J.K. Rowling herself has spoken about the casting announcements made yesterday. Noma Dumezweni – a woman of colour – will be playing Hermione Granger! For the most part, the Potter fandom have been the loyal, welcoming and imaginative people they always have been. Some merely argue that this actress wasn’t their personal view of Hermione – and, of course, …read more!

Cursed Child will be hitting London’s Palace Theare next summer, and Daily Mail reporter Baz Bamigboye (@BazBam) just tweeted the names and photos of the actors cast as Harry, Ron, and Hermione! Paul Thornley will be portraying Ron Weasley: Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger: And, finally – Jamie Parker as Harry! Here they are together: How exciting! Let …read more!

Eddie Redmayne has been receiving a lot of attention for his role in The Danish Girl, for which he recently received SAG and Golden Globe nominations. Parade Magazine got the chance to sit down with the soon-to-be Fantastic Beasts star, to talk about his acting career. Of course, Fantastic Beasts came up! Though do to the statute of …read more!

Celebrity Mean Tweets has become a fan-favorite segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. A-list actors and many other famous persons are given mean tweets written about themselves, and must read them in front of a camera to gage their reactions. In the newest segment, the 9th edition of Celebrity Mean Tweets, Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe, …read more!

This is the last call for donations to help the LUMOS campaign to raise its goal of $60,000! The campaign is going towards furnishing the first-of-its kind Special Education Unit in Moldova with specialised equipment needed for disabled students. The unit was built after a similar campaign on Indiegogo last year with the goal of ensuring that children …read more!

Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) has appeared in a video marking the fifth day of the Evening Standard’s Christmas appeal to give to the charity Great Ormand Street Hospital. The appeal (Give to GOSH) is centred around twelve days of Christmas endorsements, helping to fund creative workshops that help young patients battling serious illness. Issues says in …read more!

Thursday marked the much-awaited release of the seventh episode in the Star Wars saga, and fans managed to break records held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada totalled $57 million, grossing higher than Potter’s $43.5 million in July 2011. Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) also …read more!

The highly acclaimed British dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing, features the Great Hall set from the WB Studio Tour London in this years Christmas Special. BBC One posted photos of the episode, revealing details of where the show, and its behind the scenes content was filmed. Much of the episode has been filmed with the …read more!

Pottermore tweeted that in 2016 we should look out for more writings from J.K. Rowling–one of the few important elements of the old site we all miss dearly. Until then, Pottermore has been releasing articles that do give us more insight into the details of the Harry Potter books, and now Fantastic Beasts and Where …read more!

Pottermore have released details of an exclusive interview with David Yates on set of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Ezra Miller, Collin Farrell, explosions and (predictably) a lot of rain make an appearance on set, as Yates talks about directing the first of at least three Fantastic Beasts films after directing the last four Harry Potter …read more!