InsidetheMagic has a new interview up with Thierry Coup, the senior vice president of Universal Creative, and has gotten some great new details on the exciting Diagon Alley Expansion in Universal Studios: Q: How accurate is the Diagon Alley artwork to what will be built? Coup emphasizes that the released rendering does not depict detailed …read more!

LeakyCon has announced that Hunger Games actress Jackie Emerson (Foxface) will be making an appearance! She will be talking on a variety of panels—topics including The Hunger Games and female body image. You can still register for LeakyCon Portland here. LeakyCon reports: Jackie played Foxface in The Hunger Games film. Earlier this year, she appeared …read more!

LeakyCon has announced that Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Amber Benson (Tara MaClay) and Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells) will be in attendance at LeakyCon 2013 Portland! Amber Benson made an appearance last year, but she is planing to attend LeakyCon 2013 for longer–sharing her knowledge on vampires, witches, and “other supernatural geekery”. Leakynews reports: Amber will …read more!

Evanna Lynch has been cast as the wife of famous stage magician, Harry Houdini, in the new stage production Houdini. The role of the protagonist has yet to be cast, but BAFTA award winner Stuart Brennan will be playing Harry’s brother Theo. Houdini will tour to stages throughout the United Kingdom. Tickets go on sale …read more!

Dan Radcliffe will be starring in the upcoming film, “Tokyo Vice,” where he will play an American journalist who goes up against a Japanese crime boss: Radcliffe will play American reporter Jake Adelstein who, while working at the Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper in Tokyo, covered the crime beat and locked horns with yakuza boss Tadamasa Goto, …read more!

LeakyCon is coming to Portland and London this year, and there are a bunch of announcements afoot: today, with 100 days to London, several guests were confirmed for the first ever Leaky in Europe, including: Alfie Enoch (Dean)Chris Rankin (Percy)Author Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity) MinaLima (Graphic artists for the Potter films)Ryan Turner (Young Hugo)Ellie …read more!

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry visited the Warner Bros. Studio Tour today. J. K. Rowling was also there to greet them. While they were at the studio Prince William made a speech praising Harry Potter and Rowling: He said: “The journey today began most obviously after the legendary story by inspiring …read more!

Ambitious Slytherin has won the third Pottermore House Cup with 26,990,924 points. Ravenclaw came in second with 26,916,194 points, Gryffindor came in third with 26,740,444 points, and Hufflepuff came in fourth with 26,715,401 points.This is Slytherin’s second time winning the House Cup. Congrats to Slytherin House!

Plans to build a Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios Hollywood in California have been approved! The theme park is part of a large–$1.6 billion–upgrade project for Universal Studios Hollywood. This expansion and upgrade was officially approved by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. As apart of the project, the Wizarding …read more!