Harry Potter News

Weekly Round-Up: Film News for Julie Walters, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes and More!

Jul 14, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

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It’s been an exciting week for Potter-related news with some major announcements and upcoming events unveiled over the last few days! Target announced a commemorative event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on Saturday, July 21. Participating stores will feature over 100 Wizarding World products including toys, …read more!

Hogwarts Mystery Introduces Multiplayer Dueling Club Event

Jul 12, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

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Attention all Hogwarts wizards in training! After all your hard work in class and hours of fun playing Hogwarts Mystery since its release last spring, developer Jam City announced today that the Harry Potter mobile game has added a multiplayer component for a limited time! Players have been excited about all of the features introduced …read more!

Sky Cinema airs exclusive “Fantastic Beasts ” featurette, plus interviews & sneak peek images

Jul 12, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

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Today the UK’s Sky Cinema aired an all-too-brief, tantalising, exclusive sneak peek at Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald. The 4-minute featurette begins with Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston giving a quick recap, with footage, of the first Fantastic Beasts film.  They explain how chaos ensued when magizoologist Newt Scamander shows up in New York with a …read more!

Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston and Ezra Miller Talk Changing Character Dynamics in New Interviews!

Jul 12, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

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Much Muggle ink has been spilled, proverbially speaking, over the possible plot twists and turns in the highly-anticipated upcoming film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. But, intricate theories aside, we wouldn’t be nearly as excited about where Rowling takes us in her latest entry into wizarding history if we hadn’t fallen in love with …read more!

Your Guide to Potter Panels at San Diego Comic Con 2018

Jul 11, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

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San Diego Comic Con is the ultimate event for fans celebrating fandoms and favorite characters and the ultimate outlet for showcasing upcoming films and television series through highly-anticipated panels and top-secret reveals. Though some high profile regulars, such as Marvel’s Avengers and Game of Thrones, are absent this year, numerous Potter-related panels are on the …read more!

J.K. Rowling Reveals ‘Lethal White’ Cover & September Release Date!

Jul 10, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

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J.K. Rowling has been hard at work on the third Fantastic Beasts film, but her alter-ego, Robert Galbraith, has been putting the finishing touches on the fourth Cormoran Strike novel, Lethal White. After announcing that she’d finished the book, and that it would be out this year, we finally have a release date – and a cover and synopsis! …read more!

Syfy and USA Network to Hold Special Wizarding Weekend ‘Harry Potter’ Marathons!

Jul 10, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

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As previously reported by Leaky, Harry Potter will make the move to Syfy and USA Network this weekend! The channels are celebrating the arrival of the series at its new homes with special Wizarding Weekend movie marathons featuring exclusive content and promotions – the first of which will be held this weekend! From July 13–15, …read more!

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Event at Target

Jul 09, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

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Target is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the US release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with what looks to be a pretty magical in-store event later this month. On Saturday, July 21 from 11am-2pm, participating Target stores will be featuring over 100 Wizarding World products including toys, books, clothing and accessories during their …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Tom Burke’s “Spotlight on Don Carlos” to Live Stream, Franc Ashman Cast as Hermione Granger and More!

Jul 09, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

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Perhaps the biggest theater news to be released in the last two weeks regards the further expansion of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child around the globe. Not one–but two!–new productions are planned to open over the next two years–the first in San Francisco, California in 2019 and the second in Hamburg, Germany in 2020! …read more!

Weekly Round-up: Warwick Davis Hosts Harry Potter Quiz Night at WB Studio Tour, David Tennant Live in London With The Muppets & More!

Jul 08, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

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This week in the Potterverse, Cursed Child announced a production opening in Germany in 2020, a first-edition copy of Philosopher‘s Stone sold for £56k, a special new Chocolate Frog Card made its debut at Universal Studios Orlando, Hogwarts Castle was nominated as the castle schoolchildren in the UK would most like to visit, J.K. Rowling made the Variety500 …read more!



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