Harry Potter News

New Trailer for Matt Lewis’s “Me Before You”

Feb 03, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Lewis, Movies, News

USA Today released the exclusive first trailer of Matt Lewis’s (Neville Longbottom) new film, Me Before You. The film stars Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin in the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ novel. Matt plays a character named Patrick, Lou’s (Clarke) small-town steady boyfriend before she goes and works for Will (Claflin). Though Matt’s “obsessed with with sports …read more!

Demand Prices Adopted for Opening of the ‘Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ at Universal Studios Hollywood

Feb 03, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

News, Sales, Theme Park

In the run up to the April 7th opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood, the theme park is planning ahead to try to manage operations around this time. Their new pricing policy will reflect popular demand, so will charge higher for this period of massive fluctuations in visitors (attendance jumped …read more!

Analysis of Newest “Fantastic Beast” Clip, Everything We Know so Far

Feb 03, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, J.K. Rowling, News, Opinion, Pottermore, Redmayne

This last weekend, Pottermore released a new clip from behind the scenes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at the 3rd annual Harry Potter Celebration. They also included an analysis of the video, that basically reiterated what the video showed. However, we Potter fans know that these things reveal much much more, if …read more!

NEW Harry Potter POP! Vinyl Figures announced!

Feb 02, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

News, Products, Toys

Funko announced the newest Pop! Vinyl characters in their wave 2 exclusive Harry Potter collection yesterday, and Matthew Lewis is already showing his off! The first is a Barnes & Noble Exclusive Pre-Release – an absolutely adorable Neville Longbottom (with Trevor, too!), which Matthew Lewis posed with in his recent post (his moustache will be making its …read more!

Matt Lewis in “Happy Valley”

Feb 02, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Actor Interviews, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, News

News on Matt Lewis’s (Neville Longbottom) new role in BBC One’s popular dramatic TV series, Happy Valley, is starting to emerge. Radio Times gave insight into the second season of Happy Valley, which is to make its season premiere next week, February 9, at 9:00 PM. We’ve noticed that new mustache on Matt’s up lip, and …read more!

New Teasers for ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’, featuring Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter.

Feb 02, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Bonham Carter, Fry, News, Rickman

Yesterday, Disney released two new teasers for Alice Through the Looking Glass, in the run-up to the film’s release in May. The beloved Alan Rickman’s voice is heard in the clips, and the late actor will make his final appearance in the Alice In Wonderland sequel as the voice of the Blue Caterpillar. Helena Bonham Carter also appears in the teasers as the Red Queen, …read more!

More Info on Newt’s Wand!

Feb 01, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, News

During the Celebration of Harry Potter, many news sites got the opportunity to sit down for exclusive interviews with many of the film experts that were there. Blastr and other interviews there released some vital information about Newt Scamander’s wand in the up coming wizarding world films, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.   “Bonus: In …read more!

Leaky Fans on the Ground at the HP Celebration- Part 1: Chelsea

Feb 01, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Events, Exclusives, Fandom, News, Pottermore, Theme Park

Unfortunately, this last weekend, Leaky wasn’t able to attend the Harry Potter Celebration in Orlando. However, we do have marvelous Harry Potter fans who follow our site, and we invited them to share their experiences of the celebration. Chelsea Kleven, a Senior Production Editor for a Central Florida newspaper, was the first to share her …read more!

“Bringing the Films to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter” Q&A with the Universal Orlando Creative Team

Jan 31, 2016

Posted by: Alysha McLeod

Events, Fans, News, Pottermore, Theme Park

The final live stream from Universal Orlando’s A Celebration of Harry Potter was broadcast today. The live Q&A featured a panel of members from Universal Orlando’s creative team, who were there to talk about bringing the magic and wonder of the films to life in the theme park. The live stream itself was quite short, …read more!

Closing Q&A From Today’s Live Stream from the HP Celebration

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Books, Conventions, Events, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Leung Interviews, Lewis Interviews, Lynch Interviews, Movies, News, Wright Interviews

The Harry Potter Celebration wrapped up its first day with a live Q&A from Rupert, Bonnie, Evanna, Katie, and Matt. The Harry Potter actors did a live Q&A earlier that afternoon that was exclusive to guests with premium passes. Earlier in the day, WB Studio Tour did a Q&A with the prop makers and hosted a …read more!



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