Jim Kay has officially begun work on the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and that’s good news that would make even Madam Pince rejoice! After previously announcing on his website Creepy Scrawlers Ltd. about the completion of his work on Goblet of Fire, Kay went on to inform readers that he aims to …read more!

A fire broke out at Leavesden Studios yesterday, July 10th. The studios, owned by Warner Bros., are where Harry Potter, Fantasitc Beasts, James Bond, Mission Impossible and many other blockbuster films were made, and just around the corner from the Warner Bros Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter. Photo credit: Alamy The fire service spent over 15 …read more!

Voting is open to pick the final four towns in the UK and Ireland to host the giant wands that were created as a promotion for the Fantastic Beasts films.  The wands will visit the four winning towns, in order of votes cast, in the run-up to the release of the third film in the …read more!

LeakyCon Dallas is a month away, and just in time, we’ve got some new special guests to add to the list of attendees! Scarlett Byrnes (Pansy Parkinson) and Afshan Azad (Padma Patil) will return to LeakyCon, James Payton (Frank Longbottom) and Jim Tavaré (Tom the Innkeeper) will also make their debut at LeakyCon this year …read more!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dominates this week’s theater news as the casts from Broadway, London and Melbourne fill headlines once again. James Snyder hosted his first episode of the Broadway.com vlog “Magic to Do,” while his Cursed Child costar Nicholas Podany appeared on #LiveatFive. Snyder picked up another hosting gig, emceeing the upcoming …read more!

Boden Clothing announced a magical collaboration yesterday, partnering with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to bring a new Harry Potter-themed limited edition collection to the Mini Boden line. The range launches Monday, Aug. 5, so the good news is that Boden’s wizarding world fans won’t have to wait long for the release. On the other hand, …read more!

It was a magical week at Leaky when we marked the website’s birthday 19 Years Later with a special post of thoughts and memories from the staff on their Potter journeys since the site was founded in July of 2000. In other Wizarding World news this week, we cast Lumos on an incredible Harry Potter …read more!

It’s Christmas in July in the Wizarding World.  Well, not exactly, but the new Harry Potter: Christmas in the Wizarding World Advent Calendar is now available for pre-order from Cinereplicas. It works just like a Muggle advent calendar, with a gift behind each of 24 windows that you open, one per day, in the run-up …read more!

Happee Birthdae, the-leaky-cauldron.org! It’s officially been 19 years to the day that The Leaky Cauldron has been live on the world wide web. Can you believe it? 19 YEARS. On July 5th, 2000, just before the launch of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Leaky went online. Leaky was one of the very few sites …read more!

Time to break open your niffler piggybanks and count your galleons, sickles and knuts… A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is set to be auctioned at the end of the month with the Derbyshire auction house Hansons Auctioneers. Expected to bring in between £20,000 and £30,000, the book copy was instantly dubbed the “holy …read more!