday of the late Alan Rickman. The news of his surprising and untimely death hit the hearts of millions last month. The beloved actor would have turned 70. Though Rickman still has two movies being released postmortem, Alice Through the Looking Glass and Eye in the Sky, already we feel the loss …read more!

Michael Gambon (the second actor to portray Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series) will be adapting the character of Winston Churchill in a new 2-hour ITV television drama. Gambon’s portrayal of Dumbledore is probably a small step away from the Gambon’s portrayal of Churchill, as Gambon’s Dumbledore was a little more of an assertive …read more!

Earlier this week, Yahoo exclusively released a new US promotional trailer for Emma Watson’s new film, Colonia. Emma Watson attended the Europe premiere of Colonia a couple of weeks ago. The film opened in Switzerland and German yesterday, February 18. Colonia will be hitting the US April 15, the same date it is released to Video on Demand. Yahoo Movie’s …read more!

In Paper Magazine’s ‘Girl Crush’ series, women get together for conversations that offer a glimpse into what is it like to be a woman in contemporary society. On 18th of February, Paper published a conversation article by feminist scholar bell hooks (who stylistically doesn’t capitalize her name) and Emma Watson, in which they share their …read more!

Variety announced that a Harry Potter film concert series will begin in North America this summer!  Warner Bros. Consumer Products has partnered with CineConcerts to show Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone with live orchestration starting in Philadelphia on June 23. Beginning with a “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” tour in 2016, “The Harry Potter …read more!

As Leaky reported previously, The Making of Harry Potter WB Studio Tour in Leavesden is holding a number of special exhibits in honor of the 15th Anniversary of the first Harry Potter film. Welcome to Hogwarts kicked off the anniversary celebrations this last Thursday, February 11, and will continue until Monday, February 22. Welcome to Hogwarts gives visitors a …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe plays a Muggle who is trying to be a magician…but he’s very bad at it–like Arthur Weasley bad at it. Or at least that’s what it looks like as Dan takes on the best illusionists, The Four Horsemen, in Now You See Me 2. Little of his character was revealed with the first movie …read more!

The 2016 BAFTA Film awards took place in the U.K. last night, at London’s Royal Opera House. Stephen Fry hosted the event, and Eddie Redmayne, Dame Maggie Smith, Julie Walters were also in attendance, with nominations in the Leading Actor, Leading Actress and Supporting Actress categories respectively. Dame Maggie Smith also got caught on the kiss cam (see below), …read more!