As Leaky recently reported, Universal Orlando Resort‘s Wizarding World of Harry Potter  will be replacing the Dragon Challenge with Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure in the Hogsmeade area of the Islands of Adventure.  The new ride will open on June 13 but details about its features have been scarce.  Will it incorporate magical creatures from …read more!

Icon Heroes specializes in making high quality collectible statues from your favorite franchises, including DC Comics, The Karate Kid, Robotech, Star Trek and, of course, Harry Potter, and Leaky was lucky enough to receive a statue from Icon Heroes to review their polystone version of the “iconic” character Severus Snape, which drew on Alan Rickman’s …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe, forever immortalized in film, and in our hearts, as the boy wizard Harry Potter, has since had both the means and inclination to experiment with a wide variety of roles and to do it with uncommon grace and good humor. His latest endeavor brings him to television audiences in the U.S., and he’s …read more!

As the Wizarding World grows ever-larger, The Leaky Cauldron is becoming busier and more exciting by the day. We’re looking for volunteer writers/reporters and community builders from across the world to help us deliver timely, accurate and creative news, exclusives and features to a global audience. Think you’re the one we’re looking for? Check below for details: The Leaky …read more!

News arrived by owl post from all corners of the Wizarding World this week. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron wrapped up awards season by taking home three Oscars for his acclaimed autobiographical film Roma, Wizarding Wednesdays returned with the upcoming release of the Crimes of Grindelwald DVD and Universal announced …read more!

Fans of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series expected Warner Bros. to maintain a rapid-fire production schedule that churned out the new films in regular succession. With a November 2016 release for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them followed by a November 2018 release for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, this seemed …read more!

Classic Stills are offering one lucky Leaky Cauldron reader the chance to win $1000 of fine art from their new ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ collection!

Exciting news! Graphic design duo MinaLima, who worked on all eight Potter movies and continue to bring the Fantastic Beasts series to life, have announced a new line of Harry Potter collectible prints, and their next Illustrated Classic! Today MinaLima announced that they’ve released a new line of collectible graphic art prints, “You’re a wizard, Harry” (shown in the preview …read more!

Today, Universal announced the exciting introduction of an all-new magical light projection experience at U.S. theme parks this year! The new show, dubbed the “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle,” will premiere at the Wizarding World in Hollywood on April 13 and run nightly through April 28. It will return to light the castle again from …read more!

No, they’re not opening for the Weird Sisters.  The Wizarding World Wands are not a band; they are 15-foot wands that look as if they were made for giants, if giants were magical and could fit inside Ollivander’s to have an enormous wand choose them.  What sort of core would a giant’s wand have?  Hippogriff tail …read more!