Harry Potter film alum Michael Gambon will be portraying Howard Mollison in the BBC adaptation of J. K. Rowling’s novel, “The Casual Vacancy.” Simon McBurney, who voiced Kreacher in “Deathly Hallows” will also be starring in the mini-series: Dumbledore and J.K. Rowling are reunited once again! Well, kind of. The BBC and HBO have announced …read more!

June 5th marks the birthday of Draco Malfoy! Please join Leaky in wishing a happy birthday to our favorite Slytherin student.

Universal Orlando Theme Parks has released more information about entertainment experiences that will be hosted at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley. Two shows will be exclusively featured in the park. The first is a puppeteer performance of two stories from the Tales of Beedle the Bard: “The Fountain of Fair Fortune” and “The …read more!

Today marks the ten year anniversary of the day “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was released in theatres in the US. It marked the first change in directors – from Chris Columbus to Alfonso Cuaron – and was also the first Harry Potter film to be shown in IMAX, as well as the …read more!

The quarter finals of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup have begun! Head over to the Daily Prophet section of Pottermore to see who advanced in the Brazil versus Wales match.

As reported previously, Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling’s “very, very close author friend”, is releasing The Silkworm on June 19. The Silkworm is the second crime novel in Galbraith/Rowling’s Cormoron Strike mystery series. With the approach of the release date, J.K. Rowling has tweeted about the many places to buy her new book, and about Third …read more!

Can’t wait to get to Diagon Alley this summer? Neither can we. And now we are happy to announce that Universal is sending a winner from the Leaky Cauldron and three of his or her friends to Universal Orlando Resort to check it out early. Entry is free and easy and all the info is …read more!

Unfortunately, rumors that Alfonso Cuaron would direct “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” turned out to be just that. The “Prisoner of Azkaban” director was recently interviewed about his upcoming projects and said that he currently has “no plans of any kind”: “It was a very beautiful experience for me. I have a lot …read more!

The results of the final game of the first round of the Quidditch World Cup are now available to read on Pottermore. Find out whether Wales or Germany won here.

The results of the Japan versus Poland match are now available to read on Pottermore. Find out who won by reading Ginny Potter’s article on the match here.