September 1 is a sacred holiday for Potter fans.  It’s the day we all desperately wish we were really heading to King’s Cross by any means—side-along apparition, flying car or carpet—to burst through the barrier onto Platform 9 ¾ and board the Hogwarts Express for a new term at our favourite wizarding school. It’s not quite …read more!

We left most of the core characters of Fantastic Beasts on a positive note at the end of the first movie. Grindelwald had been imprisoned by MACUSA, Newt was just about to publish his book, Tina had just proven herself as a worthy Auror to MACUSA, and Queenie and Jacob appeared to be reunited. After our visit …read more!

As we know from our visit to the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald set, this movie will up the stakes for the quartet as Dumbledore’s pursuit of Grindelwald forces Newt’s involvement. We were concerned that magical creatures wouldn’t play as prominent a part in the series, but Warner Bros put our minds at ease, sharing with us a detailed …read more!

Colleen Atwood is not only an Academy Award winning costume designer, she also has one of the coolest jobs around, and gets to work with all the major actors on set of Crimes of Grindelwald. She’s got a great understanding of the characters in this saga, and was the perfect person to some insight into the next …read more!

It’s always a pleasure to speak to Ezra Miller, who greets us by asking how we enjoyed seeing the streets of wizarding Paris, and telling us he almost ‘lost [his] cool entirely’ when he first saw it! We were lucky enough to interview Ezra about his return as Credence in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and …read more!

Callum Turner is a fan of Harry Potter, so when we got to speak to him on the set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we were thrilled to hear all about his love of the series, his excitement at meeting J.K. Rowling, and the deep understanding of Theseus he’d developed whilst preparing for his role! This interview …read more!

Eddie Redmayne sneaks into the interview tent on the set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and immediately you see why he got the part of Newt Scamander – he epitomises the quintessentially British gentleman, and has such a love of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world that comes through with each and every one of his answers …read more!

David Heyman is beyond familiar with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. After convincing J.K. Rowling to trust film production companies with her stories, working closely with her as producer on every single Potter film and then continuing the series with Fantastic Beasts, it’s clear to anybody speaking to David about Potter that he has an intimate knowledge of not just …read more!

The Leaky Cauldron were lucky enough to visit the Leavesden set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald last year, and came across David Yates whilst walking the outdoor sets and exploring the French equivalent of Diagon Alley. It was a magical moment, as we weren’t expecting to catch him between shoots, let along in a small …read more!

Walking into the props department on set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was like walking into a store full of Wizarding World merchandise. Head Prop Maker Pierre Bohanna greeted us amongst shelves of textbooks, bottles, wands, bags, papers and odd parts for various scenes in the film. In front of him was a table of never-before-seen …read more!