UPDATE: See below. Read Melissa. Then scroll down for the Pottermore response. All was well. Yeah, it was. But it isn’t now! Because in the 19-years-later universe of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Albus Severus is clearly about to have some troubles. In the same reeling, excited mania that follows any sort of Harry …read more!

Okay, that slim chance that what we were told in December 2013 was wrong. That, like the Harry Potter encyclopedia transforming into Pottermore, the play had transformed into something totally different than what it was originally intended to be? It happened. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a full blown sequel. The plot of …read more!

Earlier this afternoon, J.K. Rowling and Pottermore released the official artwork for the Harry Potter play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, via Twitter. Besides design and art for the sake of art, the new promotional artwork of the play (which will likely be used for play bills, posters, advertisements, etc.) reveals some details about …read more!

Yesterday Playboy released a 20Q interview with Daniel Radcliffe, centred around his role as Harry Potter, his personal life and beliefs, Victor Frankenstein, Equus and the price of fame. Here’s some of the Potter highlights from the interview!: Q1 You were 12 years old when the first Harry Potter film came out. At what point did you realize the …read more!

  Both Veronica Clifford (Mrs. Mason) and George Harris (Kingsley Shacklebolt) celebrate their birthdays today! Please join us in sending birthday wishes to them both–as well as the hope that Veronica Clifford’s day didn’t end with a pudding disaster!

Yesterday, (we are so, so sorry your Knightliness) Sir Michael Gambon celebrated his 75 birthday! Sir Gambon played the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films (3-8), after Richard Harris passed away. He was also featured in J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy BBC mini series. Sir Gambon provided the Harry Potter set not only …read more!

The Guardian reports that J.K. Rowling is set to give her first on-air interview as Robert Galbraith on BBC2’s radio. In the interview, which will be part of Simon Mayo’s Drivetime Show, Rowling will promote Career of Evil, the third Cormoran Strike novel Rowling has written using the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The Guardian states that: Rowling …read more!

As promised, A Cormoran Strike Podcast of “The Strike Files,” the podcast about the Cormoran Strike books. This episode focuses on the first two chapters that have already been released, right in time for the book’s release tomorrow! Enjoy! You can subscribe on iTunes here!

Matthew Lewis (who played the incredible Neville Longbottom) joined 200 children on their way to Universal for a special holiday. British Airway’s annual charity flight, Dreamflight, sends 200 hand-picked children with disabilities or illness on a special holiday. The children were accompanied by 100 doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and an unsuspecting special guest: “Neville!” BT reports: More …read more!

Or should it be “The New King of Crime?” J.K. Rowling has been appearing at events for her good friend Robert–specifically Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards. (Galbraith’s Silkworm was short listed for a Gold Dagger, though it was over thrown by Life or Death by Michael Robotham.)  With a new Robert Galbraith book due out Tuesday (October 20), reviews for …read more!