Pottermore Insider has announced that if may be difficult for fans to log into Pottermore due to site updates. The site reads: Onsite update:As a part of our ongoing work to improve Pottermore.com, we have planned system updates for Wednesday, the 29th of August. During the hours of 10:00GMT and 13:00GMT on this day, some …read more!

Readers may recall that among the special features of the “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” DVD/blu-ray was a video where J. K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe interviewed each other. For the upcoming release of the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection, fifteen minutes that were initially cut from the interview will be shown on the special features. We …read more!

Following a year-long international tour, Harry Potter: The Exhibition will be returning to New York City’s Discovery Times Square in time for the holiday season, it was announced today via press release. An opening date and ticketing information are not yet available and will be released in the coming weeks. The exhibit’s return to New …read more!

J.K. Rowling will be interviewed by Jennifer Byrne and discussing her post-Potter life on Australia’s ABC network. This is solely an Australian special, titled J.K. Rowling: Life After Potter. The special will be shown on September 27, the day The Casual Vacancy is released, at 8:00 PM local Australian time on ABC1. The West Australian …read more!

It has been announced, by Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) co-star Florian Lukas, that Rupert Grint’s post-Potter film Into the White will be shown at the Oldenburg film festival in Germany. The film will be shown September 15. Tickets go on sale September 3, and will be available here. It is yet unknown if any cast …read more!

Pottermore Insider has posted yet another update on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Everything is “in the fine details” that Pottermore artists are working on, saying: Our artists are putting the final touches to some slugs, bugs, quills and watery spills in the next Pottermore chapters. Will you be able to guess where …read more!

Today, August 24, marks the birthday of the beloved Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). Mr. Grint turns 24 on the 24th! (This is called a “Golden Birthday”). Please join us in wishing Rupert a happy Golden Birthday!

A new trailer has been released for Evanna Lynch’s new film, Apex. Evanna Lynch costars with Starkid’s Devin Lytle. Hypable reports: Apex focuses on five friends surviving in LA as a human evolution-changing virus spreads across the United States. Alongside Evanna and Devin, the film features Yuri Sardarov and Charlie Barnett, who will both appear …read more!

Buzzsugar has a new interview up with Emma Watson where she discusses working on “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and what scenes she most enjoyed filming for the movie: What attracted you to this role and this story? Emma Watson: I’d been reading scripts after the fourth Harry Potter movie around the age of …read more!

USAToday has a new article up discussing the promotion and expectations for J. K. Rowling’s upcoming book The Casual Vacancy. Regarding the promotion, many book-sellers have commented on how “low-key” it is when compared to the promotion for Harry Potter: “I’ve been in the dark,” says bookseller Kathryn Fabiani, head buyer at R.J. Julia Booksellers …read more!